Shane James Sweeney | Senior QE & Mobile Automation Consultant

Shane James SweeneySenior QE & Mobile Automation Consultant · 15+ years in test automation · Kennesaw, GAProfessional SummaryQuality engineering professional with 15+ years in test automation, building scalable frameworks for mobile, web, API, and backend systems across banking, insurance, healthcare, and utility products.Hands-on Appium automation of iOS and Android since 2014 on real devices and simulators/emulators (Perfecto, BrowserStack), alongside WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium.Designs OOP-based Page Object frameworks in TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, and C#, and integrates them into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) with parallel execution, reporting, and environment configuration.Combines hands-on engineering depth with quality leadership: former Tech QA Manager, mentor, and early adopter of AI-assisted testing with GitHub Copilot and Claude.Core Strengths - Quality Engineering & Automation

Mobile Automation (Appium iOS/Android)

Automation Architecture

OOP & Design Patterns

Test Strategy Development

CI/CD Pipeline Integration

Parallel Test Execution

Flaky Test Troubleshooting

Device & Emulator Management

Performance Engineering

Scalability Planning

Process Optimization & Improvement

Stakeholder Alignment

Talent Development Coaching

AI-Assisted Testing

Strategic Roadmap Execution

Career HighlightsDesigned and implemented automation frameworks in TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, C#, and Groovy (Geb/Spock) with Appium, WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium, incorporating BDD and TDD practices to enhance test reliability and maintainability.

Automation Impact: Increased automated test coverage from 45% to 80% and cut manual mobile regression from 2 days to 4 hours at Fifth Third Bank.

Quality Strategy: Led UI, API, scale, regression, and PDF validation initiatives across all U.S. counties.

Team Leadership: Mentored junior and senior QA engineers through coaching and documentation, strengthening automation practices.

Delivery & Performance: Migrated CI from Jenkins to GitHub Actions, cutting regression cycles from 3 days to 6 hours, and ran performance tests with JMeter and BlazeMeter for 1,000+ concurrent users.

Quality Engineering: Used GitHub Copilot and Claude for PR reviews and test scripting, accelerating script development by 30%, with SonarQube enforcing quality gates.

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