Laurentiu Raducu

Zürich, Switzerland, +41787266341 laurentiu.raducu@gmail.com

4+ years experience in quality assurance, test design, test planning and test implementation.

Experience in using bug-tracking and test documentation tools.

Practical knowledge in applying black box testing techniques, as well as in performing acceptance, regression, exploratory, performance and load balance testing.

Expertise in developing automation scripts using powershell and batch scripting languages.

+3 years experience in working with Selenium and Serenity libraries for automation testing.

Extensive experience in performing device test automation using Appium.

Excellent problem-solving skills.

Github

Experience

Automation Quality Assurance Engineer

UBS AG, Zürich

Developing an automation framework to reduce manual test execution.

Creating scripts for automating repetitive tasks.

Working with the project stakeholders to define automation priorities.

Working closely with subject matter experts for defining test plans and approaches for current releases.

February 2020 - Present

Automation Quality Assurance Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group, Bucharest

Developing and maintaining the test automation framework of Unavista platform and all its reporting solutions. Currently, the language used is Java and the technologies used are Selenium, Jdbc, Jetty, Jasper Reports, Junit.

Working with various compliance standards such as MiFiR, EMIR, G20.

Performing automated tests for assessing the reliability, performance and usability of the platform and its solutions.

Working with build management and continuous integration technologies such as Maven and Jenkins.

Liaising with subject-matter experts for developing business scenarios for testing.

November 2018 - February 2020

Automation Quality Assurance Engineer

Luxoft, Bucharest

Working for UBS Investment Bank on ALM/KYC solution called Fenergo.

Developing and maintaining automation test case suite.

Executing automated test cases and reporting results.

Working with Selenium WebDriver and Serenity frameworks using Java.

Working with build management technologies such as Maven and Jenkins.

Using scripting languages for automating certain processes for bug management and reporting.

June 2017 - November 2018

Regular Quality Assurance Engineer

Misys International Financial Systems, Bucharest

Development and creation of project design and testing environments in line with users requirements.

Assembly of software programs in coherent and integrated systems with the purpose of testing and validating clients' specifications.

Execute all types of testing (functional, regression, automated, performance, documentation).

Perform quality assurance activities in agile iterations throughout all the phases of the product lifecycle.

Maintain and develop automated GUI and API test cases.

Work with subject-matter experts to develop real business test cases.

December 2016 - June 2017

Associate Quality Assurance Engineer

Misys International Financial Systems, Bucharest

Development and creation of project design and testing environments in line with users requirements.

Assembly of software programs in coherent and integrated systems with the purpose of testing and validating clients' specifications.

Execute all types of testing (functional, regression, automated, performance, documentation).

June 2016 - December 2016

Regular Technical Writer

Misys International Financial Systems, Bucharest

Write and maintain the functional documentation for FusionCapital Sophis, FusionInvest and FusionCapital eTrading products.

Provide product-related information to end-user through video tutorials and written documentation.

Develop and maintain online help and release notes.

Measure the quality of the documentation and develop reports using Atlassian Jira and Confluence systems.

December 2015 - June 2016

Associate Technical Writer

Misys International Financial Systems, Bucharest

Develop, write and maintain end-user, system administration and developer documentation.

Develop and maintain online help, tutorials and release notes.

Learning the product functionality through interviews with subject matter experts and personal use.

March 2014 - December 2015

Education

National School of Political and Administration Studies, Bucharest

Master of Science

Project Management (taught in English)

Overall Score: 9.80

2013-2015

National School of Political and Administration Studies, Bucharest

Bachelor of Science

European Administration

Overall Score: 9.60

2010-2013

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools

Areas of expertise

Functional and Object Oriented Programming
Front-end and Back-end, Black and White Box Testing
Web Applications Development
Agile Development & Scrum

Interests

I enjoy studying computer science, I really do! I also spend my spare time running or practicing my skills in the game of chess.

I have interest in various technology fields, but particularly in TensorFlow, Quantum Computing and Blockchain smart contracts. Currently I'm looking to increase my knowledge and experience in these fields, as well as increasing my exposure to cloud computing technologies like AWS or Azure.

Courses

Financial Engineering and Risk Management - Provided by Coursera.
Java Design Patterns - Provided by Udemy.
Java Multithreading - Provided by Udemy.
Learn Android 4.0 Programming in Java - Provided by Udemy.
Java 8 hands-on course - Provided by Luxoft
Java Persistency with Hibernate - Provided by Luxoft
Performance Tuning and Optimizing SQL Databases. Certificate can be found here.

Certifications and Awards

ISTQB Certified Tester - Foundation Level
EMIR Reporting Certification. See certification

MiFIR Reporting Certification. See certification
Tricentis Tosca Automation Specialist Level 1. See certification
AZ-900. See certification
Third place at fintech hackathon sponsored by Banca Transilvania in 2019.

Projects

CRUD App - A simple CRUD app that handles create, read, update and delete SQL statements on a simple database with a single table.
Chess App - A simple console chess app developed in C++.
Black and Scholes and Binomial-Calculator - A calculator that implements Black and Scholes and Binomial models, the most-used mathematical models used in option price calculation.
Quantiacs Trading Model - A simple trading model developed in Python for Quantiacs platform, that returns 1% yearly profit.
SDL Project - A visual application that creates lots of pixels that move around randomly. The language used is C++, with Simple DirectMedia Layer library.
Cryptocurrencies Monitor - A native mobile app that provides an overview on how the most used cryptocurrencies are performing. This app is built using React Native and Redux, and takes its data from CoinMarketCap API. To view this app using expo, please access: Expo Link.
3D Object in Java - A Java app that renders a 3d object. It's using testng for testing different scenarios. This is currently under development since I want to add more geometrical shapes.
Pyramid generator - A c++ program that creates a pyramid from numbers, with a total number of rows given through user input. The program runs in the browser through webassembly, and has been converted into this format using Emscripten. In order to use it, after you input the desired number, you need to click Cancel to see the result. This is a work in progress project! My objective is to build a new SDL game that can be played in the browser.
Games Hub - A simple game portal rendered in an iframe, containing the famous Snake game, Tic Tac Toe, and a copy of flappy bird game created using Javascript.
Both Snake and Flappy Plane games are optimized for a desktop workstation and not for mobiles at the moment. To play the Snake game, make sure you use 'wasd' keys for controlling the direction, while for Flappy Plane, you need to press the space key to move the plane up. Click here to navigate to the hub.
Edesia - a food app - Android app that gives suggestions of recipes based on the ingredients you have in your kitchen. The app can be downloaded from here.
Algorithms and Data Structures Cheatsheet - A list with algorithms and data structures coded in Java. This is work in progress at the moment, it will updated continuously, and other programming langauges will be added as well. To view it, click here.

Publications

Tutorials Junkie blog - A walkthrough on how to tackle some of the security challenges from Overthewire.org website.
Page Object Model — An introduction - A short introduction on Page Object Model and a fully-working implementation example.