QA Engineer

Bilal is a QA Engineer with over six years of experience in both manual and automation testing. He has strong technical expertise in Java, Selenium, TestNG, and Cucumber, along with hands-on experience in API testing using REST Assured and Postman. Bilal also has solid SQL knowledge, experience with MySQL and Oracle, and uses Jenkins for CI/CD processes. He has worked in Agile/Scrum environments and contributed to building and maintaining test automation frameworks. His most recent role was at GE Gas Power, where he was responsible for testing complex finance-related applications involving data validation and calculation logic. Bilal expressed interest in fintech projects and is available immediately for full-time remote work.

Master — Gaziantep University

Information Technology

Bachelor — Bilkent University

Computer Science

Senior QA Automation Engineer | GE Power — Jan 2021 – Jan 2025

• Collaborated closely with Product Managers, designers, and developers throughout the SDLC. Executed comprehensive testing across the entire Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) in agile environments to ensure compliance with business rules.

• Developed and implemented quality assurance best practices in test strategies, plans, aligning with business requirements.

• Created test data and executed positive, negative, and boundary test cases, documenting results and managing defect tracking.

• Performed functional testing by creating manual and automated test cases utilizing Java, Selenium and Cucumber with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) framework.

• Used Jira as a Bug-Tracking and Project Management tool. Fleet Management Software Quality Assurance Engineer 03/2019 - 04/2020

• Analyzed business requirements to develop test plans and test cases, ensuring thorough coverage in the testing process.

• Developed and maintained automated test scripts using industry-standard tools for functional, regression, and performance testing.

• Documented, tracked, and resolved software defects, collaborating closely with development teams for timely remediation.

• Compiled and analyzed test metrics weekly to inform project stakeholders of testing progress.

QA Automation Engineer | Testinium — Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

• Collaborated closely with Product Managers, designers, and developers throughout the SDLC. Executed comprehensive testing across the entire Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) in agile environments to ensure compliance with business rules.

• Developed and implemented quality assurance best practices in test strategies, plans, aligning with business requirements.

• Created test data and executed positive, negative, and boundary test cases, documenting results and managing defect tracking.

• Performed functional testing by creating manual and automated test cases utilizing Java, Selenium and Cucumber with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) framework.

• Used Jira as a Bug-Tracking and Project Management tool

SDET – Software Developer Engineer in Test | Fleet Management Project — Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

• Analyzed business requirements to develop test plans and test cases, ensuring thorough coverage in the testing process.

• Developed and maintained automated test scripts using industry-standard tools for functional, regression, and performance testing.

• Documented, tracked, and resolved software defects, collaborating closely with development teams for timely remediation.

• Compiled and analyzed test metrics weekly to inform project stakeholders of testing progress