Rodrigo Santos

Quality Assurance Engineer

Salary / Daily rate

Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Mobility: Lille, Porto, ...

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

CypressJavascriptJavaSeleniumHTMLGitJenkinsRESTful APIsTesting & QACSSPostmanSwagger/OpenAPICMSGitHubScrumConfluenceJira

Languages

Portuguese (Native)English

About me

Intro

QA Engineer with 13+ years of expertise in manual and automated testing across web, mobile, and API platforms. Proven track record leading testing teams and delivering quality solutions for major logistics, banking, and airline clients. Specialized in Cypress, JavaScript automation, and end-to-end testing with a focus on comprehensive test planning and defect management.

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Work experience

QA Automation Engineer

Noesis Portugal

Apr 2025 - Present

1 year 7 months

Remote

As a QA Automation Engineer, I work exclusively with front-end automation using Selenium and Java on a web project for the insurance client Generali Tranquilidade. The workfl ow consists of receiving test scenarios created by the manual testing team, manually analyzing the requested fl ow, and then automating it.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

CEVA Logistics

Jul 2022 - Jan 2025

2 years 7 months

Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, France · Remote

As a Software Quality Consultant, I worked for Agap2 IT Portugal (Moongy Group) with the French client Ceva Logistics, one of the largest logistics companies in the world. I worked horizontally across three squads, performing both manual and automated end-to-end (E2E) testing using JavaScript and the Cypress framework on a web application. My responsibilities also included test planning, creating scenarios to validate all business rules, regression testing, defect management, visual testing focusing on system layout, version control with Git, and log analysis using Sentry. During this time, I worked on-site for one year in Porto, Portugal, and the remainder remotely from Brazil.

Quality Assurance Engineer

agap2

Jul 2022 - Jan 2025

2 years 7 months

Porto, Portugal · Hybrid

[Ceva Logistics] As a Software Quality Consultant, I worked for Agap2 IT Portugal (Moongy Group) with the French client Ceva Logistics, one of the largest logistics companies in the world. I worked horizontally across three squads, performing both manual and automated end-to-end (E2E) testing using JavaScript and the Cypress framework on a web application. My responsibilities also included test planning, creating scenarios to validate all business rules, regression testing, defect management, visual testing focusing on system layout, version control with Git, and log analysis using Sentry. During this time, I worked on-site for one year in Porto, Portugal, and the remainder remotely from Brazil. [Luxair] Also as a Software Quality Consultant, I worked for Agap2 IT Portugal (Moongy Group) with the client Luxair, an airline company based in Luxembourg. I performed both manual and automated testing on the mobile app for Android and iOS, test planning, creating scenarios to validate business rules, bug management, and task management using the Kanban methodology.

Quality Assurance Analyst

Zup Innovation

Jun 2021 - Jul 2022

1 year 2 months

Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

I worked on the client Porto Seguro insurance company performing the following activities: Manual Tests, Rest API automation with Java, front end automation with Cypress. Api tests with Postman, Conducting manual tests, Scrum

Quality Assurance Analyst

Raro Labs

Aug 2020 - Jul 2021

1 year

Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

During this period, I contributed to two distinct clients: BBCE, a Brazilian energy trading company, and Banco BMG, a physical and digital bank. For the BBCE client, I worked on a web platform for energy trading, where my responsibilities included conducting manual testing and end-to-end (E2E) automation using JavaScript and the Cypress Framework, test planning and execution, the creation of test cases in Gherkin language, and API testing using Postman. For the Banco BMG client, I participated in testing the Chatbot service, where the goal was to validate all possible scenarios in the virtual assistance, ensuring that questions and answers effectively helped customers. My responsibilities included developing and executing manual tests on the Chatbot's virtual assistant, test planning and creating test cases based on Gherkin language, as well as API testing using Postman.

Rethink Tecnologia

Mar 2017 - Aug 2020

3 years 6 months

Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Apr 2019 - Aug 2020

1 year 5 months

Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

As a Test Lead, I worked on several projects for airlines, airline mileage programs, and an online real estate company. My responsibilities included estimating time and effort for testing activities, allocating analysts to different tasks and projects, analyzing requirements with Product Owners (POs), generating datasets, creating detailed test scenarios, executing manual tests, managing bugs, generating regular progress and quality reports, and effectively communicating with stakeholders. I also conducted technical interviews to evaluate team skills and competencies, structured, and improved testing processes. My role was crucial in ensuring testing excellence, improving software quality, and contributing to the development of more efficient and effective processes, which resulted in higher ratings for the Smiles app on the Apple Store and Google Play.

Freelancer QA Analyst

Mar 2017 - May 2019

2 years 3 months

Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

I worked as a freelancer performing manual testing on mobile and web applications for iOS and Android devices, with a specific focus on airlines and mileage programs.

Software Test Analyst

Base2 Tecnologia

Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

10 months

Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Allocated in the BS2 Bank, I worked on the tests of the digital bank app, performing manual tests, API tests with the SoapUI tool and creating test scenarios from user stories.

Software Test Analyst

Base2 Tecnologia

Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

2 months

Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

1 month temporary project on app and website integration between Hertz and Localiza performing manual exploratory tests on Android/iOS app and mobile website.

Partner | Owner

Pizzaria Sabor IdealFreelance

Jul 2016 - Jul 2017

1 year 1 month

Pizzeria Sabor Ideal · On-site

Customer service, purchase of goods, inventory management, people management, purchase and sale control, pizza and pasta preparation.

Software Test Analyst

Attps Tecnologia

Jun 2014 - Jan 2017

2 years 8 months

Belo Horizonte e Região, Brasil · On-site

At attps, I worked on modules such as Payment Systems, Loans, Cards, Pension, Treasury, and Controllership. My activities included manual testing, creation of test cases, automated testing on desktop systems using the WinRunner tool, and on web systems using Selenium WebDriver and C#. I also performed environment configuration and mass data generation in SQL databases, version control and release for clients, as well as defect management and the creation of test documentation.

Test Analyst

Pontomobi Linked by Isobar

Mar 2012 - Jul 2014

2 years 5 months

Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

At Pontomobi, formerly known as Aorta Entretenimento, I worked on various projects across different sectors, including marketing companies, breweries, newspapers, web radios, pizzerias, food companies, postal services, gastronomy, weather forecasting, and more. My activities included manual testing on mobile applications, web applications, and games (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Amora). I published applications on their respective stores: Google Play, App Store, and WPStore. I recorded and managed defects using the Mantis tool, executed regression, functionality, exploratory, and usability tests, and created test evidence documents and test plans. Additionally, I conducted retesting of errors and improvements.

Apprentice in supermarket services

DMA Distribuidora S/A - Epa/Martplus/Viabrasil

Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

1 year 1 month


Education

Centro Universitário UNA

Master of Business Administration - MBA

2018 - 2019

1 year 2 months

Centro Universitário UNA

Information Technology

2010 - 2013

3 years 1 month


Licenses & certifications

Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®)

Issued: Jul 2020

Certified by Scrum Alliance

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