Sergio González Quirós
About Sergio González Quirós
Title and Current Position
Sergio González Quirós currently holds the title of Senior Software Development Engineer in Test at Symphony.com. He is based in the Nice Area, France. In this role, he leads quality teams across multiple international locations, including Vietnam, Brazil, and India.
Previous Roles and Experience
Sergio González Quirós has a diversified professional background encompassing several roles. From 2018 to 2019, he worked at Growth Acceleration Partners as a QA Automation Engineer in Cartago, Costa Rica. Before that, he served as a Chatbots Developer at Testing Software from 2016 to 2018, focusing on Watson IBM and API.AI Google chatbots. He also amassed experience as a QA Engineer at Indigo Telecom from 2014 to 2016 and as a Software Developer at Universidad de Costa Rica in 2014. Earlier in his career, he worked at Tecnológico de Costa Rica as a Computer Engineer for 10 months in 2013.
Education and Expertise
Sergio González Quirós studied Computer Engineering at Tecnológico de Costa Rica, which he attended from 2009 to 2016. This educational foundation has enabled him to specialize in various aspects of software quality assurance. His expertise includes designing and maintaining test automation frameworks for multi-cloud infrastructures using AWS and Google Cloud. He also conducts API testing, accessibility testing, visual testing, and performance testing.
Technical Skills and Tools
Sergio González Quirós utilizes a comprehensive array of tools to excel in his role. For UI and E2E automation, he employs Cucumber/BDD, WebdriverIO, and Robot Framework. In API testing, he uses REST Assured and JBehave. His proficiency in accessibility testing is facilitated by tools like Axe-core, VoiceOver, and ChromeVox. Additionally, he conducts visual testing with Storybook and performance testing with JMeter. He actively manages test cases with the XRay tool and generates metrics and reports for stakeholders using JIRA dashboards.
Agile and Certification
Sergio González Quirós is an active participant in Agile activities, holding an ISTQB Certified Tester Agile certification. This certification underscores his commitment to Agile methodologies and best practices in software development and testing. He defines release processes, quality processes, test plans, and strategies for multiple products, and effectively communicates test results to partners.