Daniel Orimolade

QA Engineer & Automation Specialist
Lagos, NG.

About

Highly accomplished QA Engineer and Automation Specialist with over 6 years of experience, adept at manual, exploratory, API, and AI/ML data-driven system testing across fintech, SaaS, procurement, and security-adjacent platforms. Recognized for independently defining test scope, designing innovative edge cases, and building robust automated test infrastructure using Playwright, Cypress, and Pytest. Proven ability to ensure product quality, accelerate release cycles, and enhance user experience by meticulously verifying OS-level behavior and backend data integrity.

Work

Testerwork
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Software QA Tester

Summary

Executed manual and exploratory testing across mobile and web platforms, significantly extending test coverage beyond provided acceptance criteria.

Highlights

Executed manual and exploratory test cases across mobile and web platforms, independently extending test coverage well beyond provided acceptance criteria.

Simulated real-world user activity, including app installations and multi-step interactions, validating correct system capture and response at OS and application levels.

Conducted end-to-end regression testing cycles, ensuring multi-platform stability and delivering structured test reports with prioritized, actionable defect insights.

Identified critical gaps between expected and actual system behavior without pre-written scenarios, designing targeted stress tests to expose vulnerabilities under varied load conditions.

Test IO GmbH
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Junior Bug Manager

Summary

Led comprehensive QA efforts and managed bug resolution for diverse software platforms, consistently delivering high-quality user experiences.

Highlights

Submitted over 2,500 validated bugs across fintech, SaaS, procurement, and social media platforms, consistently ranking among the top-performing testers globally.

Engineered and executed rigorous stress tests on desktop and web applications within Windows virtual environments, verifying correct OS-level behavior and system communication.

Designed and conducted independent exploratory and end-to-end test cycles, creating innovative scenarios without predefined scripts and dynamically adapting coverage mid-cycle.

Validated backend and API responses to confirm 100% accuracy of captured system activity, ensuring correct recording and transmission of observed behavior.

Spearheaded bug triage and management processes, mentoring junior testers in structured defect reporting and advanced edge-case identification.

Digivante
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Quality Assurance Tester

Summary

Developed and executed comprehensive test plans for web and mobile applications, significantly improving release quality and resolution speed.

Highlights

Developed comprehensive test plans, cases, and exploratory scenarios from business and technical requirements for web and mobile applications.

Conducted functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing, tracking defects via Jira to measurably improve release quality and resolution speed.

Validated backend API responses and data integrity using Postman and SQL queries, ensuring completeness and accuracy of captured system events.

Contributed structured usability feedback based on real-world interaction testing, influencing product decisions and enhancing end-user experience.

WalletHub
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Junior Quality Assurance Engineer

Summary

Designed and executed structured test scenarios for a high-traffic US-based fintech platform, ensuring product stability and comprehensive test coverage.

Highlights

Designed and executed structured test scenarios from technical specifications for a high-traffic US-based fintech platform serving millions of users.

Performed functional, regression, and end-to-end testing across web and mobile surfaces, ensuring product stability under varied real-world conditions.

Identified, documented, and tracked critical defects, collaborating with engineering teams to accelerate resolution and improve overall test coverage.

Education

Federal University of Technology, Akure
Akure, Nigeria

B.Eng

Mining Engineering

Languages

English
German
French

Certificates

Certified Software Tester (CSTE)

Issued By

Hagital Consulting

Software Testing Recognition

Issued By

Lifelearn

Certificate of Employment

Issued By

TestIO

Jira Fundamentals

Issued By

Coursera

Skills

Cross-Platform Testing

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Roku OS, Tizen OS, Process Activity Monitoring, OS Behavior Verification, System Events.

JavaScript

Core Automation Logic.

Test Automation

Playwright (UI & Cross-Browser Automation), Cypress (UI Automation), Pytest (Python), Automated Test Infrastructure.

Manual & Exploratory Testing

Creative Test Scenarios, Edge-Case Identification, Gap Analysis (Web, Desktop, Mobile).

Backend & API Testing

SQL (MySQL), Log Inspection, Telemetry Validation, Data Integrity, API Responses, Backend Payloads (Postman), Mocking Backend APIs.

AI/ML & Data-Driven Testing

API Testing, Backend System Testing, Data Integrity, State-Based Behavior, AI Output Accuracy.

Event-Driven Systems

Real-Time Agent Monitoring (Node.js/JavaScript), Autonomous Agents, System Events Capture & Response.

CI/CD & Tooling

Git, GitHub Actions, Jira, TestRail, Confluence, Slack, CI/CD Pipelines, Automated Testing Workflows.

SQL

MySQL, Data Integrity Validation, Querying.

Postman

API Testing, API Responses, Backend Payloads.

Node.js

Event Loop, API Orchestration, Real-time Systems.

React

Live Monitoring Dashboard, Frontend Development.

REST API

API Integration, Testing.

Python

Pytest, Automation.

Projects

Real-Time Agent Monitoring & Automated Response System

Summary

Built a real-time event-driven system using JavaScript, Node.js, and React to continuously monitor third-party agent activity via API, validate incoming event data, and execute automated responses based on observed behavioral triggers. The system incorporates Node.js for event loop and API orchestration, JavaScript for core automation logic, and React/Vite for a live monitoring dashboard.

AI/ML & Data-Driven System Testing Initiatives

Summary

Engaged in testing APIs and backend systems powering data-driven and model-driven applications, with a focus on validating data pipelines and outputs. Developed Python-based automation capabilities (Pytest) for AI/ML testing workflows.