Sam Freund
Senior Quality Engineer | Product & Quality Operations
Summary
Senior Quality Engineer with 9+ years of experience improving software quality through automation, risk-based testing, and cross-team collaboration. I combine a development background with QA leadership to simplify complex systems, strengthen release confidence, and help teams ship reliably. I also partner with product teams to validate assumptions, interpret quality signals, and support better roadmap decisions.
Core Strengths
- Test strategy for fast-moving product teams
- Playwright end-to-end automation and regression coverage
- Cross-functional quality leadership and release readiness
- API, integration, and risk-based testing
- Process simplification and scalable QA operations
- SQL-assisted validation and product KPI sanity checks
Impact Highlights
- Lowered release risk by combining risk-based test plans with targeted regression automation
- Improved handoff clarity between product, engineering, QA, and customer-facing teams
- Expanded quality coverage while preserving delivery speed on active product work
- Introduced practical quality workflows that improved predictability and incident response
Product Analytics Overlap
- Translate product requirements into measurable acceptance and quality signals
- Use SQL checks and exploratory analysis to validate data integrity and behavior
- Partner on experiment QA, rollout safety checks, and post-release readouts
- Frame defects and risk findings in terms of user impact and business outcomes
QA Toolkit
How I Work
I focus on practical quality systems: clear risks, targeted test coverage, meaningful automation, and communication that supports better product decisions. The goal is simple: confident releases without unnecessary complexity.