Gooten

• Champion an automation-first mindset; manual testing should be the exception, not the rule. • Design, build, and scale automated test frameworks for APIs, UI, and end-to-end microservice validation using Node.js, Playwright, and related frameworks. • Develop load and resilience testing suites with Grafana k6 to benchmark and harden distributed systems. • Integrate test execution and quality gates deeply into GitHub Actions, ensuring every commit, PR, and deployment is validated by automation. • Collaborate closely with MCPs: Kafka event flows, service mesh routing (Istio), and inter-service contracts to design automated validation of message schemas, ACLs, and service dependencies. • Mock endpoints with services like microcks or postman to simulate responses. • Lead TDD adoption by embedding test scaffolds into developer workflows and enforcing test coverage standards across repositories. • Embed security testing and data validation checks into automation frameworks for proactive vulnerability detection. • Create test observability dashboards (via Grafana or Datadog) that expose quality metrics alongside performance and error budgets. • Perform exploratory testing to supplement automation with contextual discovery and edge-case validation. • Collaborate with developers, SREs, and product managers to drive a shared understanding of quality across environments.

• Design, build, and maintain services using .NET in a microservice architecture • Work with event-driven systems using Kafka and Temporal for workflow orchestration • Build and optimize data layers using MongoDB and Redis • Deploy services in Kubernetes (k8s) environments • Collaborate directly with product teams from early concept through to production release • Develop frontend using React when needed • Use AI development tools like Claude Code as part of your daily development workflow • Work with MCP servers and agentic development workflows • Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and continuous improvement of our platform

• Champion an automation-first mindset; manual testing should be the exception, not the rule. • Design, build, and scale automated test frameworks for APIs, UI, and end-to-end microservice validation using Node.js, Playwright, and related frameworks. • Develop load and resilience testing suites with Grafana k6 to benchmark and harden distributed systems. • Integrate test execution and quality gates deeply into GitHub Actions, ensuring every commit, PR, and deployment is validated by automation. • Collaborate closely with MCPs: Kafka event flows, service mesh routing (Istio), and inter-service contracts to design automated validation of message schemas, ACLs, and service dependencies. • Mock endpoints with services like microcks or postman to simulate responses. • Lead TDD adoption by embedding test scaffolds into developer workflows and enforcing test coverage standards across repositories. • Embed security testing and data validation checks into automation frameworks for proactive vulnerability detection. • Create test observability dashboards (via Grafana or Datadog) that expose quality metrics alongside performance and error budgets. • Perform exploratory testing to supplement automation with contextual discovery and edge-case validation. • Collaborate with developers, SREs, and product managers to drive a shared understanding of quality across environments.