Adam Poncy

About Adam Poncy

I’m a results-driven Quality Engineering Leader with over a decade of experience delivering high-quality software products across BioTech, FinTech, FinOps, IAM, SmartCity and EdTech.I’ve led quality strategy and operations across 50+ engineering teams, owning vision, standards, metrics, and processes while ensuring alignment with product, engineering, and customer expectations. I’m passionate about solving complex software quality challenges, improving system resilience, and building cultures of continuous improvement.My background includes:• Building and managing offshore QA leads and SDET teams• Developing robust test automation frameworks across web, backend, and APIs• Enabling DevOps pipelines and observability with Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Vault, and Datadog• Driving cross-functional collaboration in Agile, CI/CD, and cloud-native environmentsI thrive at the intersection of technology and leadership where I can coach teams, implement scalable solutions, and solve problems that matter.If you’re passionate about building resilient, efficient, and high-performing software teams, I’d love to connect.

Experience

1. Staff Software Quality Engineer Bioinformatics Tertiary Engineering

   Natera

   Oct 2024 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Industry: BiotechnologyBioTech providing cell-free DNA testing dedicated to helping patients and doctors in Oncology, Women’s Health, and Organ Health. My scope of work includes NGS bioinformatics in clinical tertiary analysis and reporting, focusing on interpreting genetic variants into actionable medical knowledge, involving variant annotation, filtering, clinical classification and connecting findings to treatment guidelines or disease pathways to generate a clinical report, bridging raw genomic data with patient care and precision medicine.Tech: Java, Python, Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS, Datadog, Gitlab, Temporal, TestRail, Microservices, Cursor, Gemini, Claude Code, healthcare standards (HIPAA, CLIA, FDA, TIR 45, IEC 62304) Leading, coaching, and managing a team of 7 quality engineers across 3 global teams within Bioinformatics Variomics, focusing on risk management, improving test automation, processes, and efficiency Leading software quality efforts across 5 teams Resolve technical issues for teams working on the Variomics Engineering platform to achieve go-to-market objectives Enhance engineering knowledge by presenting technical topics, including Kafka, AI in Software Testing and Exploratory Testing Improved operational efficiency and informed decision-making by building Jira dashboards and Jira Plans across the department Build automated testing using Java and Python, across functional and service integration testing Designed and executed performance testing for the variant analysis microservice pipeline, and coordinated improvements based on findings Designed method for storing, updating, reviewing, documenting, and testing VCF files produced by upstream teams, utilizing Git for managing the data contract Product contributions: Noninvasive prenatal testing NIPT, Genetic Carrier Screening, Somatic ctDNA screening Types of testing: Exploratory, API, Chaos, Soak, Load, Security, Functional automation

Education

• University of North Texas

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology

• Texas State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science