Sadia M. - Senior Test Engineer

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Experience

May 2023 - Jul 2025

2 years 3 months

Senior Test Engineer

Eneco

Projects: Sustainable Living (Salesforce) and Virtual Power Plant (VPP – connected controllable assets to provide flexibility and support balance on the electricity grid)
Built a Playwright automation framework from scratch (TypeScript) with custom fixtures, env/config management, tagging, parallelization, retries, trace/video artifacts; integrated into Azure DevOps with ESLint & SonarCloud quality gates
Automated end-to-end CRM user journeys (Leads/Opportunities/Service flows) in Playwright
Added REST API validations with Axios/Axios-Mock to ensure data integrity across microservices
Implemented VPP telemetry, Kafka message processing, and REST API validation (Reqnroll/C#); instrumented Azure Application Insights and Cosmos DB dashboards to debug flakiness and production issues
Performed load testing with JMeter and REST API automation with xUnit and RestAssured.net
Prepared release notes and led change management for Go-Live
Technologies: C#, Playwright (TypeScript), Azure DevOps, Reqnroll, RestAssured.net, JMeter, Cosmos DB, MongoDB, Azure Application Insights, Kafka

Nov 2022 - Apr 2023

6 months

Data Engineer Consultant

Bolders Consulting Group (BCG)

Built a cloud-based invoice management system on GCP; automated PDF ingestion and ETL
Automated test data generation with Python (NumPy, Pandas)
Dockerized microservices and deployed via GitLab CI/CD; added validation pipelines for structured/unstructured data
Technologies: Selenium, SpecFlow, Cucumber

Nov 2021 - Oct 2022

1 year

Senior Test Engineer

Kamer van Koophandel (KVK)

Contributed to the design system team, building reusable components for the company website
Designed test scenarios covering both functional and visual quality of reusable UI components
Built component tests in Storybook; implemented visual regression testing with Chromatic and BackstopJS; ensured cross-browser coverage using BrowserStack
Automated accessibility checks with axe aligned to WCAG 2.1 AA; triaged and re-tested issues within CI pipelines
Maintained Cypress automation and SpecFlow suites; collaborated closely with frontend developers, designers, and accessibility specialists on states/variants and design tokens
Technologies: Axe Dev Tool, BrowserStack, GitLab CI/CD, SpecFlow, Cypress, C#, Docker, ALM, Kubernetes, ReactJS, Java, C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Python, Bash, PowerShell

Nov 2020 - Oct 2021

1 year

Digital Transformation Specialist (Testing)

European Parliament (via BCG)

Supported the EP Translation Unit, managing five applications for translation and document management
Automated E2E testing for UI and backend systems using Selenium and Storybook
Conducted API automation for synchronous/asynchronous SOAP and Swagger APIs, as well as JMS-based microservices
Developed UI automation with Selenium Driver using BDD with Java
Implemented error logging and performance monitoring using Elasticsearch
Introduced a release improvement process and a shift-left testing approach, improving delivery time by 30%, reducing bug leakage, and increasing automation reliability by eliminating test flakiness
Performed performance testing and identified bottlenecks in APIs and slow SQL queries, improving user experience by 5–10 seconds in key business workflows
Technologies: JMeter, RPT, LoadRunner, Axe Dev Tool, Storybook, BrowserStack, Burp Suite, NetSparker, Microsoft Azure (Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid), Selenium, SoapUI, Postman, Git, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Java, Jira, JSON, XML, JMS, Cosmos DB, SQL, Elasticsearch, QTP/UFT, ALM, Application Insights, Terraform

Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

10 months

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Bolders Consulting Group (BCG)

Built and maintained automation frameworks with Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, and SpecFlow
Automated UI and REST API testing (Java, JavaScript, TypeScript) and integrated with CI/CD (GitLab CI/CD, Docker)
Performed functional, regression, performance, and cross-browser testing using JMeter
Technologies: GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions), AWS S3 Bucket, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes

Nov 2014 - Aug 2019

4 years 10 months

Test Manager & Big Data Tester

Bank Al Habib

Delivered Retail Banking Portal covering modules for Credit Management, General Banking, ADC, and Trade Finance
Led test teams, managed requirements, test case development, and execution
Automated regression testing using Coded UI, Selenium, and Cucumber
Performed security testing with Burp Suite and NetSparker
Conducted integration, system, smoke, sanity, UAT, and database testing (SQL, NoSQL)
Conducted performance testing using RPT and JMeter, analyzed performance reports, and automated the identification and reporting of bugs

Nov 2013 - Oct 2014

1 year

Quality Assurance Engineer / Tester

Netsol Technologies

Worked on Lease Software for asset management, including contract assembly, payment plans, and amortization schedules
Designed and executed test cases for leasing, lending, and asset management projects using Playwright UI and API automation
Maintained automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver

Jul 2008 - Jun 2012

4 years

Software Developer/Quality Assurance Engineer

ZRG International

Developed and tested call center solutions including CRM, Back Office, and Admin modules
Designed and developed applications using VB.NET and C#
Conducted functional, performance, and usability testing
Worked on salary payroll and dashboards, generating reports using Crystal Reports and Access DB
Authored technical documents including use case diagrams and ERDs

Summary

Experienced Software Engineer & Test Automation Specialist with a proven track record delivering high-quality solutions across telecom, energy, government, and banking sectors.

Expertise in test automation frameworks, cloud-based DevOps practices, and data-driven engineering.

Skilled in functional, non-functional, UI, API, performance, and database testing, with strong hands-on experience in frontend/backend automation, cloud platforms, and distributed systems.

Adept at leading teams, coordinating across stakeholders, and streamlining processes to ensure robust, scalable, and secure software delivery.

Passionate about automation, cloud technologies, data engineering, and cybersecurity, with a focus on efficiency and continuous improvement.