Chad Simonson

Lead SDET Architect and Developer

Chaska, Minnesota, United States

About

Lead SDET Architect and Senior Software Developer with 20+ years of experience developing automated solutions in a variety of industries using several technology stacks.

Experience

  • Software Engineer in Test at REalchemy
    Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Develop a C# keyword framework for testing web, database, and REST applications. Develop a C# backend framework for testing JSONL file content. Maintain Mocha/Javascript Playwright tests. Develop a Python service for validating various sources of data against one another. Document test cases using Excel and TestRail. Developed full-stack React, .NET, and SQL Server solution to generate requirements from existing applications, generate manual test cases from those requirements, and generate automated tests from the manual tests for web API, MCP, and web site applications. Created MCP instances to drive QA best practices. Implemented Python framework for testing Snowflake applications. Integrated A.I. into all testing solutions. Implemented DeepEval A.I. automation solution to test A.I. apps.

  • Senior Software Engineer at TCGplayer
    Jun 2022 - Feb 2023 · 9 mos

    Perform a proof-of-concept using Terraform to replace a local Kubernetes and Helm test environment setup. Reverse engineer Kubernetes and Helm scripts. Write unit and integration tests for a business critical service. Utilize C#, ASP.NET Core 6.0, MS SQL Server, MongoDB, and Docker on a daily basis to complete JIRA stories and tasks. Help leadership close the gap on event-driven services versus request/response services to improve performance and scalability.

  • Enterprise Quality Architect at Rocket Mortgage
    Feb 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Design and develop greenfield solutions using GoF design patterns, Bulkhead pattern, Proxy pattern, API Gateway pattern, database-per-service pattern, CQRS pattern, Istio, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, EKS, ECR, Secrets Manager, .NET, Krestel, Node.is, TypeScript, Angular.

  • Enterprise Quality Architect at TEKsystems
    Nov 2020 - Jan 2021 · 3 mos

    Develop .NET Core micro-services using Docker, Kubernetes, AWS EKS, DynamoDB, Rancher, AWS ECR, and Helm.

  • Senior Consultant at Object Partners, Inc.
    Jun 2020 - Nov 2020 · 6 mos

    Developing Golang micro-services and YAML configuration files to process change data capture data using Kafka and Cassandra.