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Hi, I’m
Nicolas Valencia
Developer Experience
Irvine,CA
Summary
Engineer proficient in leading developer productivity teams to enhance system stability, optimize performance, and fortify security by developing data-driven, customer-centric, and innovative software solutions.
Overview
9
years of professional experience
4
Languages
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
PlayStationSan Francisco, CA
Engineering Manager, Developer productivity
10.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Led the team of 6 people responsible for maintaining 100 + distributed build and test pipelines for all PlayStation 5
- PlayStation Mobile, and PlayStation Portal firmware and client applications
- Saved company thousands of hours of build and tests for over 40 internal customers by developing a custom
- Jenkins Build pipeline workflow abstracting Fastlane, Gradle, Python, and Groovy plugins
- Reduced Alpha and Release build approvals from days to minutes by developing an org-wide web tool for automating 70% of all process checkpoints
- Saved company thousands of dollars on cloud resources by creating AWS Infrastructure-as-code tools to efficiently set up and deploy both on-premise and EC2 machines (Linux, MacOS, Windows) for all internal services in the engineering org.
PlayStationSan Francisco, CA
Senior Software Engineer
06.2020 - 10.2022
Job overview
- Allowed the company to scale QA teams from five to 400 by co-creating and maintaining PlayStation's internal
- Python test framework (Based on Pytest and a custom version of Appium) used by over 200 Client app SDETs
- Enabled QA for the first time to perform pre-deployment API testing, network-independent GUI testing, and penetration testing by creating a Microservice tool to mock, replay, and test network traffic.
PlayStationTokyo
Sr. Software Automation Engineer
06.2017 - 05.2020
Job overview
- Reduced manual test execution by hundreds of hours per week by designing the test automation pipeline architecture for the PlayStation 5 firmware package
- Designed data-driven performance & stress testing pipelines and Prometheus/Grafana telemetry dashboards that helped Sony decide which applications would be included in the PlayStation 5 launch
- Created a Native application in C++ to allow SDETs to simulate and test Middleware APIs on PS5 devkits.
Sony Semiconductor SolutionsTokyo
CMOS Image Sensor Design Engineer
04.2015 - 05.2017
Job overview
- Introduced the first automated workflow for simulating and testing image properties for Time-of-flight CMOS sensors for automotive use using OpenCV
- Designed on Cadence the pixel and analog circuit for the face recognition Image Sensor (IMX400), used in the iPhone X cameras, and automated the imaging property testing from the test samples.
Education
Nihon UniversityTokyo
BSc. from Electronic Engineering And Computer Science
04.2011 - 03.2015
University Overview
- [MEXT Undergraduate Scholarhip] Recipient: Full scholarship by the MEXT (Japanese Ministry of Education Science and Technology
- Ranked in Top 10 % of class (Japanese Curriculum)
Skills
- CERTIFICATIONS, SKILLS & INTERESTS
- Technical Skills: Python, Groovy, Rust, Unix shell, Kubernetes, Terraform, Artifactory
Accomplishments
- Certifications: Certified Scrum Master, Product Owner and Agile Coach
- ISTQB and AWS certified.
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
Career advancementCompany CultureWork-life balanceInterests
Culinary arts
Oil painting
Tennis
Rock Climbing
Timeline
Engineering Manager, Developer productivity
PlayStation
10.2022 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
PlayStation
06.2020 - 10.2022
Sr. Software Automation Engineer
PlayStation
06.2017 - 05.2020
CMOS Image Sensor Design Engineer
Sony Semiconductor Solutions
04.2015 - 05.2017
Nihon University
BSc. from Electronic Engineering And Computer Science
04.2011 - 03.2015
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