Summary
Jonathan Thompson is a Senior Test Automation Engineer with 9 years of experience designing scalable test frameworks and CI/CD pipelines for complex SaaS platforms. He blends deep expertise in Playwright, TypeScript, Python, and Go with a background in military avionics and historical documentation, bringing disciplined engineering and rigorous process to quality initiatives. At companies from startups to enterprise, he has architected frameworks that cut regression time dramatically, introduced linting and quality gates, and mentored teams to shift left on testing. He’s published on automation topics, been featured on a company podcast, and routinely collaborates with stakeholders to identify risk and edge cases. Based in Cary, NC, he combines hands-on coding and framework development with leadership experience honed in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Notably, his career spans both regulated medical-device quality systems and modern SaaS automation, giving him a rare blend of compliance-first thinking and developer-centric tooling.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Arts History, Bachelors of Arts History at Nazareth University
Certification Full Stack Web Development, Certification Full Stack Web Development at Northwestern University
French