Nicolás Riera

Oversaw quality assurance operations for start-up vacation rental platform.

• Managed Quality Assurance team of 20 software engineers with functions spanning both Automation QA and Manual QA.

• Collaborated with executives and other team leads to develop and implement overall product quality strategy.

• Acted as Release Manager for the production version of the app.

• Ensured consistent team performance by defining roadmaps and key objectives quarterly and implementing regular milestone check-ins.

• Grew QA team by recruiting, hiring, and retaining high-quality candidates.

Spearheaded planning and execution of quality testing.

• Built, deployed, and oversaw Automation QA project from the ground up as Project Manager and Scrum Master.

• Implemented stringent quality gates to measure effectiveness of testing procedures and ensure excellent product delivery.

• Scaled existing team up to 8 members.

• Utilized different testing methodologies to identify code inconsistencies, bugs, and weaknesses and ensure timely passage of quality gates.

• Created comprehensive test cases and scenarios that increased coverage of available regressions.

• Worked on sprints alongside developers to ensure adequate testing at early stages of development.