Hélio Guilherme
Quality Assurance Engineer at LOAD
Aveiro, Portugal
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Top SchoolHélio Guilherme is a seasoned Quality Assurance Engineer with 20 years of experience specializing in test automation, Robot Framework, and CI-driven testing for sectors including healthcare and telecom. As lead maintainer of RIDE and an active contributor to core Robot Framework repositories and SeleniumLibrary, he combines deep open-source stewardship with practical automation engineering. He currently drives QA and test automation at LOAD while previously managing test strategy and automation frameworks for national health systems and large enterprise projects. With an academic background in Operations Research and an MSc in Operations Management, he blends statistical rigor and process thinking into reliable, maintainable test solutions. An often-overlooked strength is his localization work—bringing TestLink and other tools to European Portuguese—demonstrating attention to both technical detail and user reach.
20 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Computer Software Engineering at Free Code CampBachelor Statistics and Operations Research, Bachelor Statistics and Operations Research at Faculty of Sciences - University of LisbonMaster Operations Management, Master Operations Management at Universidade de Aveiro
Portuguese, Spanish, French, English
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Github Skills (21)
selenium10
python10
translation10
testing10
test-framework10
selenium-ide10
browser-automation10
localization10
wxpython10
robotframework10
test-automation10
unicode9
regression-testing9
regular-expression9
automations8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
robotframework/RIDE
Sep 2015 - Jan 2023
Test data editor for Robot Framework
Role in this project:
Software Engineer (Test Automation)
Software Engineer (Test Automation)Contributions:26 releases, 44 reviews, 811 commits in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Hélio primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of test automation within the Robot Framework IDE (RIDE) repository. Their commits focused on improving the test execution workflow, enhancing the user interface, and adding features like the "Run with Debug" function. The user also worked on creating a new file explorer and improving handling of unicode characters and encodings. Additionally, they addressed bugs and optimized features in the text editor, including enhancements to the auto-complete functionality.
testcasetest-datadata-editorrobot-frameworkrobotframework
robotframework/SeleniumLibrary
Jul 2014 - Nov 2017
Web testing library for Robot Framework
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:20 commits, 53 PRs, 8 pushes in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Hélio primarily contributed to improving the quality and reliability of the SeleniumLibrary through various commits. Their work involved fixing existing tests and writing new test cases to cover different scenarios and features within the library, with a focus on the 'Press Key' and 'Unselect From List' functionalities. They also refactored tests to be consistent and address warnings and errors, along with adding new tests such as "Should Be Focused". The user also addressed issues with browser configurations and added test configurations.
pythontestingrobot-frameworkrobotframeworkrobot
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