Stefan Irimia

Experience

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  Electronic Arts (EA)

  Jul 2013 - Apr 2014

  QA Tester

  Main Responsibilities : - Stability Testing- Performance Testing- Compatibility Testing- Load Testing- Regression- User experience- Stress/Destructive Testing- Scripted Testing- Scripted/Unscripted Verifications- Free Testing/Adhoc Testing- Console Management- Peer Mentoring

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  Ubisoft

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2015

  Quality Control Tester

  Main responsibilities : - Coordinating small teams inside the project- Creating test cases and running them along with the rest of the team- Regressing/sweeping issues- Running project tasks - Creating graphs and tables in order to ease the understanding of the end of day report- Escalating software issues- Identifying and acquiring specific logs - Continuous communication with the QA Lead regarding the testing process. - Providing peer mentoring

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  FACEIT Ltd

  Feb 2016 - Apr 2017

  Software QA Tester

  Working at Faceit gave me the opportunity to develop both my analytical and managerial skills. The constant release environment helped me improve my time management skills which lead to maximising the efficiency of the usage of tools and resources for a better, faster and a more successful release workflow.Daily responsibilities : - Participating in scrum meetings with the Project Manager and the developer teams - Planning the time and and also the required resources neccessary for testing new features prior their release on a Live environment- Providing reports and risk assessments to the Project managers and Producers where necessary- Proficiency in communication, prioritizing the defects and issues that require immediate attention and recommend corrective actions where applied.- Responsible for running tests on different platforms with different aims (exploratory testing, regression testing, implementation testing, etc.) - Testing across different environments to ensure it is free of defects and stable prior to be published to the live environments- Testing web applications to identify issues using a combination of manual and tools-based testing- Actively creating test cases/test plans Show less

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  Product Madness 📱🎮

  May 2017 - Jan 2024

  Reporting into the Director of QA, I am managing a team of internal Mobile QA leads associated with Product Madness’ portfolio of applications. I am aiding them in the resourcing and prioritising of our offshore team(s), coordinating business goals and timelines, and aligning processes and procedures throughout.Key responsibilities: - Line manage the internal mobile QA efforts spanning multiple projects, whilst directing an external mobile resource pool via dotted line - Liaise regularly with the inhouse business leadership team to dictate best placement of mobile QA resource based on the business’ active needs - Aid in the recruitment of vacant mobile QA positions and assist in the training, mentoring and development of the team through KPOs / OKRs and 121’s - Constantly maintain, review and improve process in an effort to drive efficiency, whilst ensuring alignment across teams where applicable- Track and manage quarterly snapshots of the market (DAUs / Revenue take) and reflect these findings in the test matrices defined for each project - Support in the storage, security and management of the offices mobile device- Ensure releases are always to the highest standard, both for defect mitigation & user experience. - Help manage the bug databases and prioritise accordingly through discussion and agreement with the Product teams- Support in the creation & maintenance of detailed, comprehensive test suites and test cases- Provide reports and risk assessments to the Director of QA and other business stakeholders- Working with the Technical Test Manager, support efforts to incorporate automated tests within the Mobile test process Show less Working for Product Madness opened new horizons for me in terms of understanding QA from a business perspective. Core duties : - Running daily QA resource allocation meetings where more than 20 remote testers are shared between 4 projects, according to priorities and release schedules. - Managing and coordinating the office's mobile devices, running stock checks and flagging missing devices to the wider business, ordering new devices, ensuring that the devices are tagged and tracked accordingly.- Capturing quarterly DAU/Revenue output and communicating it to key stakeholders, and where applicable, updating matrices and test coverage.- Ensuring the project is released to the highest quality both in terms of defect mitigation and gaming experience- Working closely with project stakeholders to prioritise and resolve bugs while delivering continuous feedback during the development process- Leading triages and providing daily reports and updates to both internal and external teams on milestone progression and priorities- Supporting in the creation, maintenance and implementation of dedicated test suites and associated test cases- Working closely with Customer Support to investigate, document and where necessary push for swift resolution of issues raised- Ensuring that the rest of the team are working to the highest of standards - Reviewing other tester’s reports and maintaining a tidy and prioritised backlog- Responsible for supporting multiple projects in the absence of other Lead QA's - Providing reports and risk assessments to the Head of QA and other stakeholders- Using multiple analytic tools (such as Redash, NewRelic, etc.) as a way to investigate and analyse in helping identify and resolve potential live issues, as well as maintaining and updating the most relevant support matrices for your designated platform(s) Show less

  • Game Client QA Manager

    Dec 2020 - Jan 2024

  • Mobile QA Manager

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Senior Quality Assurance Lead

    Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Quality Assurance Team Lead

    Mar 2018 - Apr 2019

  • Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

    May 2017 - Mar 2018
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  Scopely

  Jan 2024 - now

  QA Manager