Peter Collins

A passionate software engineer experienced in architecting, developing and testing web applications.

Has delivered excellent software solutions for businesses in fintech, aviation, biotech and e-commerce.

Works with a combination of agile methodologies TDD and BDD to implement user stories and epics.

Implements robust testing strategies including unit and integration testing, smoke testing, regression testing, performance and stress testing.

Skilled in the use of Stryker and other mutation testing tools to spot weaknesses and flakiness in tests.

Skilled in developing highly efficient web interfaces using tools within the React and Vue ecosystem and adept at implementing data structures and integrating APIs.

Has worked with ValueJet and Lifebit UK for over 2 years, and co-founded iDeyFind.

Currently the QA lead at Kratorsoft, a fractional QA consultancy that helps engineering teams to ship battle-tested code fast, for a fraction of the cost of an in-house QA team.

ACHIEVEMENTS

LIFEBIT -

Developed and maintained smoke and regression test suites for core features of the Lifebit FedPaaS. My contribution led to a 30% increase in NPS score, contract renewal with Genomics England and Boehringer Ingelheim and a 60% reduction in production issues reported within 1 year.

Led the migration of regression and smoke tests from Javascript + Testcafe to Playwright + Typescript which enabled us to run tests in parallel, directly reducing the run-time by 50%, and allowing the QA team to spot issues faster.

Implement AI-driven shift-left testing initiatives using Mabl to write tests with self-healing selectors. This further reduced the time spent fixing broken selectors in smoke tests by 75%.

Testcafe, Javascript, Typescript, Testrail, Github Actions, Cucumber, Playwright

Link: lifebit.ai

VALUEJET -

Developed and maintained the Internet Booking Engine front end through which the company generated over $13M in revenue within its first year of operation.

Implemented features and fixes on the internet booking engine including upselling, integration with payment gateways, ticket reservation and modification restrictions according to fare rules, enabling the application to generate over 65% percent of the company's ARR by 2025.

React, Javascript, NextJS, Github , Cypress, Netlify

Link: flyvaluejet.com