Diego Pablo García Palacios
QA Automation Engineer with 5+ years of experience across e-commerce, healthcare, and fintech, specializing in end-to-end, UI, API, integration, and regression testing. Experienced in building automation solutions from scratch using Cypress and Playwright, as well as Web Driver IO and Puppeteer.
Strong background in API testing, CI/CD integration, Page Object Model (POM), Shift-Left testing, and Agile environments. Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools for test generation, code review, code generation, test orchestration, and project-context analysis.
Experience
QA Automation Engineer
Apply Digital Chile
Remote
- Designed and maintained automated testing solutions across e-commerce and application platforms, covering E2E, UI, API, integration, unit, and regression testing.
- Developed and maintained automation frameworks and test suites using Cypress, Vitest, Java Script, and Type Script, applying the Page Object Model (POM) pattern.
- Automated critical e-commerce workflows across multiple product areas, including My Account, checkout/cart, landing pages, and support/ticket functionality.
- Developed automated API and integration tests using Bruno, Postman, and Vitest, including REST API validation, payloads, status codes, schemas, and test data preparation.
- Integrated automated tests into CI/CD workflows using Git Hub Actions and Azure Dev Ops Pipelines, supporting smoke tests on Pull Requests and scheduled regression execution.
- Used AWS S3 and EC2 to support test environments, runners, HTML test reports, and execution artifacts.
- Adopted Shift-Left QA practices and worked with product and engineering teams to identify defects and clarify acceptance criteria earlier in the SDLC.
- Applied Claude, Git Hub Copilot, BMAD, and MCP integrations with Jira and Playwright to analyze user story context, generate automation code and executable tests, and synchronize testing workflows with Jira. Tech Stack: Java Script, Type Script, Cypress, Playwright, Vitest, Bruno, Postman, POM, REST APIs, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, AWS S3, AWS EC2, Jira, Zen Hub, Claude, Git Hub Copilot, BMAD, MCP
QA Automation Engineer & Lead
Huxleymed
United States (Remote)
- Led the QA strategy for critical healthcare software, implementing Shift-Left testing practices from sprint inception to detect edge cases early in the development cycle.
- Designed and automated test cases from existing test plans, validating critical workflows across multiple user roles and application features.
- Validated data processing, report generation, downloads, graphical elements, and role-based workflows across Admin, Physician, Support, and reporting functions.
- Served as the sole QA engineer, managing test execution and automation across a broad set of documented test cases.
- Performed functional, regression, manual, and exploratory testing to identify edge cases and ensure application reliability.
- Applied Shift-Left testing practices and participated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies to identify issues earlier in the development lifecycle. Tech Stack: Cypress, Java Script, Git, Jira, Test Automation, Manual Testing, Exploratory Testing, Shift-Left, Agile/Scrum
QA Automation Engineer
Yalutec
Guatemala (Remote)
- Built automation solutions from scratch for web and conversational applications using Java Script, Cypress, and Playwright.
- Automated e-commerce purchase and product customization workflows using Cypress.
- Automated Whats App conversational flows using Playwright, solving browser authentication challenges through persistent Chrome sessions.
- Developed and maintained reusable automation structures using the Page Object Model (POM).
- Created test scripts and performed manual exploratory testing to validate web application functionality and edge cases.
- Conducted pull request reviews and supported defect management throughout the incident lifecycle within Agile/Scrum environments. Tech Stack: Java Script, Cypress, Playwright, POM, Jira, Git, Web Automation, Whats App, Agile/Scrum
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Coincaex
Guatemala (Remote)
- Designed and executed functional and regression testing for transactional web applications, covering critical end-to-end workflows.
- Participated in the migration of the E2E automation suite from Selenium to Cypress using Java Script, modernizing the automation stack while improving execution speed and reducing test flakiness.
- Developed and maintained automated test suites using Cypress, Web Driver IO, and Puppeteer.
- Performed REST API testing and automation using Postman and automated testing tools, validating payloads, status codes, schemas, and application behavior.
- Integrated automated tests into Jenkins CI/CD jobs to enable continuous execution and validation of automated test suites.
- Created BDD scenarios based on user stories, produced structured test execution reports, and managed defects using Jira. Techstack: Java Script, Selenium, Cypress, Web Driver IO, Puppeteer, Postman, REST APIs, BDD, Jenkins, Jira, CI/CD, Agile/Scrum
Education
Galileo University
Systems Engineering, Information Technology, and Computer Science
Skills
CypressPlaywrightWebDriverIOPuppeteerVitestE2E TestingUI TestingAPI TestingTest Automation FrameworksPage Object Model (POM)BDDTest Case DesignShift-Left TestingBrunoPostmanJiraZenHubGitCI/CD PipelinesAWSJavaScriptTypeScriptAgile
CERTIFICATIONS
Cypress – Modern Automation Testing from Scratch + Frameworks
Udemy
Performance Testing: Introduction to k6 for Beginners
Udemy
MasterClass Software Testing with Jira & Agile | Be a QA Lead
Udemy
LANGUAGES
English
Highly proficient
Spanish
Native