Summary
Andrew Fowler is a director-level test and automation leader based in Edinburgh with two decades of hands-on experience spanning test engineering, tooling, performance and application security. He has built and shipped large-scale automation infrastructure and frameworks at Skyscanner and Test Automation Labs, including AWS-backed dynamic Selenium grid systems, publishable-model Python/C# frameworks, and real-time monitoring and triage platforms. Comfortable as a principal engineer, product owner and line manager, he combines people leadership with deep technical ownership of CI/CD, reporting and environment orchestration. His background includes applied security tooling and bespoke load/stress systems, reflecting a rare mix of automation, platform engineering and offensive security experience. He also created the Edinburgh Software Testing meetup, evidencing a commitment to community and knowledge sharing beyond his day job. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex release constraints into resilient, repeatable automation at scale.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at University of Glasgow