Kemar O. Christie, BSc. (Hons.)

Quality Assurance Engineer Intern @ Grid Dynamics

About

Eager and detail-oriented aspiring Junior Quality Assurance Engineer with a solid foundation in software testing principles and a strong focus on delivering high-quality applications. Brings an academic and hands-on background in both manual and automated testing methodologies, with experience with tools such as Playwright, Appium, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, REST Assured, TestNG, JUnit, Postman, Newman CLI, Charles Proxy, and Allure, as well as CI/CD and DevOps tools including Jenkins and Docker. Proficient in programming languages including Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and SQL, with additional scripting experience in Bash and PowerShell. Familiar with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL, as well as cloud environments including Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Leverages AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, and GitHub Copilot to support testing, automation, and development workflows. A collaborative team player experienced with Draw.io and Figma for validating UI/UX requirements, and with Jira, Git, and GitHub for tracking, documenting, and managing defects across macOS and Windows environments.

Country

Jamaica

City

Kingston

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Agile Testing, Agile Methodologies, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Functional Requirements, Relational Databases, Data Modeling, Database Architecture, MySQL Server & MySQL Workbench, PostgreSQL, Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), DML, DDL, ORM/JPA, Hibernate, Spring Data JPA, Spring JDBC, Database Optimization, Database Normalization & Denormaliztion, Indexes in Databases, Cloud Digital Leader

Experience

Quality Assurance Engineer Intern

Grid Dynamics

2025-6 - 2025-12 · 7 mos

Kingston, Jamaica

Responsibilities: Completed a structured QA learning path covering software testing fundamentals, test case design, and defect reporting. Tested software applications through manual and automated testing to validate functionality and identify defects. Gained hands-on experience with QA tools and technologies, including Selenium, Appium, TestNG, JUnit, Postman, and Jenkins, while building foundational automation and CI knowledge. Delivered structured presentations to a mentor after each major QA module to communicate learning outcomes and reinforce testing concepts.