Peter Farkas

Test Automation Engineer | Un-Consultant for Teams who Build

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

I work with software teams to design test infrastructure and quality processes they can own and evolve.

Experience

  • TestGroove (16 yrs 6 mos)
    • Independent Consultant
      Feb 2010 - Present · 16 yrs 6 mos

    • Collaborative Quality Engineering
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

      Developing a comprehensive methodology for establishing test infrastructure and quality processes in agile teams.

  • Senior Consultant - Compliance at Yoosana - Digital Solutions
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    Supporting the deployment and integration of Yoosana’s centralized data deletion orchestration solution, enabling clients to achieve regulatory compliance. Technologies: Espresso Data Privacy

  • Persönliche Zielverfolgung at Career Break
    Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr

    Focused on acting and filmmaking, building creative, storytelling and communication skills.

  • Test Automation Lead - Insurance at AXA
    May 2018 - Dec 2023 · 5 yrs 8 mos

    Established an acceptance test framework for a new insurance platform, enabling bi-weekly updates to the core application. • Designed and implemented a collaborative framework, enabling business analysts to define test data and scenarios, contributing to the automated test suite. • Developed GUI and API test scripts to generate test data and the initial test scenarios. • Coached the internal development team in writing additional test scripts and integrating the test suite into their CI/CD pipelines. • Integrated the test framework with Xray, eliminating Excel-based test case management. • Established an interdisciplinary team of business analysts and developers to maintain and enhance the framework, adopting the agile SDLC approach from the overarching program. Technologies: Java, Selenium, SoapUI, Swagger, TestNG, Spring, Allure, Xray, Gherkin, MySQL, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift

  • Mobile App Developer - Greentech at Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. (BUND Bundesgeschäftsstelle)
    Mar 2013 - Dec 2019 · 6 yrs 10 mos

    Developed ToxFox, a mobile app for identifying product pollutants and reporting manufacturers. Users can scan barcodes to check ingredients in the Codecheck database. Over time, this has led to measurable reductions in pollutants reflected in the database. Technologies: iOS, Objective C, Android, Java