Erin Walker
Passionate test engineer with a meticulous eye for detail. I am deeply committed to delivering quality, thoughtful functionality, and thorough yet efficient testing processes.
Experience
Quality Automation Engineer
Alyce, Boston (Remote)
● Led the QA team by holding regular team syncs, establishing roadmap objectives, and knowledge sharing sessions
● By introducing an audit cycle, I reduced automation pipeline failures by 40%
● Working with product and our development teams I lead release rollout, refinement, and test definition for new features
● Polished procedures and workflows to give visibility and transparency to testing cycles, to raise and tackle issues with automation and pipelines, and to triage, escalate, and prioritize issues between CS and Engineering departments
● Worked with various integrations like Salesforce, Salesloft, Hupspot, Influtive, etc.
8/2022 - 2/2024
Quality Test Developer II
Lightspeed, Montreal (Remote)
● Adaptation of automated test coverage, developed for Android apps, for iOS versions
● Introduced and developed Cypress coverage for untested web applications
● Maintenance, optimization, and supervision of CI tooling & outputs in Travis to maintain green pipelines for efficient workflows and quality product
● End to End testing for the flagship Lightspeed product with Python and Circle CI.
12/2020 - 8/2022
Software Engineer
Upserve, Providence (Hybrid)
● Using Typescript and React Native I was a part of the mobile team developing features for Point of Sale software using both tablet and mobile apps including custom hardware on both iOS and Android
● Worked with various integrations including meal delivery, reservations, and inventory as well as hardware such as printers and card readers and custom devices
● Continuous development of new products and features as well as assessment and resolution of bugs and code maintenance with biweekly validation, feature flag management, and staggered release schedules
● Collaborated with product, quality, and design teams for agile projects to deliver scoped features
01/2019 - 12/20
Education
Flatiron School
Full Stack Web Development Immersive
January 2018 - October 2018
Savannah College of Art and Design
MA of Historic Preservation
GPA: 3.7
August 2012 - May 2014
University of North Florida
BA of History; BA of Art History
GPA: 3.33
January 2009 - May 2011
Skills
Programming Languages & Tools
I have worked on both mobile and web applications with a variety of languages and frameworks, including:
- Javascript, Appium, Selenium, Selenide, XCuitest, Cypress, Git, Gitlab, Github, Kotlin, Jira Testrails, Allure, Python, Poetry, Playwright, Typescript, React, React Native, Ruby, and CI Maintenance/Management with Jenkins, Travis, and CircleCI
Background & Interests
Just over 5 years ago, I pivoted my career from a deeply invested arts and conservation background to software development and engineering. My interest was initially spurred when my former museum demanded a greater web and social media presence. I started taking classes in web development and managed to land a role on Upserve's mobile team. I went from looking for physical bugs and evidence of damage in a dark art storage room to hunting for functional bugs and problematic code.
I continue to be passionate about the arts and enjoy volunteering at my local museum, Lyman Allyn, for exhibit installation. I enjoy volunteering and have also given my time to Riverside Park in New London, Stand Up For Animals in Westerly, and previously for Southlight Gallery in Jacksonville. Apart from work and volunteer causes, I enjoy spending my time rennovating my mid-century home, gardening, working on crafts of all types, and spending time with my two cats and two dogs.
