Samantha Lee Mahony
Santa Monica, CA- (Office)-
PROFILE
Software Quality Assurance Engineer with a strong background in test planning and execution, both manual and automated, UX research and analysis, graphic design and video editing. I have been referred to as a “Jane of All Trades” and have a history of methodically helping startups and small companies in particular to build their QA department from the ground up. Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and efficiently apply a variety of testing tools to assist in the bug reporting process relating to the development of web, mobile and virtual reality technologies. Seeking a position in a creative environment to apply my knowledge and skills to something impactful.
EXPERIENCE
Self-Employed Software QA Engineer, Various Companies, Remote
2018 - Present
See Upwork Profile link in bio portfolio section
Over $200,000 earned on Upwork and counting! Recruited by eCommerce and SaaS companies for ongoing testing, test planning, and execution of manual and automated test plans.
•Most recently, I was hired to assist a company in their pre-launch phase with finding critical issues, organizing and coordinating test planning, execution, and issues updates with the development team, as well as create promotional videos
•Since May 2020, I continue to serve a long-time SaaS client with daily manual testing of their highly customizable graphic design platform to find critical issues prior to deployment of new features.
•For three years, until the company sold to a retail startup, I served as QA Engineer for a company specializing in goods for babies, young children and new mothers, outlining a manually executable test plan to use as the foundation for automated test suites covering the various cart checkout scenarios, built with PHP Codeception framework and ran with Selenium web driver.
TRIPP, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
QA Manager - July 2018 - December 2019
Hired to build the company QA department, beginning with exploratory testing to find key issues and areas of vulnerability and outline procedures for daily test coverage of their virtual reality experience. In addition to being responsible for maintaining VR device inventory, testing and installing updated software on dozens of devices, I was tasked with hiring, training, and mentoring both on-site and remote QA testers.
•Organized, managed, assigned and tracked team collaboration around daily testing procedures and reported issues with TestRail
•Worked with the QA and development teams to implement Python scripts to parse log files to efficiently gather relevant statistics, including application frames per second, a key performance metric
GoFundMe, Los Angeles, CA
QA Engineer - February 2017 - February 2018
Continued service as a QA Engineer during CrowdRise’s transitional period after its sale to GoFundMe
CrowdRise acquired by GoFundMe, Los Angeles, CA
QA Engineer - February 2016 - February 2018
Contributed to automated test suite built with PHP and run by Selenium WebDriver, coding test components concurrently with testing and deployment of new front- and back-end web app features. Tasked with vetting issues reported by customer service to find root cause and convert to debuggable issues tickets for the development team.
TextPlus, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
QA Tester-turned-Engineer - 2012 - 2016
Initially hired for customer service work, which involved manual testing and troubleshooting via live customer chat, I rapidly transitioned to the company QA department in less than a year after continued success vetting and resolving customer issues.
•In 2015, after demonstrating success on the QA team, I was granted the textPlus Thank You Award. Here is a direct quote from my nominator: “Samantha is the backbone of the QA team. She is the most diligent, detail-oriented person on the team. Samantha has taken on each new technical task with humble vigor and excels in teaching others. The success of the new QA team would not have been possible without her patience, kindness and support. Everyday, some new frustration will arise and she expertly navigates the ebb and flow of workload vs resources.”
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
•Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
•Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (Visual Arts, Concentrations in Graphic Design & Painting)
•Minor in Economics
SKILLS
Programming Languages & Web-Related Knowledge: PHP, Python, CSS, HTML, Javascript, WordPress
Database & Backend: MySQL, RESTful APIs
Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Appium, Charles, TestRail, Charles Web Debugging Proxy
Graphic Design: Canva, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
Video Editing: iMovie, Final Cut Pro
