Andrew Alsberge
Austin,TX
Summary
Dedicated Full Stack Engineer from video game QA automation design to Senior Engineer in VRBO to Expedia Group integrated systems and deployments. Pride when exploring and building new services, enjoy designing and maintaining reliable systems. Believe services should be proactive in scalability and reporting when operations encounter expectations outside a standard deviation. Continuing direction of developing more engineers with design, development, and testing is the future of the industry.
Skills
- Amazon AWS
- Database Management
- Java
- JavaScript
- Python
- Automated Testing and Reporting
- Software Design
- Test strategy planning
- Requirements analysis
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Data Engineer
General Motors Co
Austin, Texas
04.2024 - Current
- Collaborated with developers and project managers to assess program capabilities, features and testing demands.
- Increased product reliability by performing thorough regression testing on each release cycle.
- Collaborated closely with development teams to improve software functionality and stability.
- Implemented automated testing solutions where appropriate, reducing manual testing effort and increasing overall test coverage.
- Provided technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a collaborative learning environment within the organization.
Software Engineer in Test 3
Khoros
12.2020 - 01.2024
- Increased software quality coverage by 30% developing and implementing comprehensive test plans and strategies
- Enhanced product performance with thorough evaluation of functional, regression, and integration tests
- Increased team efficiency by automating repetitive testing tasks using Selenium and Jenkins with automated reporting directly to Jira
- Reduced bug rates by 40% through detailed bug reports to developers early in development cycle
Senior Software Engineer
Expedia Group
03.2019 - 01.2020
- Lead developer and migrating services from AWS ECS to AWS Kubernetes
- Design of 4 services that were cross company within greater ecosystem of Expedia
- Migrated multiple in house microservices and applications to AWS platform for scalability
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design innovative software solutions
- Enhanced software functionality by implementing full stack solutions for various projects.
- Mentored junior developers, fostering professional growth and enhancing team productivity
Software Engineer
VRBO (acquired By Expedia Group)
Austin, TX
01.2016 - 03.2019
- Progression from development to lead design of applications requested of 2 teams
- Supported and guided interns within HomeAway/VRBO college program in proof concept for applications and full cycle development
- Designed, created, and testing plans of applications that collected data from all of VRBO/Expedia services for visibility and deployment reports
- Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of software
Software Engineer in Test 3
Homeaway (acquired By Expedia Group)
Austin, TX
10.2012 - 01.2016
- Development of Ruby testing framework, tools, test plans, release confidence, production defect response, and correction
- Creation of 3 tools to support Ruby and Java automation
- Trained 7 additional Ruby testing engineers with internal and standard test procedures'
- Creation and Design of testing plans products directly visible to property owners and property managers.
- Improved software performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in testing code
QA Automation Tester
Bioware
01.2012 - 10.2012
- Cross team testing collaboration while working on online MMORPG evolving environment
- Assisted expansion of 10% in automated testing of user account API's
- Designed and created testing of database warehouse ingestion for game and billing data
- Assisted in creation of hundreds of automated UI tests of customer service support tool
- Learned time management and high demand of rapid development of services in fast paced environment
- Reduced manual testing efforts with development of reusable automated test scripts
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX12.2011
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
German
Elementary
American Sign Language
Limited Working
Timeline
Data Engineer
General Motors Co
04.2024 - Current
Software Engineer in Test 3
Khoros
12.2020 - 01.2024
Senior Software Engineer
Expedia Group
03.2019 - 01.2020
Software Engineer
VRBO (acquired By Expedia Group)
01.2016 - 03.2019
Software Engineer in Test 3
Homeaway (acquired By Expedia Group)
10.2012 - 01.2016
QA Automation Tester
Bioware
01.2012 - 10.2012
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Texas State University
Hobbies and Interests
- 3D Printing
- Role-playing games
- Board games
- Juggling
- Mountain biking
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