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Ngoh Ronaldo
Acha

Senior QA Automation Engineer · QAOps · 5+ years

I build quality into the delivery pipeline with Playwright and Cypress frameworks, CI quality gates, and performance and security testing. That has cut regression cycles by 40% and production hotfixes by about 60% on high-traffic iGaming platforms.

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Douala, Cameroon · Remote-friendly

Ngoh Ronaldo Acha, Senior QA Automation Engineer

flaky_tests

18% → <3%

parallel_workers

4 → 30+

Years experience

40%

Faster regression

~60%

Fewer production hotfixes

10k+

Concurrent users load-tested

About

QA strategy aligned with business goals.

I'm a results-driven QA Automation Engineer who builds quality into teams rather than bolting it on at the end, across iGaming, fintech, and SaaS platforms. I focus on making releases safe, predictable, fast, and confident, by combining smart test design, automation, and observability.

My work has consistently delivered near-zero critical production defects across high-traffic platforms supporting large user bases.

Defect Hunter

Root cause analysis & log forensics with Splunk and DevTools.

Automation First

Scalable Playwright & Cypress frameworks built from scratch.

Security Aware

OWASP, accessibility, and performance testing baked in.

Clear Documentation

Crafting thorough test plans, test cases, and actionable bug reports developers love.

Team Collaboration

Strong communicator partnering with devs, product, and DevOps to ship quality together.

Team Mentor

Upskilling QA engineers on automation tools and best practices.

Ngoh Ronaldo Acha collaborating with senior developers Donald Kengue and Kum Jude Tem

Collaboration

Shipping quality, together.

Quality is a team sport. Here I am pairing with senior developers Donald Kengue and Kum Jude Tem, reviewing automation strategy and triaging defects in real time. Close partnership with engineering is how I keep production stable and releases predictable.

Donald Kengue Kum Jude Tem

Tech_stack

Tools I reach for daily.

A toolkit honed across five years of testing complex web platforms, built for speed, reliability, and clarity.

Test Automation

PlaywrightCypressSelenium WebDriverWebdriverIOREST AssuredPostman

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScript (ES6+)SQLBash

CI/CD & QAOps

GitHub ActionsJenkinsGitLab CIQuality GatesShift-Left TestingRelease Validation

Containers & Cloud

DockerDocker ComposeKubernetes (kubectl, Helm)AWSGCPAzureCloudflare

Performance

k6JMeterLighthouseStress & SoakCore Web VitalsPerformance Budgets

Security & Compliance

OWASP Top 10Security TestingWCAG 2.1iGaming Compliance

Observability

SplunkGrafanaPrometheusLog AnalysisRoot Cause Analysis

Test Management

JiraXrayZephyrTestRailConfluenceAllure

Methodologies

Agile / ScrumBDDTDDRisk-Based TestingContinuous TestingSDLC / STLC

Experience

Where I've shipped quality.

Five years across iGaming, fintech, SaaS, and education with the same obsession for confident releases.

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Feb 2023 - Jul 2026

Blue Window Ltd · iGaming · Douala, Cameroon

▸Built a Playwright + TypeScript framework (Page Object Model, parallel execution, Allure reporting). Regression cycle time dropped 40% and the team moved to daily releases.
▸Integrated E2E, API, and accessibility suites into GitHub Actions with quality gates that block deployments on critical failures, cutting production hotfixes by roughly 60% over two quarters.
▸Containerized the suite with Docker and ran parallel browser tests on a self-hosted Kubernetes grid, scaling from 4 to 30+ concurrent workers and turning multi-hour runs into minutes.
▸Owned load testing with k6 and JMeter across login, deposit, and live gameplay flows, validating stability at 10,000+ concurrent users.
▸Built Splunk dashboards over Cloudflare logs to catch traffic anomalies, bot patterns, and latency spikes that synthetic monitoring missed.
▸Ran OWASP-aligned security tests and WCAG 2.1 accessibility audits supporting regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
▸Partnered with Engineering, DevOps, and Product to shift quality checks earlier in the sprint and define clear Definition of Done criteria.

QA Automation Engineer

May 2019 - Jan 2023

Pro-Tech Alliance · Remote

▸Built a Cypress framework from scratch covering 300+ critical user flows, taking automated regression coverage from zero to 85%.
▸Configured Jenkins and GitHub Actions pipelines to run the full suite on every pull request for fast pre-merge feedback.
▸Cut test flakiness from roughly 18% to under 3% through better locator strategy, custom commands, and smarter retry logic.
▸Turned business requirements into structured test plans and risk-based strategies with Product and Engineering.

QA Tester

Nov 2020 - Jul 2021

Seven Advanced Academy · Cameroon

▸Created a bilingual (English/French) Selenium WebDriver + TestNG framework, cutting manual test cycle time by 30%.
▸Grew test coverage by 25% by pairing manual testing with targeted automation on the highest-risk regression areas.
▸Mentored junior testers on Selenium, TestNG, and automation patterns so the team could own automation themselves.
▸Managed the defect lifecycle in Jira with a 98% on-time resolution rate.

Software Test Analyst

Sep 2018 - Jan 2020

IWOMI Technologies Ltd · Douala, Cameroon

▸Defined and ran test strategies across 10+ enterprise web applications, keeping critical incidents out of production.
▸Introduced Cypress as the team's first JavaScript automation tool, reducing regression time by 40%.
▸Led UAT sessions with business stakeholders and delivered on-time releases with zero critical defects.
▸Trained QA team members on automation fundamentals and scripting.

Projects

Tools I've built for QA & web teams.

Independently designed, built, and deployed, from architecture to production.

security_project

SiteShield

Most teams do security testing by booking a consultant, waiting weeks, and getting a report that's out of date before anyone reads it. SiteShield lets any QA engineer or developer run an OWASP-aligned audit on any website in minutes, without specialist knowledge.

Each scan scores a site 0–100 across 11 categories (security headers, TLS, DNS/email, CORS, cookies, exposed files and more) with a letter grade and a PASS / REVIEW / FAIL verdict. Teams can bulk-audit up to 100 sites via CSV, track a fleet dashboard with score trends, schedule re-scans with regression alerts by webhook or email, and export PDF or JSON reports.

OWASP Top-10Security HeadersTLS / DNSCORS & CookiesScheduled Re-scans

Launch SiteShield View source

Hosted on Render. The first load can take up to a minute while the server wakes up.

$ siteshield --scan

Security Scoring

0–100 score across 11 OWASP categories

Instant Verdict

Clear PASS / REVIEW / FAIL at a glance

Findings & Severity

CRITICAL → INFO, OWASP Top-10

Fix Guidance

Copy-ready header, DNS, and config fixes

performance_project

VPerformance

A full-stack platform for running batched Lighthouse tests against any URL, surfacing Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP, TTFB, Speed Index) across desktop and mobile in one place.

Side-by-side comparisons across multiple sites with device-specific breakdowns and prioritized optimization suggestions turn Lighthouse numbers into something a team can act on.

LighthouseCore Web VitalsBatch TestingCompetitor Benchmarks

Launch VPerformance View source

Hosted on Render. The first load can take up to a minute while the server wakes up.

$ lighthouse --audit

Performance

LCP, CLS, INP, TTFB, Speed Index

Accessibility

WCAG audits & contrast checks

Best Practices

Security & modern web standards

SEO

Crawlability & metadata insights

visual_regression

UI Design Validator

Compares Figma design specs against live web implementations and flags pixel-level deviations, closing one of the most common and expensive gaps in product QA.

Pulls design tokens through the Figma API, captures the implementation with a headless browser, and applies configurable tolerances so teams decide what counts as a real regression.

Figma APIVisual RegressionHeadless BrowserResponsive Breakpoints

View source

$ validate --figma

Design Tokens

Extracted straight from the Figma API

Pixel Diffing

Spacing, color, and typography checks

Tolerances

Configurable thresholds per property

Responsive

Breakpoints and container queries

Impact

Outcomes, not output.

40% faster regressions

Playwright and Cypress frameworks with parallelized CI execution, sustained across many release cycles.

Near-zero critical defects

Shift-left practices and automated CI quality gates across high-traffic iGaming releases, with hotfixes down about 60%.

Flakiness 18% → under 3%

Locator strategy, retry logic, and framework restructuring restored team trust in the suite.

4 → 30+ parallel workers

Scaled test execution with Docker and a Kubernetes-based test grid. Multi-hour runs now take minutes.

Two live QA products

Designed, built, and shipped SiteShield (OWASP auditing) and VPerformance (Core Web Vitals monitoring).

8+ engineers mentored

Helped junior QA engineers across several companies build automation capability that lasted.

Writing

Notes from the testing trenches.

All articles

3 Nov 2026 8 min read

How to Fix Flaky Tests: From 18% to Under 3% in a Cypress Suite

A practical guide to finding and fixing flaky tests: the root causes, the Cypress fixes that cut our flaky rate from 18% to under 3%, and how to keep it there.

Flaky TestsCypressTest Automation

3 Nov 2026 11 min read

Test Case Design Techniques: 6 Methods with Real Examples

Learn equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, decision tables, state transition, pairwise testing and error guessing, with worked examples and Playwright code.

Test DesignSoftware TestingBoundary Value Analysis

Certifications

Continually leveling up.

Recognized credentials and focused training backing the practical experience.

ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level (CTFL)

ISTQB

Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE)

ASQ

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin

Splunk

Courses & training

Automated Software Testing with PlaywrightDocker Mastery & Kubernetes for Beginners (KodeKloud)MCP Servers and Automation for TestersSQL for TestersData Engineering FoundationsGit WorkflowsJira: Basic Administration

Education

Computer Science & Full Stack Web Development

Seven Advanced Academy & University of Bamenda · 2015 - 2018