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Wilfrid Djako

QA Engineer Expert | QA Manager | Lead QA

€600/day
Nantes, FR
8-15 years

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About Wilfrid

Ensuring reliable and high-performing deliveries while accelerating time-to-market: this is the mission that drives me daily. 🚀

As a Test & Quality Expert, I bring a global vision (from requirements analysis to DevOps industrialization) to infuse a quality culture at every stage of the software lifecycle.

💡 WHAT I BRING
• Strategy & Management: Test project management (Agile, V-model, hybrid), planning, design, and reporting for all test levels (functional, non-functional, regression).
• DevOps & Automation Vision: Continuous integration, Shift-Left, and test industrialization for smooth deployments.
• Leadership & Consulting: Facilitating workshops, supporting teams, knowledge transfer, and aligning technical and business objectives.

🛠️ MY TECH STACK & TOOLS
• Automation: Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, RobotFramework, Cucumber, Postman.
• Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Python, C#, PowerShell.
• CI/CD & Infra: GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Test Management (ALM): Jira/Xray, HP ALM, Squash.
• Performance & Data: HP LoadRunner, NeoLoad | DBMS: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server.
• Monitoring: Grafana, Kibana, AppDynamics.

🏆 CERTIFICATIONS
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager & Agile Tester
• IREB (Requirements Engineering)
• IQBBA (Business Analyst)

🏢 AREAS OF INTERVENTION & REFERENCES
• Sectors: E-commerce, Retail, Transport, Banking/Insurance, Real Estate, Training.
• Reference Clients: BPCE-IT, SNCF, CNAM-TS, Pôle Emploi, Groupe SeLoger, ADEO, etc.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Nantes (up to 50km), Niort (up to 30km), Angers (up to 30km), Rennes (up to 30km), Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • ADEO Services
    Product Leader Playwright — Test Automation Architect (AI & Cloud)
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    July 2024 - April 2026 (1 year and 9 months)
    Lille, France
    Context:
    As part of the ADEO Group, I led the strategy and industrialization of the Playwright ecosystem on a global scale. My mission was to transform automation into a business acceleration lever through standardization, technical governance, and the integration of Artificial Intelligence.

    Roles:
    Depending on strategic and technical projects, I took on various responsibilities, including:
    ▫ Lead QA Strategy & Governance,
    ▫ Automation Architect (Scale),
    ▫ Product Owner of Playwright,
    ▫ DevOps / CI-CD Expert,
    ▫ Technical Mentor & Enabler.

    Missions:
    ▫ Define a product vision and a global test strategy (UI, API, Backend, Kafka),
    ▫ Design and deploy a standardized technical foundation (Starter-kit & Core-testkit),
    ▫ Implement security and maintenance governance (Dependabot, HashiCorp Vault, PingOne SSO),
    ▫ Lead the integration of AI into the QA cycle (Scaffolding, auto-healing, test generation via LLM/MCP),
    ▫ Ensure code quality through the implementation of SonarQube Quality Gates,
    ▫ Structure the onboarding process and knowledge center (Blueprints, Workshops),
    ▫ Support teams in transitioning to an AI-augmented testing model,
    ▫ Optimize delivery cycles through CI/CD pipeline industrialization.

    Projects:
    ▫ Global industrialization of the Playwright ecosystem (Multi-assets GitHub, AI and security integrations).
    ▫ Optimization of the test stack: migration from Cerberus & Cypress to Playwright.

    Environments:Agile methodologies, Test Governance, Playwright, GitHub CI, DevContainers, Generative AI (MCP, Autonomous Agents), Kafka, API, HashiCorp Vault, OAuth2, SonarQube, TypeScript, JavaScript, Software Architecture.
    Playwright Training Atlassian JIRA Documentation Test Automation
  • ENI Ecole
    Trainer
    EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
    February 2024 - Today (2 years and 4 months)
    Nantes, France
    Context:
    On behalf of ENI School of Information Technology, I am often called upon to conduct training sessions aimed at educating future software testers.

    These training sessions are part of a program designed to equip participants with the essential skills in testing process activities and automation, which are crucial for the tester profession.

    Training Modules:
    ▫ Preparation for ISTQB certification,
    ▫ Mobile application test automation: Appium,
    ▫ Web application test automation: Selenium,
    ▫ Performance test automation: NeoLoad,
    ▫ Understanding test automation,
    ▫ Understanding the role of a tester in an agile environment,
    ▫ Implementing a test management tool: TestLink, Squash, Jira-Xray,
    ▫ Implementing a version control system: Git, GitHub

    This is a very enriching experience in every way, and I take great pleasure in sharing my expertise in these different areas of testing.
    Training Pedagogy Knowledge Sharing Github Actions Appium
  • JENKAA
    Senior QA Engineer
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    January 2024 - April 2024 (4 months)
    Nantes, France
    Context:
    As part of the JENKAA web development Scrum team, I supported them in establishing an ideal framework to improve software quality and ensure its effective integration into the development process.

    Depending on the missions to be accomplished, I took on various responsibilities, including:
    - QA Manager,
    - Test Architect,
    - Automation QA Lead,
    - Change Manager,
    - Trainer.

    My Missions:
    - Conduct a test maturity audit,
    - Develop a clear and collaborative test strategy,
    - Develop a clear and shared test plan,
    - Develop a clear and collaborative automation strategy,
    - Provide advice and expertise on tools for test management, test automation, and reporting,
    - Support the team in practicing BDD and writing good tests in Gherkin,
    - Support the team in defining and implementing good test metrics,
    - Implement test automation and industrialization,
    - Support the team in change management,
    - Facilitate training meetings and workshops,
    - Train and raise team awareness about testing, its necessity, and best practices,
    - Introduce the team to other types of testing that may be relevant, such as performance testing,
    - And so on.

    Environments:Agile methodologies, Scrum, Test Strategy, Test Planning, Audit, Project Management, Change Management, BDD, Gherkin, TypeScript, JavaScript, Playwright, Squash TM, ClickUP, GitHub, GitHub Actions, VS Code, Shift-left, Cucumber, Test Industrialization, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Requirements Engineering.
    Playwright GitHub Test Strategy Test Automation Training

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Education

  • Master 2 - Information Systems Management
    IAE of BREST
    2016
  • Master 1 - Complex Information Systems and Embedded Software
    University of Brittany Occidentale
    2015

Certifications

  • ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
    GASQ
    2022
    Test Management
  • IQBBA (Business Analyst)
    IQBBA
    2017

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