Alex López
Software Engineer at Automattic
Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
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Top SchoolAlex López is a Software Engineer based in Málaga with five years focused on quality assurance and test automation, now contributing at Automattic. Trained as a Telecommunications Engineer, he blends embedded and firmware experience with modern QA practices, from Python/pytest and Locust to Java/Cucumber and CI-focused test isolation. He has driven testing improvements in high-profile open-source projects like WooCommerce—adding merchant-facing tests and cleanup routines that boost reliability and maintainability. Curious and continuously learning, Alex also teaches testing fundamentals and BDD, reflecting a knack for translating complex technical practices into practical workflows.
5 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Telecommunications Engineer Electronic Systems, Telecommunications Engineer Electronic Systems at Universidad de Málaga
English, Spanish
Github Skills (6)
woocommerce10
automated-tests10
javascript10
ecommerce10
php8
react5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
woocommerce/woocommerce
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 releases, 149 reviews, 20 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Alex's contributions focused on enhancing the testing coverage for merchant management actions related to downloadable products within the WooCommerce platform. They added new tests to the `wp-admin-order-edit.test.js` file, specifically targeting the merchant's ability to manage downloadable product permissions within order editing. The user also implemented functions to delete orders and products after each test run, improving test isolation and maintainability. Furthermore, the user contributed to the performance testing suite by adding tests to view coupons as a merchant.
ecommercecommercewordpressautomatticphp
alopezari/woocommerce
Feb 2023 - Oct 2023
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Contributions:34 PRs, 195 pushes, 12 branches in 7 months
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