Raul Arabaolaza
Engineering Manager at CloudBees
Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Summary
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RockstarRaul Arabaolaza is an experienced engineering manager and former staff software engineer with 11 years in professional software development, now leading engineering at CloudBees from Galicia, Spain. He is a hands-on polyglot developer comfortable across Java, Scala, .NET, Android, web front-ends and SQL, who treats engineering as both profession and hobby. Raul has deep CI/CD and test automation expertise, contributing to high-profile Jenkins projects—improving acceptance tests, pipeline libraries and the credentials plugin—to harden plugin reliability and streamline build/test workflows. He blends backend engineering and QA rigor with DevOps know-how, frequently improving test stability, Docker-based pipelines and plugin compatibility testing. Colleagues value him for pragmatic problem-solving, attention to test robustness, and a continuous appetite for learning.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (25)
docker10
webdriver10
selenium10
groovy10
testing10
selenium-ide10
acceptance-testing10
dockers10
java10
cicd10
javas10
junit10
jenkins10
jenkins-ci10
credentials10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jenkins-infra/pipeline-library
Feb 2018 - Feb 2019
Collection of custom steps and variables for our Jenkins instance(s)
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:57 commits, 19 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Raul primarily focused on enhancing the Jenkins pipeline library. Their contributions include modifying the `runATH.groovy` and `runPCT.groovy` files, which involved configuring and integrating Acceptance Test Harness (ATH) and Plugin Compatibility Tests (PCT) within the CI/CD pipeline. The user also made changes related to Docker image building, node selection, and dependency management, streamlining the execution of tests and improving the overall build process. They also introduced various improvements and adjustments to enable testing of Jenkins war files and plugins.
jenkinsjenkins-pluginpipelinejenkins-api-plugingocd
jenkinsci/acceptance-test-harness
Jul 2016 - Feb 2022
Acceptance tests cases for Jenkins and its plugins based on selenium and docker.
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:28 reviews, 52 commits, 57 PRs in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Raul's contributions primarily focus on improving the acceptance tests for Jenkins and its plugins. They implemented new test features, such as confirming alerts and deleting jobs. The user also addressed various test issues, including fixing build steps and publishers, and updating the test framework to use the correct wait methods for increased stability. Additionally, the user adjusted test logic to account for changes in Jenkins core functionality and plugin behavior, and refactored and updated existing tests to enhance the robustness and reliability of the test suite.
jenkinscasesacceptance-teststestingdocker
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