Kamil Półtorak Senior QA Engineer
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Web & Mobile QA Automation Release ownership

Ship it with confidence.

I’m Kamil, a Senior QA Engineer with 5+ years delivering high-quality web and mobile releases in fast-paced Agile teams — manual and automated testing, working together, so releases stop being a gamble.

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About

My job is not finding the bugs late. It is building the coverage, the conversations and the automation that prevents them from reaching the users.

My current role is being a Senior QA Engineer at PASS, covering a family of WordPress sites, working together with a remote team of QAs and developers, carrying out manual as well as building the end-to-end automated testing suite in Playwright to aid finding bugs quicker and increasing the quality of the product.

Before that, I have worked for four and a half years on a large-scale mobile application at The Economist, covering end-to-end quality across iOS and Android. I led release testing there as QA Captain — coordinating test activity, weighing risk and making the call on whether a build was safe to ship.

Alongside that: regression and E2E strategy, API testing behind mobile features, defect triage that people could actually follow, and making automated suites to clear out any flaky tests to bring the suite back to being trustworthy inside CI.

  • 5+years in QA
  • 2mobile platforms
  • 5languages worked in
  • 4conferences attended

Work

Jun 2026
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Present

Current role

Senior QA Engineer

PASS Remote

Improving the quality across a family of WordPress websites, in a remote team alongside other QAs and developers. Web rather than mobile this time — same instincts, different surface, with end-to-end automation built in Playwright. Exposure to use of AI agents and numerous skills to fill in the gaps.

  • Built the test repository from scratch — structured so the critical-path tests are obvious rather than buried among the rest.
  • Designed and implemented the E2E suite for the headless site, from first spec to running coverage.
  • Lending a helping hand to other team working in Laravel, simultaneously growing my knowledge and experience.
  • Stayed ahead of the boards — proactive on tickets so QA shapes the work early instead of inspecting it late.
  • Proposed workflow improvements which the team has picked up and implemented.

Tech & tools

  • Playwright
  • WordPress
  • Laravel
  • E2E suites
  • Critical-path
  • Jira
  • Testmo
  • Claude
  • Object-Oriented

Ways of working

  • Remote team
  • QA + Dev pairing
  • Manual
  • Automated

Nov 2021
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Apr 2026

Quality Assurance Engineer

The Economist Remote

Keeping the quality on check on a large-scale mobile app across iOS and Android. Manual and automated testing combined to support frequent, high-quality releases.

  • Led release testing as QA Captain — coordinating test activities, managing risk and ensuring smooth delivery of mobile releases.
  • Raised release confidence by designing and executing comprehensive regression and E2E test strategies.
  • Caught defects earlier by working closely with developers, product and cross-functional teams, and streamlining resolution workflows.
  • Drove automation adoption — evaluated Maestro and Testim Mobile through POCs to improve test efficiency and coverage.
  • Validated the backend behind mobile features with Postman API testing and integration checks.
  • Made triage legible — managed and prioritised defects in JIRA, improving communication across teams.
  • Grew the team by supporting onboarding and sharing testing practice.
  • Killed the flakes — investigated and stabilised unreliable automated suites inside CI/CD pipelines.

Tech & tools

  • Postman
  • JIRA
  • TestRail
  • Charles Proxy
  • Git / GitHub Actions
  • CircleCI
  • Maestro
  • XCUI
  • ComposeUI
  • Testim Mobile
  • MobileBoost

Languages

  • Kotlin
  • Swift
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
Earlier roles — hospitality, retail, warehouse
  1. Warehouse OperativeTrafalgar Scientific · LeicesterAug–Oct 2019 · Mar 2021–Nov 2021
  2. Sales AssistantZara · LeicesterDec 2019 — Mar 2020
  3. Call Conversion AssistantUniversity of LeicesterFeb — Mar 2020
  4. Team MemberMecca Bingo · LeicesterNov 2017 — Jun 2019
  5. Conference & BanquetingBritannia Hotel · ManchesterJun — Sep 2016
  6. General AssistanceClub 3000 Bingo · ManchesterJul 2014 — Sep 2015

Skills

25 of 25 shown

Projects

MSc project Nov 2020 — Jan 2021

Smart Home Solution for Rented Apartments

A working web application that controls multiple smart home devices, plus a mobile app mirroring its core functionality — designed around the constraints of rented, shared accommodation.

  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • HTML/CSS
  • Python
  • MySQL
  • Bash
  • Java

University of Leicester

BSc final year Sep 2018 — Jun 2019

Bingo Management System

Built out of frustration with the system at my workplace at the time: a secure platform to register and store members, sell tickets and food, and manage accounts — with three permission levels for user, manager and admin.

  • Access control
  • Membership
  • POS
  • Admin tooling

De Montfort University

Study

  1. 2019 — 2021

    Web Applications and Services, MSc

    University of Leicester Distinction

    Modules
    • Advanced System Design
    • Advanced Web Technologies
    • Semantic Web
    • Internet and Cloud Computing
    • Generative Development
    • Service Oriented Architecture
    • C++ Programming
    • Personal and Group Skills

  2. 2017 — 2019

    Computer Science, BSc

    De Montfort University First-class Honours

    Modules
    • Object-oriented Software Design
    • Front-End Web Development
    • Functional Software Development
    • Web Application Penetration Testing
    • Data Structures and Algorithms
    • System Building: Methods
    • Telematics
    • Interaction Design
    • Multi-tier Web Applications

  3. 2015 — 2017

    Computer Science, BSc — first two years

    University of Leicester Transferred to complete the degree at De Montfort

  4. 2013 — 2015

    IT: Networking & Systems Support — BTEC L3 Extended Diploma

    Salford City College D*D*D

  5. 2012 — 2013

    IT — BTEC L3 Subsidiary Diploma

    South Trafford College PASS

Certifications & checks

  • ISTQB Certificate
  • Python Programming (Shaw Academy)
  • Foundations of Digital Marketing
  • Blogging & SEO (The Daily Manchester)
  • First Aid at Work
  • Enhanced DBS Check
  • Driving Licence · Cat. B

Languages

  • English — fluent
  • Polish — native

Outside work

  • Classic cars
  • DIY
  • Whisky
  • Electronics & technology
  • Fitness & gym
  • Gaming
  • Music & audio equipment

Nottinghamshire, UK open to conversations

Let’s talk quality.

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