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Sarah Chen

Sarah Chen

Senior QA Engineer

Work Experience

Senior QA Engineer

Google Mountain View

2022/06 - Present

Cloud Platform Performance Testing

• Led performance testing for Google Cloud Platform serving 1M+ requests/second

• Designed and implemented distributed load testing framework:

• Built custom load generators using k6 and Golang

• Achieved simulation of 100K concurrent users

• Reduced test execution time by 70%


Performance Monitoring and Analysis:

• Implemented real-time monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana

• Developed custom dashboards for key performance metrics

• Reduced MTTR by 60% through automated anomaly detection

Optimization Results:

• Identified and resolved bottlenecks reducing p99 latency by 80%

• Improved throughput by 3x through testing-driven optimization

• Reduced memory usage by 40% through heap analysisAutomated Testing Infrastructure


Test Framework Development:

• Built end-to-end testing framework using Cypress and TypeScript

• Achieved 90% test automation coverage

• Reduced test execution time from 4 hours to 30 minutes


CI/CD Integration:

• Implemented parallel test execution in GitHub Actions

• Built custom test result analytics platform

• Reduced false positives by 95%

QA Engineer

Microsoft Seattle

2018/01 - 2019/12

Azure DevOps Testing Platform

API Testing Framework:

  • Developed comprehensive API testing suite using Postman and Newman
  • Implemented contract testing using Pact
  • Achieved 100% API coverage with automated tests
  • Reduced regression testing time by 80%

Security Testing:

  • Implemented automated security scanning using OWASP ZAP
  • Developed custom security test scenarios
  • Identified and helped fix 50+ security vulnerabilities

Database Testing:

  • Designed database performance test scenarios
  • Implemented automated data validation framework
  • Optimized database queries reducing load time by 60%

Mobile Testing Automation

Framework Development:

  • Built cross-platform testing framework using Appium
  • Implemented BDD using Cucumber
  • Achieved 85% test automation coverage

Performance Testing:

  • Developed mobile app performance testing suite
  • Implemented battery consumption testing
  • Reduced app startup time by 40%


Technical Skills

Test Automation

  • Cypress, Selenium, Puppeteer
  • Jest, Mocha, TestNG
  • Appium for Mobile Testing
  • BDD with Cucumber

Performance Testing

  • k6, JMeter, Gatling
  • New Relic, Datadog
  • Prometheus, Grafana
  • Load Testing at Scale

API Testing

  • Postman, Newman
  • REST Assured
  • GraphQL Testing
  • Contract Testing (Pact)

DevOps & Tools

  • GitHub Actions, Jenkins
  • Docker, Kubernetes
  • ELK Stack
  • AWS Testing Tools

Education

Master of Science

Stanford University Computer Science

2006/09 - 2010/07

  • Focus on Software Testing
  • Research in Test Automation

Open Source Projects

Automated Testing Framework

Enterprise-grade testing framework with AI-powered test generation

  • 8k+ GitHub stars
  • Used by 200+ companies
  • Regular speaker at testing conferences

Performance Testing Toolkit

Advanced performance testing toolkit with ML-based analysis

  • 5k+ GitHub stars
  • Featured in Testing Guild
  • Active community of 300+ testers