George Kibe

Nairobi, Kenya

ISTQB-certified SDET and Senior QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience in API, microservices, and cloud testing. Skilled in TypeScript, Playwright, Jest, CI/CD, performance, and API security testing. Leverage AI tools like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code for test design, automation, debugging, and LLM evaluation. Passionate about intelligent automation, continuous improvement, and delivering reliable, secure software.

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Work experience

Senior Software Engineer in Test - API & Automation, Hostelworld Group

Apr 2025 — Present

<ul><li>Design and maintain automated API and UI test suites supporting Google Cloud migration and modern microservices architecture.</li><li>Develop API and microservices component tests using Node.js, TypeScript, Jest, and Gherkin.</li><li>Build end-to-end UI automation frameworks using Playwright, TypeScript, and Gherkin to validate critical user workflows.</li><li>Execute performance, load, and stress testing using k6, JMeter, and TypeScript to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance.</li><li>Track quality metrics, test coverage, and automation efficiency while continuously optimizing frameworks to improve test reliability and accelerate feedback cycles.</li></ul>

Senior QA Engineer – API & Automation, Innova Ltd

Aug 2023 — Apr 2025

<p>•Designed and implemented a scalable API test automation framework using Postman, REST Assured, and Newman. •Developed and executed component tests for microservices, ensuring system stability and performance. •Integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, reducing regression testing time by 60%. •Conducted performance testing with JMeter and k6, ensuring microservices could handle high transaction volumes.</p>

Software Manual/Automation QA, Support and Implementation, Innova Ltd

Mar 2018 — Jul 2023

* Participate in software testing projects (testing, user interface, usability, ease of use, accuracy and standards). * Design, develop, execute, and maintain tests and test data. * Reviewing and analyzing results of test cases and exercises. * Analyze failures and collaborate with Software Engineers to ensure root cause is investigated. * Drive efficiencies to improve process and technical implementations. *Preparing documentation summarizing t

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science — Egerton University

Feb 2013 — Nov 2017

Skills - Leadership , Coding, Teamwork, Problem Solving

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