Ashley Conley Senior Quality Engineer
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ADDRESS Canton, GA 30114
PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY
Dynamic Senior Quality Engineer
with extensive experience enhancing
quality across web and mobile
platforms. Expertise includes agile
scrum methodologies and
comprehensive testing strategies,
ensuring seamless integration and
functionality. Proficiency in
collaborating with cross-functional
teams drives timely issue resolution
and optimizes workflows, while a
steadfast commitment to user
advocacy maintains rigorous quality
standards. A relentless focus on
quality fosters a culture of
excellence and innovation,
dedicated to delivering high-quality
solutions that meet and exceed
expectations.
SKILLS
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Advanced Testing Scrum
Methodologies
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Extremely Detail Oriented
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Mobile React Native Testing
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ISTQB and WCAG Certified Tester
EXPERIENCE
Senior Quality Engineer
Groundfloor
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Led quality assurance efforts for a FinTech crowdfunded investment
platform focused on retail investing.
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Served as the sole QA engineer across multiple Scrum teams (up to 6
developers per team), supporting onboarding, fund transfers, investments,
web dashboards, and bank/payment integrations.
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Designed and implemented a layered testing approach, including
acceptance criteria validation, functional workflows, regression testing,
and integration testing across upstream and downstream systems.
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Created mind maps and test scenarios to ensure coverage of all critical
paths and functional requirements.
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Developed and maintained quality standards and best practices, which
were adopted across the QA organization.
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Trained and onboarded new QA engineers, serving as the lead mentor and
point of contact.
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Performed mobile testing on a React Native codebase for both iOS and
Android platforms.
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Executed web testing for applications built in Vue (with TypeScript) and
internal admin tools leveraging ActiveAdmin and Vue templates.
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Collaborated closely with developers to triage and resolve defects, driving
timely and high-quality fixes.
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Partnered with marketing, product, and design teams to refine workflows
and validate UX across web and mobile platforms. Ensuring ADA
compliance using tools such as Figma, WAVE, Axe DevTools, and built-in
MacOS accessibility features.
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Proactively assessed and mitigated risk by providing real-time context,
prioritization, and critical thinking for complex QA issues.
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Conducted code reviews and version control operations using VS Code and
GitHub.
Web testing built in Vue (with
TypeScript)
GitHub, VS Code, CI/CD
Advocate for the End Uesr
Engineering Collaboration and
Rapport
May 2022 – Apr 2025
Atlanta, GA
Senior Quality Engineer
Cardlytics
Mar 2021 – May 2022
Atlanta, GA
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Collaborated with the development team to assess capabilities, features,
and testing demands.
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Assessed API/UI/UX bugs and compiled findings along with suggested
resolutions for development team members.
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Proposed development and testing improvements to positively impact
functionality and usability.
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Effectively and closely interacted with bank-facing departments regarding
software defects and functionality issues.
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Locally debugged code and located root causes of problems by reviewing
source code.
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Conducted regression testing, analyzed results, and submitted
observations to the development team.
Senior Quality Engineer
OneTrust
Feb 2020 – Apr 2021
Atlanta, GA
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Lead QA across Audit Management, Risk Management, and Cookie
Consent modules in relation to internal GRC guidelines.
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Maintained compliance with Risk Management standards under the CCPA
and GDPR standards.
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Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize the success of manual test
cases.
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Completed all testing under tight deadlines to meet release demands and
project timelines.
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Assessed bugs and findings with suggested resolutions for development
team members.
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Proposed development and testing improvements to positively impact
usability, function, and performance.
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Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on
product features and intended functionality.
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Monitored staff organization and suggested improvements to daily
functionality.
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Determined quality department standards, practices, and procedures.
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Assisted the product team with technical documentation.
Established and tracked quality department goals and objectives.
Built strong rapport with team members and management to facilitate
trust, productivity, and overall morale of the team.
Senior Quality Engineer
ParkMobile
Mar 2018 – Feb 2020
Atlanta, GA
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Crucial role as the Lead full stack QA on cross-functional Agile teams.
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Responsible for payment processor integration and financial reporting.
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Manually tested backend SQL data, server changes, front-end iOS/web
defects and enhancements, along with bi-weekly regression testing.
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Responsible for CI/CD pipelines and releases to production using Jenkins.
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Utilizing and testing SSRS and Snowflake report generations with changes
requested from the finance team
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Interim SCRUM master conducting SCRUM ceremonies such as daily
standup, planning and grooming, and retrospectives for team members.
Effectively managed both local and offshore QA resources across multiple
projects.
Work meticulously with the product owners to understand requirements,
impacts, and resolutions.
Utilized LaunchDarkly to test feature flagging in both development and
production environments.
Quality Engineer
DDR Technologies
Aug 2016 – Mar 2018
Atlanta, GA
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A member of a 5-7 person Agile development team.
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Troubleshooting level three support concerns received from support team
members.
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Identification of a resolution or needed development efforts.
Creating and maintaining a product knowledge base utilizing a Sharepoint
for development and support team reference.
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Testing all changes made to the UI and back end report generation
process.
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Project managing the product backlog items to ensure bugs and product
enhancements are prioritized for consideration within a given sprint.
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Documenting acceptance criteria for new and existing development items.
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Executing application installation which involves: Windows server
configurations, application pool settings, restoring and configuring SQL
database, and setup of windows services for report generation.
Performing data analysis on application functionality.
Communicating new features and bug fixes to support team members and
business partners.
Quality Analyst Engineer
Aaron's, Inc.
Jun 2013 – Aug 2016
Kennesaw, GA
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Responsible for the manual testing of software within high paced Agile
teams which worked on aggressive sprint cycles
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Collaborated with DevOps, Developers, DBAs to establish and maintain a
CI/CD pipeline in QA and Production environments.
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Participated in Agile retrospectives for continuous improvement of the
team.
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Lead Software tester on various Aaron's proprietary web based
applications and ServiceNow.
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For projects not on Automated Deployments: checkout, view and deployed
code from repositories (SVN, Git).
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Update and deploy integration service packs and run nightly packages
where data comes from multiple sources.
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Responsible for maintaining a sync from QA to Production environments.
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Create and manage back log items, defects, and issues in VersionOne/JIRA
/Confluence.
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Collaborate and coordinate end user testing and demonstrations with the
business owners when gaining acceptance.
Worked with Automation Engineers to determine best candidates for
automated smoke, functional, and regression tests and suites.
EDUCATION
Business Administration
Lee University
Cleveland, TN, US
