Hadi Khaleghi – Software Test Lead

Address: London, N3 - Tel: +447894265083 - Email: hadi@khaleghi.co.uk - Web: www.khaleghi.co.uk - Nationality: British

PROFILE
Versatile and successful ISEB-qualified software tester with a wealth of technical and commercial skills acquired across a wide
range of demanding roles with over 13 years commercial experience within the Financial, Travel, Healthcare, E-Commerce,
Technology & Real Estate sectors. Now seeking next challenging and rewarding opportunity to demonstrate substantial abilities
and make an effective contribution in a successful, end user focused team.

EXPERTISE & IT SKILLS

● Automated Testing Tools – Selenium WebDriver, UiAutomator, Appium, Cucumber, Nightwatch js, Rest Assured,
● Application Development – Java, Javascript, SQL
● Defect management system – Jira, Bugzilla, Pivotal
● Experience of the full testing life cycle and methodologies – Agile and Waterfall
● Able to analyse and understand test requirements to fulfill business needs and translate requirement into test scripts
● Rational and analytical approach to problem solving
● A team player with the ability to work independently; taking ownership of projects and resolving issues efficiently

EDUCATION
2005 – 2008: City University, London - BSc Computer Science
2003 – 2005: Enfield Grammar Sixth Form, London

WORK EXPERIENCE
Ocado –Programme Test Delivery Manager (Contract) Apr 20 to present
Transforming online grocery around the world through cutting-edge technology and automation.

● Responsible for overall test plan and processes

● Created a Rest Assured framework to test all Ocado API’s
● Created Appium mobile framework to test the Ocado internal app and customer app
● Maintained / improved existing UI testing framework
● Setup GitLab CI in order to run tests on the cloud
● Coached, appraised and mentored members of the team and provided support when required
● Advising team on best practices
● Worked closely with programme managers and stakeholders

Key skills: Selenium, Rest assured, Cucumber, Java, Api, Postman, Mobile testing, E2E testing, Manage test activates, GitLab ci

RBS / BÓ –Lead Automation Engineer (Contract) Sept 18 to Apr 20

Building a new banking platform to help customers manage their money better.

● Wrote, maintained and executed automated UI tests for Bó banking app on iOS and Android
● Contributed to writing API test’s
● Mentored members of the team and provided support when required
● Created smoke tests to run automatically as part of the release pipeline to ensure quality on every commit
● Worked closely with frontend developers to ensure the app contained all the relevant accessibility labels
● Planning and leading a team of testers to execute test plans whilst supporting them with technical issues

Key skills: Appium, Webdriver I/O, Javascript, Mobile testing, iOS, Android, Mocha, Chai, Api, Postman

Expedia –Senior Automation Test Engineer (Contract) Oct 16 to Sept 18

World’s largest online travel company operating more than 100 branded point of sales in more than 60 countries.

● Set up and managed a brand new automated test framework for screen comparison
● Created automation packs to run be run on a nightly basis and after every build to ensure quality
● Wrote automated tests for hotels.com in their nightwatch js BDD framework
● Performed multivariate testing, AWS cloud testing, Omniture / tracking testing
● Managed the end to end and integration testing for various white label projects
● Mentored members of the team and helped introduce them to writing automated tests – onshore and offshore members

Key skills: Selenium WebDriver, Nightwatch js, ImageMagick, MVT testing, Java, Javascript, Web testing, AWS testing

Hadi Khaleghi - Curriculum Vitae

RBS – Lead Test Consultant (Contract) May 15 to Oct 16

● Launched new banking platforms for RBS, Natwest and Ulster North
● Wrote up the Test strategy, test process and best practice guides for the RBS digital programme
● Lead tester for all RBS digital projects, directed 8 team members on various manual and automated projects
● Integrated automated tests into the team’s sign off process
● Set up & managed automated test frameworks for various projects using Cucumber (BDD), Selenium WebDriver & Java
● Took ownership of all test phases / activities
● Worked with project teams to provide testing input into project schedules (scope, test estimates and approach)

Key skills: Selenium WebDriver, BrowserStack, Cucumber, Java, Web testing, TeamCity, Quality Center, BDD

Tesco – Automation Test Lead (Contract) Nov 13 to May 15

Tesco launched their own tablets (hudl 1 & hudl 2) which sold over 2.5 million devices and was voted most popular tablet in 2015

● Directed 12 team members on various manual and automated projects

● Set up and managed test framework for Android projects and Tesco CMS website
● Wrote manual and automated tests for all Tesco apps & widgets ensuring they work on both hudl 1 and 2 devices
● Lead manual tester for Tesco Top apps, Tesco Get started apps and CMS website; both manual and automated testing
● Multivariate testing using Leanplum and Adobe Target

Key skills: UiAutomator, Appium, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium grid, Cucumber, Android, MVT testing, Web testing, Mobile

Tesco – Test Lead - Tesco Groceries App (Contract) July 13 to Nov 13

● Trained, mentored and supported onshore and offshore team members across multiple automated and manual projects
● Conducted functional and non-functional testing across all components of the product and platform
● Liaised with product owners for approval and sign offs
● Worked with 3rd party developers who were based both onshore and offshore
● Acceptance / End to End / User Experience / Integration / Exploratory / Usability Testing

Key skills: Android app testing, API testing, Charles web debugging proxy, Functional / Non Functional Testing, Github, Jenkins

Rightmove – Senior QA Analyst April 12 to July 13

A FTSE 250 property portal currently ranked top 10 busiest website the UK, which has approximately 18 million unique website
visitors, over 1 million iPhone app visitors and 500,000 Android app visitors a month.

● Acceptance / End to End / Integration / Multi Variant / User Experience / Exploratory / Cross browser Testing
● Raised and tracked stories / enhancements / bugs in Jira and provided estimates
● Debugged and fixed failed overnight Java tests
● Multi-Device testing for Web / Mobile site / Android / iPhone / iPad
● Lead a small team and mentored junior QA Analysts

Key skills: Manual web testing, Mobile testing (iPhone/Android), Automation, Java, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, SQL, TDD

JHC - Front Office Test Lead Aug 10 to April 12

A financial institution developing trading platforms for companies such as Aberdeen Asset Management, Brewin Dolphin, AJ Bell

● Tested Real Time trading website and mobile apps for banks and stockbroker companies
● Acceptance and Regression testing all software on different environments before delivering to clients
● End to End / Exploratory / Integration / Cross browser / User Experience / Performance Testing
● Mentored junior members of team; based in London and Birmingham

Key skills: Web and desktop testing, Web service testing, Performance testing, Trading Platform testing, Selenium IDE, SQL

Ultrasis - Testing Engineer Sept 08 to Aug 10

A healthcare company that develops computerised healthcare products based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
Key skills: Web testing, Desktop testing, E-commerce testing, Selenium IDE, UAT / Cross browser / UX testing, MYSQL

RTD LTD – System Tester / Support Assistant Dec 07 to July 08

Key skills: Manual web testing, Desktop testing, Produce/execute test scripts, Bugzilla, MS Word, Excel, Outlook

Hadi Khaleghi - Curriculum Vitae