Bernard Wyllie

Software Development Engineer in Test @Brivo

Austin, TX, US

Architected API acceptance testing frameworks in Python (pytest), delivering 383+ automated tests across 100+ REST endpoints with JWT/OAuth authentication, automated cleanup, and JUnit/HTML reporting- Designed and deployed Concourse CI/CD pipelines with quality gates blocking production releases on test failures, Zulip notifications, and intelligent transient error handling that reduced false-positive build failures from ~15% to under 3%- Discovered and resolved a critical production safety incident where contract tests were executing real operations; implemented production-safe testing methodology using fake resource IDs- Designed and executed test cases across major projects, identifying multiple API bugs with detailed root cause analysis and Jira documentation- Built a TypeScript MCP server enabling AI-powered test management, integrating test execution, failure analysis, and Jira updates into a single natural language workflow- Led end-to-end QA project planning and execution totaling 39+ story points — from epic creation through CI/CD deployment — completing all milestones on schedule- Triaged and resolved over Jira tickets as primary QA resource validating code and bug fixes across multiple cross-functional teams- Authored test plans, minispecs, and documentation for QA and company leadership, including Confluence publications and CI/CD integration runbooks- Coordinated creation and execution of coding challenges for QA employee candidates

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering