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James Ryan
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Target Status:Specializing in test automation, security testing, and quality engineering. Currently architecting AI-powered testing tools and pursuing Practical Junior Penetration Tester certification by TCM Security.

About Me

3+
Years ofExperience

I'm a Quality Assurance Engineer with a focus on automation, security, and performance.

My expertise spans web application testing, API testing, security assessments, and building maintainable test frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines. I build systems that break other systems to make them stronger.

Core Technologies

🟨JavaScript
🔷TypeScript
🎭Playwright
🌲Cypress
🐳Docker
☁️Azure
🔀Git

Capability Matrix

Testing Frameworks

Selenium/Cypress/Playwright/Jest/TestRail/JIRA/

Programming Languages

JavaScript/Python/C#/TypeScript/GraphQL/

Security Testing

OWASP Top 10/Penetration Testing/Burp Suite/

DevOps & CI/CD

Docker/Git/GitHub Actions/AzureDevOps/Linux/API Testing/

Experience

Th

Theoria Medical

Remote
June 2023 – December 2025

Jr. Software Development Engineer in Test

June 2025 – December 2025

Write and maintain automated test scripts in Playwright for UI, API, and integration layers.

  • »Write and maintain automated test scripts in Playwright for UI, API, and integration layers
  • »Execute regression and smoke suites in CI and report results in Jira or TestRail
  • »Debug test failures and isolate environment vs. code issues
Protocol / Tech Stack
CypressPlaywrightK6OWASP ZAPDockerPostmanJira
In

Innovuze Solutions Inc.

Remote
Jun 2022 – Jun 2023

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Dec 2022 – Jun 2023

Led the QA team and managed testing processes across projects.

  • »Led QA efforts across multiple client projects
  • »Established standardized testing procedures
  • »Developed onboarding program for new team members
Protocol / Tech Stack
Selenium WebDriverPostmanMySQLGitAzure DevOpsCypress

Projects

Web Applications

AutoTestGen - AI Test Case Generator

AI-powered test automation framework for generating and maintaining test cases for web applications. Integrates with CI/CD pipelines.

CypressPlaywrightJavaScriptGitHub ActionsAI
Tab

Smart Money Tracker - AI Finance Assistant

Personal finance management application with AI-powered insights and recommendations. Track expenses and analyze spending patterns.

AIFinanceWeb AppAnalytics
Tab

Sillage - AI Curator

AI-powered fragrance collection management platform with weather-smart recommendations and layering combinations.

AIReactWeb AppRecommendations
Tab

QA & Automation

Sillage - Playwright E2E Automation

Comprehensive end-to-end testing suite for the MySillage platform ensuring reliability and performance.

PlaywrightTypeScriptE2E TestingCI/CD

Education

B.S. Information Technology

University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines

2018 – 2022

Focused on Software Engineering, QA practices, and participated in competitive programming.

Achievements

  • Capstone project on Beauru on Fisheries Management System
  • Participated in inter-university hacking competitions hosted by DICT
  • 3rd place in DICT hacking competition

Certifications

Practical Junior Penetration Tester (PJPT)

TCM Security

In Progress
Penetration TestingInternal Network SecurityExploitation
View Certificate

Courses & Self Development

CyberOps Associate

Cisco Networking Academy

2022
SOC OperationsIncident Response
View Certificate

Practical Web App Security & Testing

TCM Security

2023
OWASP Top 10Penetration TestingSecurity Testing
View Certificate

Introduction to Playwright

Applitools

2024
Test AutomationPlaywrightE2E Testing
View Certificate

Let's
Talk

Ready to engineer the future? Drop a signal. I'm available for new opportunities and interesting collaborations.

Channels

Location

Remote

Transmission Link