Jamel Reid
Senior Software Engineer at Automattic
Kingston, Jamaica
Summary
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Top SchoolJamel Reid is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience blending hands-on development, QA/test automation, and IT product delivery from Kingston, Jamaica. Currently at Automattic, he brings leadership pedigree from roles as IT Lead and Lead Developer across consultancy and corporate environments, shipping reliable web and ecommerce solutions. He contributes to the high-profile WooCommerce open-source project, authoring end-to-end tests that improve platform reliability for millions of merchants. Trained in Computer Science and an iOS Nanodegree graduate, Jamel pairs full-stack instincts with a strong QA mindset—helping teams catch issues earlier and deliver smoother releases. Notably, his background spans both product consulting and in-house platform builds, giving him a practical edge in bridging engineering and business needs.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ardenne High, JamaicaNanodegree Program, iOS Developer Nanodegree, Pass, Nanodegree Program, iOS Developer Nanodegree, Pass at UdacityComputer Science, Computer Science at University of Technology, Jamaica
Github Skills (10)
woocommerce10
e2e-testing10
automated-tests10
jestjs10
test-automation10
e2e-test10
javascript9
php4
phpunit4
react3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
woocommerce/woocommerce
Nov 2021 - Oct 2022
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:67 reviews, 225 commits, 73 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Jamel's commits focus on creating and updating end-to-end (E2E) tests for the WooCommerce platform. The commits involve writing test scripts to verify the functionality of various WooCommerce features, including menu page loading, product creation, and order processing. The user also contributed to the test suite structure, adding new tests and organizing existing ones within the `e2e-core-tests` directory.
ecommercewordpresswoocommercephpautomattic
MrJnrman/woocommerce
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
An open source eCommerce plugin for WordPress.
Contributions:13 PRs, 34 pushes, 12 branches in 2 years 1 month
ecommercewordpress-apiwordpresswoocommercewordpress-plugin
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