Abdalla Yusuf

SDET Lead driving intelligent, scalable and AI-augmented test ecosystems across microservices serving 220k+ users. Proven ability embedding QA within SDLC, directing cross-functional teams (3 squads), and scaling enterprise-wide automation from the ground up (95% web coverage, 45% mobile).

SDET LEAD - Hopper - Healthtech Startup

(2023-01)

• Built Cypress-based web automation framework from scratch; 95% regression coverage across 3 micro-services serving 220k+ user
• Implemented k6 load testing across critical microservices, enforcing p95 response time thresholds to surface bottlenecks
• Engineered a cross-platform Appium JS framework from scratch for two native apps (iOS & Android), achieving ~45% regression coverage from zero and accelerating mobile QA velocity by 77%
• Increased build pass rate by 45%, cut regression validation time from 12h to 3h, and delivered £150k annual cost savings through self healing locators and parallel execution
• Integrated Claude Code agents into QA pipeline to auto-generate regression test cases from acceptance criteria and detect flaky tests, cutting design effort 50% and driving shift left QA

Software Engineer - Transform - Saas Consulting Firm

(2022-01 - 2023-12)

• Established an intelligent QA analytics dashboard (Xray APIs and GitHub Actions telemetry) to visualise real-time defect density and test coverage, accelerating feedback loops by 30% and prioritise high risk releases
• Unified Cypress, Selenium, Serenity BDD, SpecFlow into modular test architecture to deliver 80% regression coverage across 4 product lines (E-com, AI, Rewards, Payments)
• Implemented continuous testing (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) with automated PR gates to ensure full suite validation with each commit trigger; reduced post-deploy defects by 40% and sprint completion accelerated by 20%

Diploma of Higher Education - Pharmacy - University Of Reading (2020-01 - 2022-12)