Summary
Shirley Saunders is a Senior Software Test Engineer based in Cambridge with over 25 years of IT experience and a decade focused in her current engineering/test specialist track. She has led testing, business analysis and project delivery across large-scale, cross-industry programmes in logistics, manufacturing, banking, insurance and music, moving fluently from requirements elicitation to implementation and support. Known for combining hands-on technical skills—multiple programming languages, SQL, data warehousing and BI—with disciplined test strategy and project management, she routinely coordinates stakeholders from developers to senior management. Rational, methodical and resilient under tight deadlines, she brings advanced analytical problem solving and exceptional communication to complex delivery challenges. An experienced hire for organisations seeking pragmatic quality leadership, she often steps into hybrid BA/test roles to bridge gaps between business needs and reliable releases.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer