James Ryan Gaid
QA Engineer · SDET
Test automation, security testing, and performance engineering for teams that ship with confidence.
About
I build robust testing frameworks and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines so teams can ship software with confidence.
I'm a Quality Assurance Engineer with 3+ years of experience. My expertise spans end-to-end testing with Playwright and Cypress, API testing, OWASP security assessments, and building maintainable test architectures. I work with teams to establish quality gates that catch issues early.
Currently working at Amihan Solutions on Oracle APEX-based applications. Pursuing the PJPT certification to deepen my security testing expertise.
Stack
Testing
Playwright · Cypress · Selenium · K6 · Postman · APIDog
Reporting & Management
Allure · Xray · Qase
Languages
JavaScript · TypeScript · Python
DevOps & Tooling
Docker · GitHub Actions · Azure DevOps · Jenkins · Git · Jira
Security
OWASP ZAP · Burp Suite
Projects
Experience
QA & Test Engineer
Amihan Solutions
- Lead end-to-end and API test coverage across multi-team releases.
- Design scalable Playwright frameworks with CI gating on quality metrics.
Junior SDET
Theoria Medical
- Built automated regression suites that cut release-validation time by ~40%.
- Integrated Playwright + GitHub Actions with PR-level test reporting.
SQA Engineer
Theoria Medical
- Owned manual and automated QA for a HIPAA-adjacent clinical product.
- Partnered with developers on test-first workflows and flake reduction.
Lead QA Engineer
Innovuze Solutions
- Mentored the QA team; established bug triage, test-case standards, and a reporting cadence.
QA Engineer
Innovuze Solutions
- Authored API and UI tests (Postman, Selenium) across web and mobile projects.
Education
BS Information Technology
University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines
- Focused on software engineering and QA practices; competed in DICT inter-university hacking competitions.
- 3rd place, DICT hacking competition.
- Capstone: Bureau of Fisheries Management System.
Credentials
TCM Security
Cisco
TCM Security
Applitools
Contact
Have a project, role, or idea? Drop a note — I reply within a day or two. Prefer email? Use the address in the hero above, or hit ⌘K.