MELIS BEISHEN
Elk Grove Village
Summary
Results-driven Software Quality Engineer and SDET with 8 years of experience in developing and maintaining robust test automation for cloud-native, containerized applications across finance, restaurant, and retail sectors. Expertise in creating advanced automation tools and frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and Rest Assured, with a strong ability to troubleshoot container-related issues in Docker and Kubernetes environments. Proven track record of collaborating with product and engineering teams to conduct thorough root-cause analysis, ensuring high-quality deliverables. Committed to enhancing delivery excellence and reliability while streamlining automated testing processes within CI/CD pipelines.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
McDonald's
12.2020 - Current
- Teamed up with business analysts and developers to transform business requirements and acceptance criteria into detailed test coverage.
- Executed manual API testing utilizing Postman and developed automated API test suites with Cypress.
- Evaluated and confirmed AWS-based services including API Gateway, SNS, SQS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, and Aurora DB.
- Troubleshot container-related issues in Spring Boot microservices executed on Docker and Kubernetes leveraging Kiali for service-mesh visibility.
- Identified and addressed automated test failures, partnering with product teams on root-cause analysis leveraging New Relic, CloudWatch and log manager dashboards.
- Administered CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Argo CD, utilizing GitHub as primary source-control repository.
- Developed automated test frameworks to enhance software quality and reliability.
- Led testing initiatives to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Discover Financial Services
09.2018 - 08.2020
- Developed and maintained automated regression suites using Selenium WebDriver with Java, Cucumber, and JUnit.
- Created automated tests using Java Rest Assured and Jackson library for backend testing by validating JSON API responses in Postman.
- Implemented page object model using page factory and singleton pattern to enhance framework clarity and reusability.
- Produced detailed test reports in HTML and JSON formats, including screenshots of failed scenarios, while setting up automated daily build reports with Jenkins.
Education
B.A. - Travel Management and Tourism-Guidance
Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan05-2014
Skills
- Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Gherkin
- Test Automation: Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Cypress, Playwright, Rest Assured, Cucumber (BDD), TestNG, JUnit
- API & Backend Testing: Postman, REST, JSON, Spring Boot Microservices
- Cloud-Native & Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
- Cloud (AWS): API Gateway, Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, EC2, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Aurora
- CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD
- Monitoring: New Relic, CloudWatch, Log Manager Dashboards
- Version Control: Git, GitHub
- Process & Tools: Jira, Agile / Scrum, RTM, Test Case Design Techniques
Timeline
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
McDonald's
12.2020 - Current
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Discover Financial Services
09.2018 - 08.2020
B.A. - Travel Management and Tourism-Guidance
Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University