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Anthony Abarca

Summary

Experienced Software Tester with hands-on background in testing various development projects. Successful at testing based on customer requirements to produce on-target deliverables. Demonstrated expertise in leading-edge software development and testing methods.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Live Test Associate 3

Insight Global
06.2022 - 12.2023
  • Collaborated with QA team to test software quality through manual and automated testing.
  • Carried out tests to identify, report and repair bugs using Azure Devops.
  • Coordinated work with various teams to solve problems and improve efficiency for software testing and automation.
  • Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
  • Continued post launch support and validate featured live content along with using Confluence for validation.

VR Quality Assurance

Moth And Flame
11.2021 - 06.2022
  • Exectuted Test Runs and Test Cases using Testrail.
  • Logged, tracked, and regressed Bug Reports using Jira.
  • Tested several in-house VR Apps, focused on speech-recognition, using a Meta Quest 2.
  • Communicated with Developers and QA Leads regarding Test Results and Bug Reports.
  • Ensured VR App back-end telemetry data was properly tracked through in-house tools.

Debug Tester

Nintendo
09.2021 - 12.2021
  • Wrote and executed effective functional tests and carried out exploratory testing to assess product performance.
  • Read, interpreted and followed written test instructions and procedures to accurately test products.

Technician Test 2

Lionbridge
03.2020 - 07.2021
  • Tracked, prioritized, and organized defects with hardware, working with development team to facilitate timely corrections
  • Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications
  • Wrote and submitted comprehensive bug reports, providing details on factors such as ease of replication, severity, and other metrics
  • Collaborated with team members to test multi-player content during test cases
  • Compared multi-platform game performance to verify consistency through multiple console generations
  • Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.

Junior Debug Tester

Nintendo
01.2019 - 06.2019
  • Reported, tracked, and regressed bug reports throughout development cycle
  • Worked with and led coworkers in tasks for projects, such as bilingual text checking
  • Used Blackbox testing methods to identify issues during Ad-hoc
  • Executed test cases to identify bugs and locks during testing, communicating with engineers and leads to resolve issues found
  • Conducted software compatibility tests with programs, hardware, operating systems, or network environments
  • Troubleshot with end-users and development teams to reproduce, investigate and debug software.

Education

Graduate of Eastside Academy -

Interlake High
Bellevue, WA
06.2016

Skills

  • Cross-platform testing
  • Test planning
  • Regression Testing
  • Debugging
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Test Case Creation
  • Black Box Testing
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jira
  • ECTs

Accomplishments

  • Credited Titles: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Super Smash Brother Ultimate, Forza Motorsport

Timeline

Live Test Associate 3

Insight Global
06.2022 - 12.2023

VR Quality Assurance

Moth And Flame
11.2021 - 06.2022

Debug Tester

Nintendo
09.2021 - 12.2021

Technician Test 2

Lionbridge
03.2020 - 07.2021

Junior Debug Tester

Nintendo
01.2019 - 06.2019

Graduate of Eastside Academy -

Interlake High
Anthony Abarca