Work Experience

QA Automation Specialist – API & Mobile

Arlo · Carlsbad, CA / US

March 2024 – Present

Role highlights

• Architected a cross-platform automation framework for IoT ecosystems, supporting validation across mobile applications, backend APIs, and firmware interactions for thousands of connected devices.
• Designed a multi-layer validation strategy combining mobile UI automation, API verification, and device telemetry analysis, reducing regression risk across hardware and software layers.
• Built automation coverage for critical device lifecycle flows (pairing, provisioning, firmware updates, streaming), improving release confidence across mobile and firmware releases.
• Developed automated validation pipelines for device–cloud communication and IoT event flows, enabling reliable validation of distributed system interactions.
• Introduced shift-left validation strategies across mobile, backend, and firmware teams, increasing early defect detection and reducing production incidents.