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Emily O'Connor
Principal Quality Engineer
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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.
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OAuth
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Definitions of OAuth
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"Do you have any book recommendations?
I love the book The Captain Class
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/421695/the-captain-class-by-sam-walker/9781785030291"
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Drop the test column. Now what?
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Industry’s first TÜV-certified GoogleTest framework for functional safety
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An Introduction to Observability & Telemetry
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Software Developer Engineer in Test (SDET)
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Gibraltar, Malta, UK
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AI Security Capture-the-Flag challenge by Alice
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Looks Good to Me Culture
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How would you persuade engineers and product owners to prioritise bugs and features that go beyond acceptance criteria?
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Agentic QE: From AI Assistant to AI Workforce
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How would you persuade engineers and product owners to prioritise bugs and features that go beyond acceptance criteria?
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How would you persuade engineers and product owners to prioritise bugs and features that go beyond acceptance criteria?
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This question is taken from the AMA about quality beyond correctness, and comes from Emily O'Connor.
How would you persuade engineers and product owners to prioritise bugs and features that go beyo...
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8.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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"How would you persuade engineers and product owners to prioritise bugs and features that go beyond acceptance criteria?
As you say, a product could be completely built to spec but still add no value for end users - how should testers and quality profe..."
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That moment when RiskStorming explodes
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
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That moment when RiskStorming explodes
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5.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
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As I walked into the Trent Conference Centre, Emily O'Connor leapt off her seat and greeted me like an old friend with a big hug. I really appreciated that and it gave me a beaming smile as I navig...
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Three Amigos
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Portfolio
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Definitions of Portfolio
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
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Definitions of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
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Refactoring
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This badge is awarded to members who join a Ministry of Testing Chapter.
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A new portrait style photo of Luke Lattimer taken at MoT London
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Luke Lattimer's MoT London portrait
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Luke Lattimer's MoT London portrait
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Luke Lattimer's MoT London portrait
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Luke Lattimer's MoT London portrait
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Luke Lattimer's MoT London portrait
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Luke Lattimer's MoT London portrait
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Non-Functional Test Specialist
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UK / Poland
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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (AI)
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Germany; Portugal; Spain; United Kingdom
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Do you TOFU?
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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Lead QA Engineer - 1 Year FTC
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Cambridge, Leeds or London
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