Summary
Kim Bell is an experienced QA SDET and front-end developer with 11 years in software and over eight years applying a developer's mindset to quality engineering. She has driven large-scale test automation efforts—owning shared frameworks and an internal npm package that supported 10 teams—while reducing release hardening from hours to minutes through CI/CD integration. Skilled in JavaScript/TypeScript, Cypress, React and increasingly Playwright and API testing, she blends hands-on coding, test architecture, and cross-team communication to improve reliability and reduce flakiness. Kim pairs product-focused testing with mentoring and documentation to accelerate adoption of best practices across engineering groups. Based in Winston-Salem, NC, she brings a background in both front-end feature development and test automation migration, and is actively seeking remote or hybrid SDET opportunities.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, General Anthropology, Minors in Spanish and History, Bachelor's Degree, General Anthropology, Minors in Spanish and History at North Carolina State University
Code Immersion, Code Immersion at Tech Talent South
Master of Arts, International Human Rights; Humanitarian Assistance & Latin America Concentration, Master of Arts, International Human Rights; Humanitarian Assistance & Latin America Concentration at University of Denver
Paralegal Certificate, Paralegal Certificate at George Mason University