Software Quality Engineer & Project Management Leader
Creator of QA Academy · Inventor of H.U.M.N Method
Shipping products through human-centered collaboration.
A learning platform helping career switchers & QA professionals refine their skills or transition into quality engineering roles through practical, human-approved lessons.
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I specialize in QA leadership, test automation, and AI-driven quality workflows — from architecting resilient Cypress/Playwright suites to founding QA Academy, a platform that empowers career-switchers and professionals to master real-world testing. My H.U.M.N. method blends AI efficiency with human-centered collaboration to ship reliable software faster. Beyond code, a background in music and creative problem-solving fuels everything I build.
See how my skills and experience can make a positive impact on your project.
Leverage cutting-edge AI to automate testing, optimize user flows, and drive efficiency, saving time and reducing human error.
Ensure robust, accessible, performant apps with thorough validation that catches issues early.
Build modern, scalable, SEO-optimized web apps from scratch or integration—with reliable long-term support.
Lead teams to ship faster through joint planning, resource allocation, and collaborative processes.
End-to-end ownership from ideation to launch with startup efficiency and impact focus.
Remote · Feb 2026 – Aug 2026
Owned production triage and deploys—built AI agents to automate issue routing and release workflows while protecting pipeline stability and uptime.
Remote · 2022 – 2025
Led JavaScript automation at scale — created peer review standards and maintained resilient E2E suites.
Remote · 2023 – present
Founded qa-shadow-report — translating Cypress & Playwright results into spreadsheet reports for team-wide test visibility.
Hybrid · 2021 – present
Appraised methodologies, risk, and technologies to guide a company through Series A funding.
Hybrid · 2019 – 2022
Delivered client features while expanding test coverage and contributing to engineering and design.
From pasting code blocks into early ChatGPT, to prefix prompts, to markdown loops, to only verifying the finished site: the hard part is no longer the code. It is keeping the work, and my own head, in motion.
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Read More →Please contact me directly at petermsouzajr@gmail.com or through this form.
