Jay McCure
Brisbane
Summary
Senior software engineer in Test with proven expertise in test automation, software development, and CI/CD pipelines. Delivers quality engineering outcomes through innovative problem-solving and technical leadership. Adapts quickly across diverse technology ecosystems while maintaining unwavering focus on customer satisfaction and business outcomes. Known for persistence in troubleshooting complex issues and implementing sustainable solutions.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer in Test
GitLab
05.2022 - Current
- Collaborating with engineers across the Create stage to ensure product teams have robust tests and easy to use test frameworks
- Maintainer of GitLab cli project, performing key reviews, implementing features and fixing bugs. Advising contributors on technical approaches and guiding product decisions
- Implemented JavaScript E2E test framework for GitLab VSCode extension
- Implemented Kotlin E2E test framework for JetBrains plugin
- Implemented E2E test metrics collection into InfluxDB/Grafana for AI-related tests/Editor Extension tests
- Guide engineers on testing best practices, and testing solutions
- Build and improve pipeline configuration across a number of Create projects.
- Attend customer calls to identify and fix issues
Head of Test Automation - QLD
Planit Testing
05.2019 - 05.2022
- Responsible for building the professional services test automation capability across QLD and acquiring clients globally.
- Individual contributor for key accounts to design and implement automated testing frameworks across a variety of tech stacks (JavaScript, WDIO, Cypress, Java, Cucumber, RabbitMQ, RestAssured)
- Presented at pre-sales meetings as the technical expert to provide solutions for client engineering problems.
- Developed and delivered customised training to internal staff and clients on test automation best practices across a variety of languages and frameworks.
Staff Engineer / Lead SDET
SilverRail - Expedia Group
08.2017 - 05.2019
- Lead engineer to build and maintain a ruby integration test framework for SilverRail's UK journey search APIs
- Developed test harness using Ruby/ruby-amqp to simulate real-time train updates from the UK rail network.
- Transformed the organisation from a single instance Jenkins CI system to an elastic Bamboo CI system to reduce costs and increase CI capacity.
- Managed a team of 5 Software Development Engineers in Test; including hiring, mentoring and technical coaching.
Software Development Engineer in Test II
Prime Video, Amazon
04.2016 - 06.2017
- Designed and developed integration between proprietary JavaScript application driver and IP spoofing web service to allow the Prime Video Living Room organisation to scale their tests across geo-locations.
- Facilitated training sessions, supported engineers and created the infrastructure for the Living Room organisation to establish and increase functional test coverage from 0 tests to 100+ within two weeks.
- Implemented CI/CD test infrastructure using Amazon internal CI tools, AWS AMIs and AWS EC2 instances.
SDET (Contract)
NET-A-PORTER.COM
02.2015 - 04.2016
- As the lead SDET, designed and developed a robust test framework utilising existing web services to accelerate front-end automated testing. Tools used: Ruby/Capybara/SitePrism/Cucumber/Jenkins.
SDET (Contract)
Blinkbox (Tesco)
04.2014 - 02.2015
- Lead SDET for the microservices-based platform serving the entire Blinkbox Books e-books system.
- Automated tests in Ruby/HTTParty/Sinatra/Cucumber, CI with TeamCity, Deployments using Puppet.
Test Automation Engineer (Contract)
Financial Times
08.2012 - 04.2014
Test Lead (Contract)
Lumeon
02.2012 - 07.2012
Programme Test Manager (Contract)
QLD Government
04.2011 - 12.2011
Senior Test Coordinator (Contract)
Queensland Health (Radiology Informatics)
12.2009 - 04.2011
Senior Test Analyst (Contract)
Suncorp Banking & Insurance
07.2007 - 12.2009
Senior Test Analyst (Contract)
GCCC
11.2006 - 07.2007
Test Analyst (Contract)
Bupa Health Insurance
05.2005 - 11.2006
Test Analyst
Intec Billing
01.2003 - 04.2005
Education
Go Training -
Internal
01-2023
Certified Solutions Architect - Associate -
AWS
2019
Technical Essentials -
AWS
2017
Leading With Emotional Intelligence -
Australian Institute of Management
10.2017
Bachelor of Information Technology - Software Development
Bond University (Entry Via Scholarship)
2002
Skills
- Ruby, golang, JavaScript/TypeScript, Kotlin, Java
- HTTParty, nokogiri, Capybara, ruby-amqp, Sinatra, SitePrism, InfluxDB, Grafana
- Cypress, WDIO, MochaJS, SinonJS, Cucumber, RSpec, JUnit, TestNG, k6
- CI: GitLab, Bamboo, TeamCity, Jenkins, Artifactory
- gcp, AWS: EC2, AMI, DynamoDB, SQS, S3, Lambda
- git, UNIX, Linux, HTTP/S, Active MQ, Rabbit MQ, SQL, elasticsearch
Expertise
- Experienced software engineer focused on designing and developing robust automated test frameworks for diverse applications, architectures and languages
- Customer focused engineer with the ability to dive deep and resolve customer issues
- CI/CD advocate with a focus on improving automated build and test pipelines
- Maintainer and contributor to the GitLab command line application "glab"
- Effective Agile practitioner who favours team success over restrictive processes
- Experienced in building great teams to provide engineers an environment to achieve their full potential
- Ability to identify and retain talent through building relationships, mentoring and providing constructive feedback
- Exceptional interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
Additional Information
- GitLab: https://github.com/jay_mccure
- Stack overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/1697631/jmccure
- Github: https://github.com/jmccure
Referee details (on request)
- Ksenia Kolpakova, Engineering Manager
- Kai Armstrong, PM, Code Review
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer in Test
GitLab
05.2022 - Current
Head of Test Automation - QLD
Planit Testing
05.2019 - 05.2022
Staff Engineer / Lead SDET
SilverRail - Expedia Group
08.2017 - 05.2019
Software Development Engineer in Test II
Prime Video, Amazon
04.2016 - 06.2017
SDET (Contract)
NET-A-PORTER.COM
02.2015 - 04.2016
SDET (Contract)
Blinkbox (Tesco)
04.2014 - 02.2015
Test Automation Engineer (Contract)
Financial Times
08.2012 - 04.2014
Test Lead (Contract)
Lumeon
02.2012 - 07.2012
Programme Test Manager (Contract)
QLD Government
04.2011 - 12.2011
Senior Test Coordinator (Contract)
Queensland Health (Radiology Informatics)
12.2009 - 04.2011
Senior Test Analyst (Contract)
Suncorp Banking & Insurance
07.2007 - 12.2009
Senior Test Analyst (Contract)
GCCC
11.2006 - 07.2007
Test Analyst (Contract)
Bupa Health Insurance
05.2005 - 11.2006
Test Analyst
Intec Billing
01.2003 - 04.2005
Go Training -
Internal
Certified Solutions Architect - Associate -
AWS
Technical Essentials -
AWS
Leading With Emotional Intelligence -
Australian Institute of Management
Bachelor of Information Technology - Software Development
Bond University (Entry Via Scholarship)
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