Ümit Özdemir

About Me

I’m a passionate QA engineer with over 7 years of experience designing, leading, and scaling automation frameworks in agile environments. I specialize in embedding quality into the development pipeline — from unit to production — and enjoy mentoring teams to establish sustainable test practices.

My core strength lies in simplifying complexity, from implementing chaos testing strategies to ensuring robust CI/CD pipelines across cloud-native architectures. I value precision, collaboration, and relentless curiosity in delivering better, faster, and safer software.

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Skills & Companies

Automation Frameworks

Proficient in Playwright, Selenium, Appium, Karate, Pytest, and Godog for functional and end-to-end testing across web, API, and mobile platforms.

Cloud & DevOps

Hands-on with Azure, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. Architected CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, and GitLab CI for scalable deployments.

Performance & Resilience

Experience in k6, Locust, Gatling, and Gremlin to simulate load and test fault-tolerance in mission-critical services.

Companies Worked With

HEPAPI - QA Strategy & Automation
Firefly Inc. - Cloud Service Testing
Kloia - QA Consultancy
NETAS - SSO & Cloud Transition

Career Highlights

HEPAPI (London): Leading QA strategy and chaos engineering efforts. Built test automation pipelines with Java and Playwright. Mentored QA teams and improved release efficiency.

Firefly Inc. (San Francisco): Created Python-based service tests on GCP, supported observability with Logs Explorer and BigQuery, and collaborated in Kubernetes-native environments.

Kloia (London): Delivered consulting in automation frameworks (Selenium, Cucumber, Karate), mobile testing via Appium, and conducted performance benchmarking using k6 and Locust.

NETAS (Istanbul): Developed SCIM/SSO integrations for Azure AD; worked on containerized deployments and modern identity solutions.

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