Jim Galvan

Senior Software Test Engineer

QA Automation Engineer | SDET

Nearly 6 Years Building Scalable Test Automation in Medical & Enterprise Environments

San Diego, California

jimmy-galvan@live.com.mx

About Me

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Senior Software Test Engineer | QA Automation Engineer | SDET with nearly 6 years of specialized experience designing and scaling automated testing frameworks for mission-critical software in medical and enterprise environments. Currently leading end-to-end testing efforts at Alphatec Spine, with proven expertise in Python, C#, and Java across Playwright, Selenium, Appium, and Pytest frameworks.

Proven leader in cross-functional Agile teams, driving CI/CD implementation using Jenkins, Docker, and AWS. Passionate about preventing production issues through early defect detection and continuous quality improvement. Strong background in test architecture, mobile automation, and test strategy for regulated healthcare products.

Key Achievements

  • Led end-to-end testing for 3 major company projects
  • Built and maintained 300+ automated test cases
  • Rebuilt full CI/CD pipeline from scratch
  • Resolved issues in 50+ existing outdated test cases across 4 major test suites from different products, enhancing test suite stability and ensuring accurate regression testing

Industry Expertise

  • Medical Device Testing (Dexcom, Alphatec Spine)
  • Enterprise Software (Ace Parking)
  • Regulated Product Testing
  • Cross-Platform Mobile Automation

Technical Skills

Test Automation

Selenium WebDriver Playwright Cypress Appium Pytest JUnit

API Testing

REST API Testing SOAP Testing Postman Newman Microservices Testing JSON/XML Validation

DevOps & CI/CD

Jenkins Docker GitHub Actions AWS (S3, EC2) Pipeline Automation

Programming Languages

Python Java C# JavaScript SQL

Testing Methodologies

BDD/Gherkin TDD Page Object Model Data-Driven Testing Regression Testing

QA Tools & Collaboration

Jira TestRail Confluence Charles Proxy Katalon Studio

Professional Achievements

3
Major Projects Led
300+
Automated Test Cases
50+
Test Issues Resolved
6
Years Testing Experience

Education & Certifications

Java Programming - UC San Diego (2019-2020)
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Data Structures & Algorithms

Testing Approaches

Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Agile/Scrum Testing
Risk-Based Testing

Testing Tools Expertise

Selenium Grid & WebDriver
Jenkins Pipeline Automation
Docker Test Environments
Allure Test Reporting

Get In Touch

Let's discuss how I can help with your testing automation needs