Andrew Godwin

Andrew Godwin 1053, Lac 1 Tunis, Tunisia linkedin.com/in/pasignature www.andrew-godwin.com -- Senior QA Engineer Highly motivated QA Engineer with 5+ years experience developing, testing and delivering web and mobile software solutions. Superb knowledge of test automation, QA processes, tools and methodologies with excellent coding and debugging skills. Experience and ability to run tests in parallel, run tests with appropriate test data, set up dashboards for reporting test results in real time using Gantt Chart, developing tools to assist manual and exploratory testing. Rock star team lead with ability to influence colleagues and highly dedicated in continuing professional development. SKILLS Web and mobile apps development ♦ Software Testing ♦ Test Design ♦ Performance Testing ♦ Functional Testing ♦ Non-Functional Testing ♦ API Testing ♦ Manual & Automation Testing ♦ SDLC, STLC, Git, Bash scripting ♦ Coding & debugging (Java, Python, PHP, SQL, JS) ♦ Tools(Selenium, Appium, Espresso, Test Rail, Jira, Chrome DevTools, Postman, Browserstack, Github, JUnit, TestNG, CircleCI, GCP) ♦ Telecommuting ♦ collaboration ♦ communication ♦ leadership ♦ teamwork ♦ English proficiency. WORK EXPERIENCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Consolidated Alliance, Abuja Jan 2019 – Present Freelance Software QA Engineer • Contributes to planning and design, review product code, formulate test scenarios, develop test automation frameworks, automate test scenarios using the frameworks, analyzes the results of the testing process and finally provided feedbacks on progress and risks. • Executes test cases/scripts for manual/automation testing to detect and diagnose errors/bugs/flaws/UI/UX issues for the company's product lines involving web and mobile apps. • Performs integration, regression and performance testing to certify the stability and usability of software systems and compile QA test outcomes for comprehensive feedbacks. • Identifies and resolves issues and testing bottlenecks, decreasing software testing time by 25%. Consolidated Alliance, Abuja Dec 2015 – Dec 2018 Software QA Engineer • Saved 7 days of manual testing efforts by automating date input feature with a wide range of inputs. • Automated manual test cases to reduce amount of time and effort spent on manual testing by 30%. • Helped to resolve outages & participated in 5+ postmortem incident reports and provided feedback. • Used web-development skills to prototype 35+ new product features, eliminating 150 unique bugs. National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, Lagos & Abuja Feb 2015 – Dec 2015 Software QA Engineer • Automated parts of the testing workflow improving functionality by 30%. • Reported, documented and resolve bugs ensuring 100% coverage of the right features. • Assisted in addressing defects/flaws and several UI/UX concerns improving usability by 20%. Flights Time InfoTech, Lagos & Abuja Feb 2014 – Jan 2015 Software QA Engineer • Managed issues and provided feedbacks on progress & risks, resulting in operational savings of 15%. • Resolved 250+ critical bugs in the product to improve functionality, stability and usability by 40%. • Assisted Manager to reduce pressure by volunteering to take up more tasks, saving time and money. PERSONAL PROJECTS • NIHOTOUR Merchant Android App, July 2020 Fully leveraged Java Android SDK to create an admin back-end mobile app for easy management of perform business logic and statistical database of hotel/bus/taxi listings and bookings. Project includes setting up development environment, developing source code from scratch and building apps with Java development tools, emulator implementation, data storage and design of app fluidity over multiple smart devices. Development effort involves peer review, weekly builds and extensive collaboration. Technologies used: Java, Android Studio, ADB - Android Debug Bridge for debugging and testing, Android Developer Tools, Android SDK, Gradle build system, TestNG. App Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nihotour.admin.free • AirBnB Clone, June 2020 A team project to create a Python Flask web application with a command line console for managing several classes needed to create a clone of AirBnB website and its basic functionalities. Technologies used: Python, Flask, MySQL/SQLAlchemy, HAproxy, HTML, CSS, NGINX, JavaScript, Git, Github. - Engineered an internal API, file-based and SQL database storage systems. - Created a custom command line testing console. - Wrote bash scripts to configure NGINX server and UFW Firewall. - Installed load balancers and secured site with firewall and SSL. Repository: https://github.com/pasignature/AirBnB_clone_v4 EDUCATION • Lagos State University, Lagos Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science, 2016 – 2021, in progress (5years Distance Learning Program) Honors: cum laude (GPA: 3.6) - 4th year current Coursework Highlights: Object Oriented Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, Database Management Systems, Operating System, Application Server Programming, Computer Network, Software Architecture, Technical Communication, Information System Security. • Holberton Software Engineering School, Tunis Software Engineering, Dec 2020 Coursework Highlights: Onsite intensive project-based curriculum, Fullstack web development, lowlevel and high-level programming with emphasis on data structure and peer-learning. Modules include: Python, C, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Databases, Bash, Git, Ansible, continuous integration and continuous delivery concepts and tools, Agile development approach, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations. • Lagos State University ICT training Center, Lagos Diploma in Web Designing & Programming, June 2012 CERTIFICATIONS • • • • • Agile Software Project Planning and Management – Bright Network UK, Dec 2020 - Jan 2021. System Administration and IT Infrastructure Services by Google – Coursera, 2020. Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User by Google – Coursera, 2020. The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking by Google – Coursera, 2020. Technical Support Fundamentals by Google – Coursera, 2020.