Abdullah F. Coban
Senior QA Engineer
Austin,Texas
Summary
Innovative Quality Engineering professional with over 10 years of experience architecting scalable automation frameworks across FinTech, GovTech, and EdTech sectors. Expert in bridging the gap between legacy stability and modern innovation, specializing in AI-driven self-healing test layers (Healenum) and Generative AI agents (KaneAI) to achieve 50%+ increases in test coverage. Proven track record of engineering robust CI/CD quality gates, optimizing AWS-hosted microservices, and leading cross-functional teams in Agile/Kanban environments to ensure zero-defect production releases.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior QA Engineer
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
01.2024 - 01.2026
- Architected a self-healing automation layer using Healenum, implementing AI-driven DOM recovery to reduce manual script maintenance by 30%.
- Piloted Generative AI agents (KaneAI) to automate complex BDD scenario generation, expanding test coverage for Eligibility Web Services by 50% within 6 months.
- Engineered automated quality gates within CI/CD pipelines, utilizing AWS-hosted environments and SQL to validate data integrity and prevent production regressions.
- Modernized legacy system stability by developing custom VBScript and descriptive programming in UFT One to handle dynamic objects in enterprise applications.
- Led AI-assisted testing workshops, establishing new triage protocols that reduced repetitive manual tasks and streamlined team onboarding via Confluence.
- Orchestrated End-to-End (E2E) testing for responsive web and mobile applications within Agile (Scrum) and Lean (Kanban) hybrid environments.
- Optimized cross-environment build efficiency, writing custom scripts to troubleshoot and synchronize data across Local, Dev, UAT, and Production tiers.
QA Engineer / SDET
Dealerware
04.2022 - 12.2023
- Architected a Node.js-based automation stack using WebDriverIO, enabling real-time synchronization and mobile-responsive testing across distributed environments.
- Implemented a 'Shift-Left' strategy by integrating CircleCI with parallel execution, accelerating feedback loops and ensuring zero critical defects reached staging.
- Automated API security workflows using Postman and JavaScript, streamlining OAuth 2.0 token generation and chaining requests for high-velocity smoke testing.
- Validated secure payment integrations (Braintree), ensuring PCI-compliant transaction flows and stable production releases for financial modules.
- Optimized backend verification by utilizing JDBC and SQL to validate complex data transformations within cloud-based architectures.
Lead QA Engineer
PowerSchool
10.2018 - 01.2022
- Scalable Framework Design: Developed a Java & Selenium WebDriver framework from the ground up, reducing manual regression effort by 75% via Object-Oriented design.
- Microservices Coverage: Designed a modular API automation framework using REST Assured, achieving 90%+ coverage and reducing manual validation time by 80%.
- Enterprise Test Management: Managed a repository of 2,000+ test cases in TestRail, leveraging the API to automate status updates directly from execution runs.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Championed Cucumber (BDD) adoption to bridge technical gaps between stakeholders, ensuring 100% alignment on acceptance criteria.
- Mentorship: Led a team of QA engineers to standardize automation protocols, improving delivery velocity and institutional knowledge sharing.
- Data Integrity Audits: Performed complex SQL (Joins/Subqueries) validation to ensure data consistency across mission-critical educational databases.
- Environment Troubleshooting: Reduced system downtime by 20% by identifying and resolving configuration bottlenecks across staging and production environments.
- Documentation Leadership: Authored 'How-To' technical guides in Confluence, reducing the average onboarding time for new hires by two weeks.
QA Engineer
A+ Federal Credit Union
09.2015 - 09.2019
- Built a Hybrid Automation Framework using Selenium WebDriver and Page Object Model (POM), cutting maintenance overhead by 40%.
- Reduced execution time by 50% by architecting parallel testing strategies using TestNG and Selenium Grid.
- Automated CI/CD workflows via Jenkins, triggering full regression suites upon code deployment to ensure immediate feedback.
- Executed specialized testing cycles, including JMeter performance testing and accessibility audits to ensure financial compliance and system stability.
- Database State Management: Managed complex test data in MsSQL, utilizing stored procedures to reset database states for consistent, repeatable automated runs.
- Requirement Analysis: Collaborated with Business Analysts to transform user stories into rigorous test conditions, achieving a 95% requirement-traceability rate.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Western University
12.2015 - 12.2019
Skills
Automation: Selenium WebDriverIO UFT One
AI: KaneAI Healenum ML Triage AI-Test Gen
Backend & API: REST Assured Postman JDBC MySQL
Additional Information
Reserve member of United States Coast Guard
Timeline
Senior QA Engineer
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
01.2024 - 01.2026
QA Engineer / SDET
Dealerware
04.2022 - 12.2023
Lead QA Engineer
PowerSchool
10.2018 - 01.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Western University
12.2015 - 12.2019
QA Engineer
A+ Federal Credit Union
09.2015 - 09.2019