Nico Taghizade

About Nico Taghizade

Seasoned Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 7+ years of experience in both…

Experience

1. Senior Qa Automation Engineer

   7-Eleven

   May 2023 — Present · US

   Actively collaborate with the Scrum team and participate in all Agile ceremonies including Sprint planning, Daily stand-ups, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective and Sprint grooming sessions.Facilitate a development and maintenance of automation framework utilizing Java, Selenium WebDriver, Maven, Cucumber BDD with Gherkin language for organizing feature files and step definitions. This implementation follows the POM (Page Object Model) design pattern which increases time efficiency and code reusability.Perform Regression, Smoke, Front-end, Back-end and End-to-end tests at various phases of the development and test cycles.Achieved a 99% defect- free release rate by automating end- to- end tests for RESTful API’s usingCucumber,Java with RestAssured, and Postman.Design and implement comprehensive test strategies for complex RETAIL software applications ensuring high-quality deliverables and seamless user experience by close collaboration with development teams.Record defects in Jira and monitor their status throughout the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).Validating and querying data with SQL and NoSQL tools such as Postgres and MongoDB and automating test cases.Actively contribute to Continuous Integration (CI) and deployment process, leveraging Jenkins to automate build and test processes, resulting in more frequent and reliable software releases.Mentor junior QAs in test automation best practices, ensuring consistent adherence to coding standards, maintainable test suites, and efficient use of testing tools. Participate in available trainings to improve software and industry knowledge.Triggered automated test execution workflows using Apache Airflow, streamlining the scheduling, monitoring, and management of test pipelines across multiple environments.