Joseph Adams

Actively contributing to the software development engineering in test function within the FinTech sector...

• Hired to lead redevelopment of existing UI test framework from Selenium to Playwright to decrease execution time and debugging overhead.
• Successfully scaled suite to over 500 UI tests running in 2 hours.
• Architected API Framework using Playwright and Axios library.
• Led a team of 7 (including developers on secondment) with direct line management of 4, including holiday planning and appraisals.
• Responsible for framework design and selecting "TestOps" tooling (Jenkins).
• Upskilled automation engineers and conducted knowledge sharing with manual testers.

• Led a team of 2 engineers automating API and UI test cases for commercial sales and asset management systems.
• Automated GraphQL APIs using Java and RESTAssured; manual testing via Postman.
• Performed UI testing using Playwright with TypeScript.
• Mentored the department’s first Early Careers Program member and reviewed technical hiring submissions.

• Redeveloped automation frameworks for web, mobile, and API testing.
• Implemented frameworks with WebdriverIO, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Conducted JavaScript upskilling courses for the Manual QA team.

• Verification lead for portable medical devices in a highly regulated environment.
• Created new E2E system test frameworks using an in-house Python framework.
• Demonstrated Appium for real-world device testing.

• First QA hire; created WebUI (WebDriverIO), API (Java/Rest-Assured), and Mobile (Appium) frameworks.
• Built custom dashboards via Google Chart API, Jira, and Jenkins APIs to show defect trends.
• Led recruitment and onboarding for junior automation testers.

• Led Scottish Government-funded Agile transformation from Waterfall.
• Created automated test framework using Jenkins, Maven, and Selenium to monitor deployed databases.
• Decommissioned QTP in favor of Selenium/Java.
• Hosted cross-browser testing using XenServer virtual machines.

• Xedo Software: First tester hire; automated Windows clients via Test Complete.
• Sword Ciboodle: Lead tester for CTI; created Perl scripts for mail server verification.
• Ceridian: Lead test team for defect retests and database change tracking.
• Sanmina-SCI / DMC: Debug Technician / Analyzer (1998-2002).