Summary
Taylor Guo is a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience at Absolute Software, specializing in automation, test frameworks, and QA process improvement. Proficient across Bash, Java, Python and web technologies, Taylor designs and implements test systems that leverage off-hours hardware to maximize coverage and efficiency. Known for turning operational knowledge into reusable documentation and qTest-driven test libraries, they bridge development, systems administration, and professional services to resolve production issues quickly. Taylor frequently uses database and web-server logs for targeted troubleshooting and writes utility scripts that noticeably boost team productivity and reporting accuracy. Early experience in computational biology instilled a habit of automating pipelines and squeezing value from limited compute windows—an approach they still apply to QA infrastructure. Based in Burnaby, BC, Taylor combines methodical testing discipline with a practical engineering mindset that keeps releases reliable and maintainable.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computing Science, 5, Bachelor’s Degree, Computing Science, 5 at Simon Fraser University
English, Chinese, Japanese