Summary
Ioana Nicu is a Java Software Engineer with 16 years of experience specializing in QA automation, test strategy and moving test frameworks from prototypes to production-grade solutions. She has led and scaled test teams and initiatives across enterprise projects, combining hands-on automation (Java, Selenium/Cucumber, microservices, Kubernetes) with test management, CI/CD and environment orchestration. Currently building diagnostics and maintenance tooling for railway equipment at Hitachi Rail, she bridges development and QA by designing features, supporting internal/external QA and resolving complex integration issues. Her background spans roles as Test Manager, Scrum Master and Automation Engineer, giving her a rare blend of technical delivery and people leadership. Fluent in creating sustainable automation strategies for cloud migrations, she also brings practical scripting and DevOps experience (Ansible, Jenkins, Postgres, Redis) that accelerates product delivery.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Economics, 9, Economics, 9 at Reykjavik University
Master's degree, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Science, Software Engineering at University of Bucharest
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Economics, 90, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Economics, 90 at Universitatea Ecologică din București
Eugen Lovinescu Highschool
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 85, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 85 at Universitatea din București
English, Romanian