Summary
Lucas Ferreira is a Senior QA Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing test automation frameworks for API and web testing. Based in Old Toronto, he specializes in REST Assured (Java), Postman/Newman (JavaScript), Cypress, and messaging systems like RabbitMQ, bringing strong API testing and automation maturity to financial and enterprise environments. He currently drives quality initiatives at Questrade after progressive QA roles at CI&T and Brazilian tech firms, and he founded QA School to mentor and upskill testers—an indication of his commitment to knowledge-sharing and team development. Known for blending pragmatic test engineering with coaching, he often tackles flaky tests and integration complexity by codifying observability and repeatable automation practices.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Undergrad exchange, Undergrad exchange at Dalhousie University
Técnico em Eletrotécnica, Técnico em Eletrotécnica at IFPE - Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco
Técnico em Informática, Técnico em Informática at Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial
Undergrad, Undergrad at Federal Rural University of Pernambuco
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French