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Emily O'Connor
Principal Quality Engineer
She/Her
Technical leader with a sixth sense for bugs. Avid learner, passionate about translating "dev-speak" to enable teams adopt automation and AI-accelerated quality engineering. I believe great software starts with user-focused problem solving, and automation should surface the bugs that PMs actually care about fixing.
awarded Hippo for:
Meme moment at the Leeds Chapter
awarded Alex Weightman for:
Meme moment at the Leeds Chapter
earned:
Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
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Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
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Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
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Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
earned:
Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
contributed:
Evaluate the shift from "automate all" to "review all" by using AI agents for test plans while applying human-led ACE feedback to ensure code quality and business relevance.
earned:
Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
thanked contributors on:
I tried out Rahul's vibe-coded game and there was something weirdly familiar about it.
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This feels weirdly relatable
awarded Adam Foy for:
This feels weirdly relatable
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
This feels weirdly relatable
awarded Butch Mayhew for:
Blame The Process Not The People
earned:
Blame The Process Not The People
awarded Butch Mayhew for:
Ask Me Anything - Playwright
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Ask Me Anything - Playwright
awarded Diego Molina for:
Discussion: The "Whens" and "Whys" of Automation
awarded Mahathee Dandibhotla for:
Discussion: The "Whens" and "Whys" of Automation
awarded Lauren Lassey for:
Discussion: The "Whens" and "Whys" of Automation
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Discussion: The "Whens" and "Whys" of Automation
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Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
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Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
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Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
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Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
earned:
Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
earned:
Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
earned:
Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
contributed:
Apply the "5 Whys" technique to both technical debugging and organisational workflows to uncover deep-seated root causes and implement sustainable continuous improvements.
earned:
Write an agents.md file that improves AI-created test output and can be used for review before PR
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How to write automation that represents issues PMs would care about fixing
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New article on The Quality Forge: "The Witness Stand" - about mapping classical testing principles onto agentic systems to build trust in agent outputs
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Thanks for the Moments feature suggestion Emily!Â
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Write an agents.md file that improves AI-created test output and can be used for review before PR
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The Cognitive Pitfalls of Code: Developer Biases We Must Confront
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AI and Testing: Scaling Tests
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AI and Testing: Evaluation and DeepEval
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*Generative AI is experimental*
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Member visited Book: Unmasking AI
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Test Lead
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Derby, UK
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Senior Software Engineer in Quality Engineering
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London / Remote, UK
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Principal QA Engineer
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Manchester, UK
earned:
Senior QA Manager
contributed:
London, UK
earned:
8.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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