Kwesi (Dadzie) Essel

Bachelor's degree in Media Informatics

Hamburg, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Dec 2025
1 year
Hamburg, Germany

Bachelor's in Media Informatics

University of Applied Sciences

Apr 2023 - Present
2 years 4 months

Test Analyst

Deutsche Bahn (via PAR GmbH)

  • Analyzing business processes to determine whether test automation is appropriate.
  • Creating and implementing test automations for web and mobile applications.
  • Conducting manual tests to complement automated tests.
  • Bug fixing and reporting.
  • Communicating with other teams to improve test automation.
  • Collaborating with Product Owners (POs) to clarify and understand new epics.
  • Performing component and system tests.
  • Monitoring and generating monitoring reports.
  • Documenting all test results and all bugs in detailed test reports.
  • Analyzing and evaluating bugs/defects in accordance with the defect management process.
  • Conducting cross-functional tests on migration topics between existing systems.
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
1 year
Berlin, Germany

QA Tester (Manual and Automation)

Samedi GmbH

  • Creating and executing test automations as well as manual tests (web applications).
  • Performing final tests and granting approval for production deployment.
  • Ensuring the quality of new requirements by further developing test automation.
  • Documenting all test results and all bugs in a test report.
  • Carrying out routine tasks as part of the test process.
May 2021 - Feb 2022
10 months
Hamburg, Germany

QA Tester (Manual and Automation)

Softfair GmbH

  • Developing automated tests based on specifications and business concepts (web applications).
  • Ensuring the quality of new requirement implementations by enhancing automated tests.
  • Analyzing and fixing bugs in end-to-end tests (debugging).
  • Performing component, integration, and system tests.
  • Conducting static QA tests and QA reviews.
  • Monitoring and generating monitoring reports.
  • Collaborating closely with developers to fix bugs and improve test automation.
  • Adjusting and improving code to optimize test automation.
  • Documenting all test results and all bugs in a test report.
  • Executing manual tests to complement automated tests.
Mar 2020 - Present
5 years 5 months
Hamburg, Germany

Head of Technology and Development

Confidential Project

  • Reviewing requirements and developing test scenarios.
  • Creating documentation for sprints.
  • Interacting with partners and team members.
  • Analyzing business processes.
  • Monitoring and generating reports.
  • Overseeing sprint planning.
  • Creating and executing test scripts for functional tests.

Project language: German, English Tools: Azure, Flutter, IntelliJ, Android Studio, Draw.io, Qase, Figma, Microsoft Office.

Jun 2019 - Apr 2021
1 year 11 months
Hamburg, Germany

QA Tester (Manual)

Enfore GmbH

  • Creating, specifying, executing, automating, and documenting test cases.
  • Assisting in the planning of test content and processes for each planned test cycle.
  • Documenting all test results and all bugs in detailed test reports.
  • Conducting manual tests to complement automated tests.

Summary

My focus is on test automation.

Languages

English
Native
German
Native
French
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2020 - Jun 2024

University of Applied Sciences

Media Informatics · Hamburg, Germany