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Arnela Milosavljevic

Arlington,VA

Summary

QA Automation Engineer with 6+ years of experience in the Email Marketing and Finance domains. Skilled in building and maintaining automated test frameworks for UI and APIs using Cypress, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java and Selenium. Experienced in test planning, CI/CD integration, and collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality software. Strong advocate for modern QA practices, including the use of AI tools to improve speed, reliability, and test coverage.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

QUALITY ASSURANCE AUTOMATION ENGINEER II

AWeber
07.2021 - Current
  • Lead QA efforts across cross-functional teams, collaborating with engineering, product, and design teams.
  • Contributed to scaling UI regression test coverage from 20 to 40+ suites, and building 35 UI and 95 HTTP API acceptance tests
  • Originally developed tests in JavaScript; led the full migration to TypeScript.
  • Designed and executed robust RESTful API acceptance tests using Python and Postman.
  • Co-developed a shared QA library with a modular Page Object Model and custom UI/API Cypress commands.
  • Managed pipelines and merge requests with GitLab CI/CD to ensure smooth integration and deployment.
  • Integrated modern AI tools including Cursor, Claude Code, with MCP servers.
  • Maintained internal test reporting dashboards using Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, and a Python backend (requests, dotenv).
  • Rewrote QA documentation to reflect current standards and mentored new QA engineers.


Stack: Cypress, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Postman, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, GitLab CI/CD, Cursor, Claude Code, MCP, Grafana, Loggly, Jira, REST APIs, Agile

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER IN TEST (SDET)

Fannie Mae
03.2019 - 07.2021
  • Developed BDD test scripts using Cucumber, including feature files and step definitions.
  • Built and maintained Selenium WebDriver automation frameworks using Java, JUnit, Maven, and Jenkins for CI/CD execution.
  • Designed and implemented a Page Object Model framework with Page Factory.
  • Performed RESTful API testing using REST Assured and wrote SQL queries for backend validation.
  • Executed functional, regression, smoke, and database tests across web applications.


Stack: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, JUnit, IntelliJ, Postman, Maven, Jenkins, SQL, REST Assured, Git.

Timeline

QUALITY ASSURANCE AUTOMATION ENGINEER II

AWeber
07.2021 - Current

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER IN TEST (SDET)

Fannie Mae
03.2019 - 07.2021
Arnela Milosavljevic