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Justin C. Adams
(858) 357-5291 | adams.jcolada@gmail.com | Los Angeles, CA
Experienced Software Professional with 7 years of Quality Assurance and 3 years of Java development, currently re-entering the workforce after a career break as a stay-at-home parent. Skilled in automated testing, software debugging, and agile development. Actively updating my technical skills and eager to contribute to a collaborative and innovative engineering team.
Skills
● Programming Languages & Frameworks: Java, Javascript, C#, HTML/CSS, Groovy, JUnit
● Testing & Automation: Selenium, Postman, TestRail
● Tools & Monitoring: PagerDuty, Kibana, DataDog, OpenSearch, Jira, Git, Confluence
● Databases: MySQL, Snowflake. PSQL
● Cloud & Devops: AWS (S3, SQS, EC2), Terraform
● Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall
● Testing & Automation: Selenium, Postman, TestRail
● Tools & Monitoring: PagerDuty, Kibana, DataDog, OpenSearch, Jira, Git, Confluence
● Databases: MySQL, Snowflake. PSQL
● Cloud & Devops: AWS (S3, SQS, EC2), Terraform
● Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall
Work Experience
Software Engineer II
Smartsheet | Remote
January 2021 - July 2023
● Developed and integrated SSO/MFA data handling in Java, leveraging cache and SQL databases to enforce robust user authentication policies
● Built monitoring and alerting solutions using DataDog and OpenSearch, enabling on-call engineers to maintain a consistent 99.9% SLA
● Led migration of test coverage from end-to-end Selenium tests to faster, more reliable unit and integration tests
● Managed the team’s automated test suite, ensuring quality assurance for production releases
● Modernized login/signup web pages using JavaScript, enhancing UI design and improving accessibility
Smartsheet | Remote
January 2021 - July 2023
● Developed and integrated SSO/MFA data handling in Java, leveraging cache and SQL databases to enforce robust user authentication policies
● Built monitoring and alerting solutions using DataDog and OpenSearch, enabling on-call engineers to maintain a consistent 99.9% SLA
● Led migration of test coverage from end-to-end Selenium tests to faster, more reliable unit and integration tests
● Managed the team’s automated test suite, ensuring quality assurance for production releases
● Modernized login/signup web pages using JavaScript, enhancing UI design and improving accessibility
Software Development Engineer in Test
Smartsheet | Bellevue, WA
July 2019 - January 2021
● Improved service performance by reducing SQL reads by 20% utilizing a replicated database
● Enhanced ability to A/B test and improved tracking of user signup conversion data by 30%, enhancing product analytics and experimentation capabilities
● Reduced team’s automation test suite run time by 40% by refactoring redundant tests and consolidating slow or flaky scenarios
● Developed unit and integration tests in Java to safely decouple code to Authentication Spring Boot microservice
● Conducted automated and manual testing of services to ensure a smooth migration into AWS
Smartsheet | Bellevue, WA
July 2019 - January 2021
● Improved service performance by reducing SQL reads by 20% utilizing a replicated database
● Enhanced ability to A/B test and improved tracking of user signup conversion data by 30%, enhancing product analytics and experimentation capabilities
● Reduced team’s automation test suite run time by 40% by refactoring redundant tests and consolidating slow or flaky scenarios
● Developed unit and integration tests in Java to safely decouple code to Authentication Spring Boot microservice
● Conducted automated and manual testing of services to ensure a smooth migration into AWS
QA Engineer
Santa Barbara Tax Products Group | San Diego, CA
July 2018 - April 2019
● Designed and implemented internal testing tools in C# to assist with manual test processes
● Developed and maintained Selenium-based C# automation tests for functional and regression tests
● Created SQL data queries to Product owners to validate feature request acceptance criteria
Santa Barbara Tax Products Group | San Diego, CA
July 2018 - April 2019
● Designed and implemented internal testing tools in C# to assist with manual test processes
● Developed and maintained Selenium-based C# automation tests for functional and regression tests
● Created SQL data queries to Product owners to validate feature request acceptance criteria
Computer Systems Engineer
Koam Engineering Systems, Inc (at SPAWAR) | San Diego, CA
May 2016 - July 2018
● Designed and led the development of automation test frameworks for multiple military systems
● Executed, analyzed, and debugged automated functional tests aboard U.S. Navy ships, identifying and resolving issues in live operational environments
● Trained U.S. Government employees to create and execute automated system validation tests
Koam Engineering Systems, Inc (at SPAWAR) | San Diego, CA
May 2016 - July 2018
● Designed and led the development of automation test frameworks for multiple military systems
● Executed, analyzed, and debugged automated functional tests aboard U.S. Navy ships, identifying and resolving issues in live operational environments
● Trained U.S. Government employees to create and execute automated system validation tests
Fleet Support Analyst
SDSU Research Foundation (at SPAWAR) | San Diego, CA
May 2015 - March 2016
● Developed automated functional tests for a U.S.Naval computer system
● Maintained internal department web page to display quarterly achievements, awards, and updates
● Built a dynamic database report for management’s tracking of system installation status
SDSU Research Foundation (at SPAWAR) | San Diego, CA
May 2015 - March 2016
● Developed automated functional tests for a U.S.Naval computer system
● Maintained internal department web page to display quarterly achievements, awards, and updates
● Built a dynamic database report for management’s tracking of system installation status
Education
San Diego State University
- May 2016
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
- May 2016
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education
- June 2020
- Certificate for Java Programming
- June 2020
- Certificate for Java Programming