Ege Yelken Cefakar
SDET
Istanbul
Summary
Hands-on experience in Manual and Automation testing of web-based and mobile applications. Practical experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principals and experience working with Agile Software Development Methodologies. Understanding of Software Engineering Principles, Design Patterns, Object-Oriented-Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Frameworks and Technologies. Experience with Test Automation tools such as Selenium, TestNG, and JUnit. Solid experience in Defect/Test Management tools like Jira. Proficient in writing Selenium WebDriver automation scripts in Java using Maven, Cucumber, and Java Automation Testing for Web Applications. Experience with MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle Database. Performed Continuous Integration Automation using Jenkins. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Software Automation Test Engineer
Odeon Software & Technology
4 2023 - Current
Software QA Engineer
Hepsiburada (NASDAQ: HEPS)
6 2022 - 12.2022
- Created test automation framework from scratch for seller.hepsiglobal.com and hepsiglobal.com
- Executed and created Manual Test Cases
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing a QA perspective
- Optimized test cases to maximize the success of manual software testing
- Used Postman to execute API testing and implemented Positive and Negative cases
- Performed Back-End testing using Postman to execute API testing and Database Testing including Data-Manipulation using SQL
- Participated in all meetings in an Agile-Environment
- Logged the expected scenarios and defects to Jira with detailed information.
Software Automation Test Engineer
Upgenix
04.2021 - 06.2022
- Developed and implemented hybrid, Page Object Model, and data-driven frameworks.
- Extracted data from Excel files using Apache POI for validation.
- Used BDD with Cucumber, JUnit, and Java to create feature files and step definitions.
- Located complex web elements using XPath and managed dynamic elements with functions like contains.
- Managed project dependencies with Maven and handled Selenium synchronization with explicit and implicit waits.
- Ran cross-platform/browser tests using Selenium Grid.
- Prepared test cases based on user stories and acceptance criteria, tracked progress in Jira X-ray.
- Created automation test scripts using Selenium WebDriver with Java and Maven.
- Performed mobile testing on the cloud.
- Participated in backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint demos, and retrospectives.
- Conducted functional, positive, and negative GUI testing.
Software Development Engineer In Test
Cifiniti
02.2020 - 04.2021
- Implemented test cases using TestNG Data Provider for input data sets.
- Utilized TestNG for Before/After Class/Method operations and Extent Report for reporting.
- Handled assertions with JUnit to verify actual vs. expected results.
- Analyzed system specifications and developed test cases for manual and automated testing.
- Designed and implemented a Page Object Model (POM) based automation framework.
- Integrated Cucumber and Selenium for screenshot functionality and reporting.
- Deployed Cucumber HTML reports for test result evaluation.
- Conducted regression, smoke, functional, positive, negative, and database testing in an Agile (Scrum) environment.
- Automated smoke and regression testing using Jenkins CI.
- Performed database testing and data manipulation with SQL queries.
- Executed back-end testing with Java, SQL, and JDBC.
- Developed a data-driven framework linking Selenium with Oracle Database Server.
- Utilized Jenkins as a CI tool on an AWS VM for continuous integration and test execution.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Business Administration and Management, General
Dokuz Eylul University
09.2015 - 05.2019
Skills
Java
Gherkin
SQL
Cucumber
Gauge
SQL
My SQL
PostgreSQL
Selenium WebDriver
JUnit
JDBC
RestAssured
TestNG
SQL
My SQL
PostgreSQL
Singleton
Page Object Model
Mobile Testing
Gauge Framework
Xray
API Testing Knowledge
Websites
Certification
Jenkins: Beginner To Pro
Languages
German
Turkish
English
Timeline
Software Automation Test Engineer
Upgenix
04.2021 - 06.2022
Software Development Engineer In Test
Cifiniti
02.2020 - 04.2021
Bachelor's degree - Business Administration and Management, General
Dokuz Eylul University
09.2015 - 05.2019
Software Automation Test Engineer
Odeon Software & Technology
4 2023 - Current
Software QA Engineer
Hepsiburada (NASDAQ: HEPS)
6 2022 - 12.2022