Aston Cook

QA Manager

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States3 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Reduced manual regression time by 64% with Cypress framework.
Saved 80+ QA hours monthly through automation initiatives.
Mentored engineers on automation best practices and framework scalability.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a QA Automation Engineer with expertise in SaaS and Cybersecurity industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Qa AutomationCi/cdSelenium

Other Skills

PlaywrightTypeScriptAPI testingDatabase validationGitHub ActionsCypressUI testingIntegration testingSQLPostman APIC#Data-driven testingMicrosoft AzureJavaScriptVue.js

About

I'm a Senior QA Automation Engineer who builds test frameworks that scale with growing products and engineering teams. Currently at Resilience, I'm part of a lean QA team supporting a Series D cybersecurity insurance platform. I work across the full testing stack with Playwright, TypeScript, API testing, and database validation, while maintaining CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions that keep our customer-facing features stable and reliable. Previously at Planoly, I engineered a Cypress framework with 700+ test cases that cut manual regression time by 64% and integrated GitHub Actions pipelines for daily automated runs. I also shipped 50+ frontend bug fixes directly to production, reducing UI defects by contributing quality at the code level. Before that, at Kestra Financial, I led automation initiatives that saved 80+ QA hours per month and developed 400+ Selenium test cases in C#, reducing production bugs by 23% through data-driven testing strategies. I specialize in Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, and CI/CD automation, with a focus on building maintainable frameworks that give teams confidence to ship faster. Beyond my day job, I run a QA education business where I help automation engineers level up their skills and land better roles. I offer courses, interview prep materials, and 1:1 coaching for testers ready to make the jump. → Working on quality engineering challenges? Let's connect. → Looking to break into automation? Check my Featured section for resources.

Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 7 mos

Average Tenure

6 mos

Current Experience

Resilience

QA Automation Engineer

Oct 2025 – Present · 6 mos · San Francisco, California, United States · Remote

Develop and maintain Playwright/TypeScript automation framework for customer-facing UI, supporting product scalability and stability
Execute comprehensive manual and automation testing strategies across UI, API, and database layers to ensure security platform reliability
Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions for continuous integration test execution and monitoring
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve critical issues, contributing to rapid incident response capabilities
Drive quality initiatives for a Series D cybersecurity insurance platform serving enterprise clients and insurance brokers

PlaywrightTypeScriptAPI testingDatabase validationCI/CDGitHub Actions+1

Planoly

2 roles

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Promoted

Aug 2025 – Nov 2025 · 3 mos · Austin, Texas, United States · Remote

Led strategic improvements to the automation framework, increasing stability and reducing flaky test rates by 40%
Directed end-to-end automation efforts across UI, API, and integration layers, boosting release confidence
Designed advanced CI/CD workflows in GitHub Actions to support parallel execution and faster feedback loops
Mentored QA engineers on automation best practices, code reviews, and framework scalability
Partnered with cross-functional teams to embed quality metrics into sprint planning and delivery goals

CypressGitHub ActionsUI testingAPI testingIntegration testingQA Automation+1

QA Automation Engineer

Jul 2023 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Austin, Texas, United States · Remote

Developed a Cypress framework with 700+ test cases, reducing manual regression time by 64%
Built CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions for daily automated test runs and Cypress Cloud reporting
Delivered 50+ frontend bug fixes and feature enhancements that improved UI consistency and user experience
Created reusable QA documentation templates to standardize bug reports and speed onboarding

CypressGitHub ActionsSQLPostman APIQA AutomationCI/CD

Kestra financial

QA Automation Lead

Aug 2022 – Jul 2023 · 11 mos · Austin, Texas, United States · On-site

Led automation initiatives that reduced manual testing by 37%, saving an estimated 80+ QA
hours per month and over $45,000 annually in labor costs.
Developed 400+ automated test cases in C# with Selenium, increasing test execution speed and
accelerating release cycles.
Implemented data-driven testing to boost coverage by 86% and cut production bugs by 23%,
reducing costly post-release rework.

C#SeleniumData-driven testingMicrosoft AzureQA Automation

Cpap.com

Software Engineer

Jan 2022 – Apr 2022 · 3 mos · Houston, Texas, United States · Remote

Used knowledge of programming languages mainly in JavaScript and VueJs to complete stories.
Contributed to the backend, frontend, QA, and DevOps departments.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and develop new features and enhancements for CPAP.com's web application.
Participated in code reviews, testing, and debugging to ensure high-quality code that meets industry standards.

JavaScriptVue.jsPostman APIData Automation