Personal details
Louis T.
Based in: 🇨🇲 Cameroon
Timezone: London (UTC+1)
About
Strategic Senior QA Engineer with 7+ years of experience in quality engineering, test automation, and CI/CD integration across fintech, AI, blockchain, CMS and enterprise platforms. Expert in building scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, Selenium, and Cypress, and implementing API and performance testing strategies using Postman and JMeter. Proven success in reducing production defects by 60%, increasing deployment speed by 70%, and leading distributed QA teams across Africa, Europe, and the United States. ISTQB-certified professional passionate about shift-left testing, test automation, and DevOps-driven quality engineering.
Work Experience
Senior QA Engineer
KOLA GROUP | Feb 2025 - Feb 2026
JMeter
Jira
Appium
Manual testing
Postman
Cypress
Playwright
- ï‚· Spearheaded QA initiatives for cross-border fintech and AI platforms across Africa and Europe,
improving system reliability by 35%
- ï‚· Built end-to-end automation frameworks using Playwright, Selenium, and Appium, accelerating
deployments by 40%
- ï‚· Implemented comprehensive API and performance testing strategy using Postman and JMeter,
identifying 15+ critical performance bottlenecks
- ï‚· Orchestrated QA processes across distributed teams to ensure QA best practices
QA Engineer
NKWA APP | Nov 2024 - Jan 2025
SQL
Appium
Manual testing
Postman
Playwright
- ï‚· Implemented structured STLC process reducing defect risk by 40% through early testing integration
- ï‚· Reduced bug resolution time by 50% by improving collaboration workflows between QA and
development teams
- ï‚· Developed SQL-based test data management system, improving testing efficiency by 60% through
reusable data sets
- ï‚· Achieved 95% test coverage through test case optimization and risk-based testing approach
Projects
Manual testing and Automated Functional testing, Visual testing and Accessibility testing of open source E-commerce platform (SAUCE DEMO) - Using PLAYWIRGHT framework and integrated third-party tools - BACKSTOP.JS and AXE
Mocha
Test Automation
Playwright
- Manual QA processes covered exploratory testing, test plan creation, test case design (use-case design technique), test case execution, and detailed test reports.
* TEST BOOK link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tDssycjiNxuCd40tRYbyizhHOdeKhBPGQMCbiifNT8w/edit?usp=sharing
* TEST REPORT link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1daEABHXtUEnxEOr-e22-8fAnD4XjL0JWOi-GwhuMVas/edit?usp=sharing
- An automation framework for functional tests leverages the PLAYWRIGHT tool, an automated accessibility test by integrating AXE-playwright, and a visual regression test by integrating Backstopjs.
NB: Best practices were implemented by creating a Hybrid framework that covered a modular and data-driven framework. All links and the repository are public for viewing.
********** Steps to clone repo and execute Automation framework in README.md file************
Manual testing and Automated Functional testing of mobile web and native app (NKWA app) with WEBDRIVER.IO and leveraging APPIUM-UiAutomator2
Appium
Test Automation
WebdriverIO
1. Manual QA processes covered exploratory testing of scope, test plan creation, test case design (use-case design technique), test case execution, and detailed test reports.
* TEST PLAN link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtBzF_H_WUVVvAUVnWVUwcY-Htzue73PdI0HSOwPwCw/edit?usp=sharing
* TEST REPORT link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t34SLCNm4rqX-ac22LNjHB0Sk8AzG0kgm3hCVpmximk/edit?usp=sharing
2. An automation framework for functional tests with Webdriver.io using Mocha framework and leveraging Appium using the UiAutomator2 framework
NB: Best practices were implemented by integrating a third-party SPEC reporter. All links are repository are public for viewing
********** Steps to clone repo and execute Automation framework in README.md file************
Education
University of Buea; College of Technology (COT)
Bachelor's degree・Software Engineering
Sep 2013 - Dec 2016
Certifications & Awards
ISTQB certification - 23-CTFL 4-237994-12
ISTQB board | Dec 2023