Hézio Fernandes
Head Of QA And Testing at LovelyStay
Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolHézio Fernandes is a Head of QA and Testing based in Porto with over a decade of hands-on experience building and scaling test automation strategies across mobile, web and microservices environments. He has progressed from Java web developer to QA chapter lead and now heads QA at LovelyStay, combining people leadership with deep technical ownership of CI-integrated E2E, API and load testing (Cypress, Playwright, K6, Detox, Jest). Known for evangelizing a "test-first" mentality, he architects test frameworks, measures quality with actionable metrics, and steps in for manual verification when necessary. Hézio’s background spans startups and large platforms like Farfetch and Basecone, and he brings a practical knack for turning ambiguous quality challenges into maintainable automation solutions. An engineer who still debugs CI pipelines himself, he balances strategic QA planning with the drive to keep pipelines reliable and fast.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Instituto de Ensino Superior da Grande Florianópolis - IESGFJava Programmer Computer Programming, Java Programmer Computer Programming at Global Code Academy of Java
Portuguese, EnglishProgramming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
heziofernandes/ruby-cucumber-capybara
Aug 2016 - Apr 2021
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
heziofernandes/simple-project-cucumber
Jun 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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