Michael Wagner
Sr. Principal Software Test Architect at Medtronic
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Wagner is a Sr. Principal Software Test Architect with nearly two decades of hands-on experience designing and scaling QA and automation programs across healthcare, fintech, and embedded systems. He has led global teams of 40+ engineers, driven company-wide CI/CD and automated testing adoption, and architected frameworks spanning Selenium, JMeter, C#, Python, and AI-driven self-healing tests. Known for blending pragmatic leadership with deep technical craft, he has built performance and API testing infrastructures, migrated legacy frameworks for parity, and introduced ML/CNN models and GPT-driven test generation into test suites. Based in Minneapolis, he also founded QA Underground to teach advanced testing, automation, and ML techniques—reflecting a commitment to community education beyond his enterprise roles. An unusual strength is his consistent track record of translating complex business SLAs into measurable QA strategies that reduce churn and improve release confidence.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors in Science Game Design, Bachelors in Science Game Design at Brown College
Github Skills (61)
python10
discounts10
binaries10
ruby10
homebrew10
administration10
command-line-tool10
macos10
package-manager10
mojang10
cli10
hardware9
linux9
gfx9
connectors9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
TheMDev/swot
Sep 2018 - Mar 2024
Identify email addresses or domains names that belong to colleges or universities. Help automate the process of approving or rejecting academic discounts.
Contributions:2 pushes in 5 years 7 months
pythonemailaddressesemail-addressescolleges
TheMDev/brew
May 2023 - Feb 2025
🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
Contributions:28 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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