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Raul MocianRM

Raul Mocian

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

€250/day
Cluj-Napoca, RO
8-15 years
Functional testing
Test Strategy
UI Automation testing
Manual Testing & Exploratory Testing
QA Leadership & Team Mentoring

Average response time: 1 hour

About Raul

Senior QA Engineer with 13+ years of experience in Manual and Automation Testing across Healthcare, Oil & Gas, SaaS, Education, E-commerce, and Gaming domains. Extensive experience in Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution, Exploratory Testing, Regression Testing, UAT Support, Defect Management, Release Validation, Risk Assessment, and Cross-functional Collaboration. ISTQB Certified with hands-on experience leading verification activities and mentoring QA teams.


▶ CORE COMPETENCIES
Manual Testing | Functional Testing | Regression Testing | Exploratory Testing | Integration Testing | End-to-End Testing | UAT | API Testing | Database Testing | Agile Scrum | Release Validation | Leadership
Oil and Gas

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Romanian

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Aspen Technology
    Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
    February 2025 - Today (1 year and 6 months)
    Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Worked in an Agile (Scrum) environment, participating in all Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning (backlog refinement), daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, collaborating with cross-functional teams using Azure DevOps and Microsoft Teams to support delivery and release activities.
    Agile method QA testing Functional testing
  • PRINCIPAL Group
    QA Engineer
    January 2021 - February 2025 (4 years and 1 month)
    Worked in an Agile (Scrum) environment, participating in all Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning (backlog refinement), daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, collaborating with cross-functional teams using Azure DevOps and Microsoft Teams to support delivery and release activities.
    • - Designed and maintained test cases using Gherkin for functional, regression, and end-to-end testing
    • - Executed test plans for scheduled releases and validated business-critical workflows
    • - Performed exploratory testing alongside planned test execution to improve defect discovery
    • - Supported release validation and UAT activities prior to production deployment
    • - Managed and prioritized defects across multiple sprint cycles, ensuring timely resolution and successful release delivery.
    • - Verified UI compatibility across multiple platforms and browsers, including:
    • - Windows (Chrome, Firefox)
    • - macOS (Chrome, Safari)
    • - iOS and Android devices
    • - Verified data transfer processes from Amazon S3 buckets to corresponding databases
    • - Executed and validated AWS Lambda functions manually when required
    UI Automation testing Functional testing Test Strategy
  • Modus Create, Inc
    QA Engineer
    January 2020 - January 2021 (1 year)
    Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Worked in a Kanban-based Agile environment, participating in daily stand ups, backlog reviews, and release validation activities, while collaborating
    • - Coordinated end-to-end release validation activities across QA, Pre Production, and Production environments, ensuring successful delivery of new features and bug fixes
    • - Created test cases for closed tickets and resolved issues to ensure proper validation and coverage
    • - Managed the full defect lifecycle, including reporting, tracking, reopening, and closure in Jira
    • - Administered feature flag configurations using LaunchDarkly, enabling targeted feature rollout to specific schools

    QA Center of Excellence (QA CoE),
    Acted collaborating with peers to define best practices and quality guidelines ensuring consistency across projects
    • - Helped standardize QA processes across teams to improve test quality, maintainability, and delivery consistency
    QA testing Agile method Functional testing
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Education

  • ISTQB ® Certified Tester
    ISTQB ® Certified Tester
  • Bachelor's degree
    University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj
    2013
    Bachelor's degree

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