Ross Rowe
Software Developer at Australian Government
Canberra, Australia
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Top SchoolRoss Rowe is a seasoned Software Developer based in Canberra with 15 years of experience building large-scale Java EE applications and a suite of Sun certifications (Java SE, Web Components, EJB 3.0). He has a strong track record in government and enterprise projects, including long-term roles at the Australian Government and the Department of Immigration, and has managed cross‑disciplinary teams while mentoring engineers. An active open-source contributor and former Atlassian plugin developer, he’s contributed Java-based automated tests to the widely used Appium project, demonstrating hands-on expertise in mobile test automation. Ross combines deep backend Java skills with practical experience integrating developer tools and CI workflows, and his background in Smalltalk and ClearCase integration hints at a pragmatic, tooling-focused approach to solving legacy and modernisation challenges.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.IT, B.IT at Australian National University
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Github Skills (13)
javas10
appium10
junit10
java10
test-automation10
automation9
automations9
ios9
webdriver8
maven6
selenium6
saucelabs6
groovy6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
appium/appium
Feb 2013 - Nov 2013
Cross-platform automation framework for all kinds of apps, built on top of the W3C WebDriver protocol
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:12 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Ross contributed several Java-based test cases to the Appium repository, demonstrating expertise in mobile app testing. Their work involved writing tests for features such as element location, attributes, and user interactions (e.g., text field editing, alert handling, scrolling). The commits show the user's focus on creating automated tests for the UICatalog application, with added tests for Sauce Labs.
test-automationwindowsappiumw3c-webdriverframework
rossrowe/sauce-teamcity-plugin
Sep 2013 - Aug 2015
Contributions:131 commits, 1 PR, 24 pushes in 1 year 11 months
sauceteamcitypluginsauce-labs
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