Nahuel Leonardo Elias Gomez
Senior QA Automation Engineer • SDET II • AI-Enhanced Quality Engineering
Professional Summary
Senior QA Automation Engineer with 6 years of experience building and scaling test automation for SaaS platforms. Specialized in Playwright, TypeScript, Python, and Robot Framework with a strong track record of migrating legacy suites, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and driving shift-left quality culture. Recently focused on AI/LLM quality engineering — building agentic testing frameworks with KATA architecture, designing CI/CD quality gates with autonomous workflows, and combining traditional automation with AI-assisted test generation. Fluent in English with extensive experience in distributed engineering teams.
Core Competencies
Test Automation
Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, WebdriverIO, Cypress, Robot Framework, Cucumber
Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Node.js
API Testing
REST APIs, Microservices, Middleware validation, Postman, Automated API suites
CI/CD & Automation
Jenkins, GitHub Actions — pipeline design, maintenance, quality gates
Infrastructure & Containers
Docker, Kubernetes (basic), AWS (familiar), sandbox environments
Monitoring & Observability
Kibana, Grafana, Allure Framework — dashboards, logging, runtime tracking
AI & Developer Tooling
Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor — AI-assisted testing, code review
Methodologies
Shift-Left Testing, KATA Architecture, Agile/Scrum, Test Plan Design, Risk-Based Testing
Professional Experience
Newfold Digital
Córdoba, Argentina
Software Development Engineer in Test II (SDET II) — Mar 2022 – Jan 2026
- ▸QA'd consumer-facing products at scale — NetworkSolutions.com, Bluehost.com — serving millions of users across hosting and small business platforms.
- ▸Spearheaded migration of legacy WebdriverIO suite (600+ cases) to Robot Framework over Python, reducing regression cycle time by 60%.
- ▸Designed test strategies across multiple product lines — functional, API, cross-browser, regression.
- ▸Led automation improvements and mentored team members on clean code and test design.
- ▸Embedded automated suites into CI/CD (Jenkins + Jira), shifting quality left in the dev cycle.
Software Development Engineer — Aug 2021 – Feb 2022
- ▸Migrated legacy test suite (600+ cases) from manual/functional to automated WebdriverIO + TypeScript.
- ▸Collaborated with DevOps and Dev teams to integrate testing earlier in the SDLC, reducing defects reaching production.
- ▸Built foundation for the automation framework that later scaled to Robot Framework + Python.
UPEX Galaxy
Remote, Argentina
Agentic QA Engineer (DOJO Program)
- ▸Built bunkai-qa-engineering: an agentic QA framework (KATA architecture, Playwright + TypeScript) providing automated testing for UPEX's bunkai-tms product.
- ▸QA'd UPEX's diploma tracking platform (production-bound) — E2E Playwright suites, API testing (45+ endpoints), accessibility (axe-core), and multi-role authorization.
- ▸Designed CI/CD quality gates across 6+ GitHub Actions workflows — Allure dashboards auto-deployed to GitHub Pages on every run.
- ▸Implemented Jira/Xray test traceability with structured decorators for automated test case synchronization.
- ▸Evaluated through UPEX's Agentic QA DOJO — peer-reviewed test architecture and CI/CD design on production-grade products.
Coderhouse
Argentina
Tutor — Backend Development (MERN Stack)
Delivered instruction and hands-on mentoring for Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and React coursework.
Henry Bootcamp
Argentina (Academic)
Full Stack Web Developer — Apr 2021 – Jun 2021
- ▸Built a healthcare management system with React, Redux, Node.js, Supabase, Firebase — serving patients, doctors, and admin staff with role-based access and Material UI.
- ▸Developed a single-page weather app consuming a global climate API — first end-to-end frontend project in React.
Education & Certifications
EF SET English Certificate
C1 Advanced — EF International Language Centers
Issued May 2021 ·Credential ID EF
Agentic Automation Engineering
UPEX Galaxy • In Progress, 2026
How to Give Feedback People Can Actually Use
Issued Mar 2024 ·View Certificate
Skills: Constructive Feedback, Interpersonal Communication
Languages
Spanish
Native
English
Fluent (C1 Advanced)