Chris Vega
Test Automation Consultant
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolChris Vega is a Test Automation Consultant with 11 years of software experience who specializes in web, API, and unit testing and has led teams from solo projects to seven-person groups. He combines hands-on engineering (recently shipping TypeScript, Bash, and YAML) with deep expertise in CI/CD, test harness design, and parallelized test execution across GitHub Actions, CircleCI, and other platforms. Chris has a track record of dramatically speeding pipelines and expanding coverage—building Playwright suites from a handful to 350+ tests, migrating thousands of tests to Vitest, and cutting CI times by a third or more. He mentors less-experienced engineers regularly, having guided QA-to-automation transitions and coached teammates in test best practices and TypeScript migrations. Based in Portland, he pairs a programming-language-generalist mindset with practical ops work (Docker, Terraform, AWS) to make developer workflows measurably better. An eclectic background in classical studies and computer science underscores his methodical, craft-focused approach to building reliable, maintainable test systems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature, Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature at University of California, BerkeleyComputer Science and Classical Studies, Computer Science and Classical Studies at Swarthmore College
English
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Github Skills (76)
e2e-testing10
testing10
automation10
web-testing10
javascript10
webdriver10
chromium10
webkit10
browser-automation10
firefox10
api10
test-automation10
puppeteer10
electron10
playwright10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
lastnamevega/lastnamevega.github.io
Mar 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:18 commits, 75 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
jekylljekyll-theme
lastnamevega/web_automation_base
Aug 2018 - Jan 2020
A repository providing a solid foundation for a web automation testing framework
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
automation-testingtesting-frameworkweb-automationtestingweb-automation-testing
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