Hilary Weaver

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Summary

I am a senior quality engineer with 19 years of experience, mostly in fintech and video games, working fully remotely from Michigan, USA. I love to help teams solve problems and automate at every level, especially API and system automation. I enjoy working directly with engineers, and being involved in the software delivery process as early as possible. I’m an international speaker on everything from dev/QA relationships to automating tests against APIs using RestSharp, and enjoy participating in podcasts as well.

My computer science degree and experience in automation help me to quickly build rapport with developers, allowing for better collaboration and increased quality. I greatly enjoy the individual contributor roles, rather than architect or lead. Theory and company strategy are super important, but I enjoy getting my hands dirty more – test planning and strategy, manual testing and authoring automation (either automated tests or automation to assist testing or the team as a whole).

AI can be an assistant, but I’m not AI-first: I need to understand the problem-space, the automation framework, the user flows etc myself first. How else will I know when the AI is wrong? I appreciate where it can help and where to be cautious. There are also the environmental and socio-economic impacts of AI that will always give me pause before I use it. I have just started looking into testing AI output, especially in a “red team” capacity; I have not yet had the opportunity to do any hands-on. See my job search post for more on this.

I highly value diversity and inclusion, and participate in employee resource networks. It’s incredibly important to be able to bring my whole self to work, and that is difficult to do without the culture surrounding these networks.

Highlighted Skills and Abilities

Process and Techniques:

  • Excels in full stack application test planning, strategy, and testing, including black-box testing and release readiness
  • Proficient in quality architecture, standardizing frameworks, tooling, and practices
  • Proficient in writing technical documentation for a range of consumers, from other team members to end users
  • Proficient in developing reports for a range of consumers, such as other testers, developers, management, and executives
  • Proficient in Agile methodologies and Shift-Left approach
  • Experienced in turning certification and regulatory requirements into actionable test plans and cases
  • Experienced in accessibility requirements and test techniques

Soft Skills:

  • Excels in cross-functional collaboration and relationship-building across the team
  • Proficient in developing conference talks, workshops, and trainings, and delivering them to high ratings
  • Experienced in mentoring on career as a software testing professional

Languages and Tools:

  • Proficient in C#/.NET; Familiar with JavaScript, TypeScript, C++
  • Proficient in development using Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code; Familiar with Unreal Engine
  • Proficient in SQL
  • Proficient in source control management using Git and Azure DevOps; Familiar with Perforce
  • Proficient in API testing and automation using HTTP clients such as Postman and Insomnia, as well as RestSharp
  • Proficient in UI automation using Selenium-based frameworks, such as Playwright
  • Experienced in using GitHub Copilot to assist in development and idea generation efforts, as well as routine tasks; Familiar with Claude Code
  • Experienced in developing CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and CircleCI
  • Experienced in containerization using Docker
  • Familiar with AWS and Azure, including Lambdas, Functions, and LogicApps

Recent Experience

July 2022-July 2026 – Sr. Quality Engineer, Microsoft

Experimental Automation (2026)

Automation, C#/.NET, C++, GitHub Copilot, Azure DevOps, Perforce, git, Unreal Engine, Agile

  • Worked with software engineers building experimental automation framework and tooling to test them out and provide feedback
  • Authored test automation for an unreleased title utilizing the experimental framework and existing toolset in C#, while debugging the game in C++ and Unreal Engine
  • Used GitHub Copilot to assist with troubleshooting unfamiliar code, idea generation, and menial tasks

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (2023-2025)

Test strategy, test planning, accessibility testing, platform readiness (PC, Xbox, PS5), vendor management, reporting, technical documentation

  • Led all quality efforts on the Marketplace feature including automation direction, test plans and strategy, for launch and ongoing release updates, as well as new platform release
  • Coordinated accessibility testing efforts with outside teams, ensuring all requirements were met for launch
  • Ensured overall quality and coordinated testing and publishing efforts for Add-On DLC
  • Worked with outside vendors to ensure all assigned features were adequately covered, including detailed reporting to production leads, test tracking, assignment, and follow up
  • Maintained positive attitude and high performance through heavy crunch times with long hours for extended periods
  • Produced technical documentation for automation as well as game feature expectations when documentation was missing/incomplete

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (2022-2025)

Test strategy, test planning, API testing, black-box testing, platform readiness (PC, Xbox), reporting, automation, C#/.NET, RestSharp, XUnit, Azure DevOps, git, cross-functional collaboration

  • Led all quality efforts on the Marketplace feature, including automation direction, test plans and strategy, from 40th Anniversary Edition and ongoing release updates
  • Worked with other quality engineers to develop automation plans for remainder of the game features
  • Ensured overall quality and coordinated testing and publishing efforts for Add-On DLC
  • Developed relationship with studio engineers, which resolved previous trust issues and allowed us to collaborate on automation
  • Supported team in testing regular releases and updates in all other areas of the game
  • Worked with partner support team to create a test automation framework for their API and partner-facing website, using C#, RestSharp, and XUnit, as well as pipelines in ADO

Mar 2022-July 2022 – Sr. QA Engineer, Construct Connect

Mentorship, automation, C#/.NET, Quality Architecture

  • Assist project teams in setting standards and processes around testing that fit best with their team
  • Train and mentor team members on manual testing, automation-assisted testing, and various tools used
    within the organization

Aug 2017-Mar 2022 – Sr. Software Engineer in Test, Quicken Loans (now Rocket Mortgage)

Sole QA, C#/.NET, NodeJS, API testing, API automation, UI automation, CI/CD, CircleCI, Postman, AWS, application support, technical documentation, git, TFS/Azure DevOps, Agile

  • Participate in all stages of planning, to formulate comprehensive test plans before code is written and
    review with developers and PO which helps to reduce bugs, for up to 5 projects at once
  • Write test automation (NodeJS, .NET, Mocha, SuperTest, Selenium, Protractor, Playwright, RestSharp) for
    various projects using the best tools for the job at hand, automating API and UI levels, & setting up and
    maintaining CI/CD pipelines with the test automation to provide confidence
  • Manually test all development tasks (UI and Postman), and provide updates to team on status of features
    and bug fixes often to ensure releases are deployed on time as expected
  • Write utility tools for behind-the-scenes tasks and one-off support requests (aka automation in testing),
    including AWS Lambdas that posts to MS Teams when certain events happen
  • Provide support to end users as an SME of products and our APIs, and maintain technical documentation

Dec 2014-Aug 2017 – Software Quality Architect, Quicken Loans (now Rocket Mortgage)

Mentorship, Quality Architecture, release readiness, large-scale coordination, executive reporting, training development and presentation

  • Assist project teams in setting standards and processes around testing that fit best with their team
  • Train and mentor team members on manual testing, automation-assisted testing, and various tools used
    within the organization
  • Led quality efforts across multiple teams for large projects that spanned months and 100s of team
    members, conducting meetings to report to the CIO daily (and created a runbook for future such projects)
  • Participate in interviews for open positions across the family of companies, providing a senior quality perspective for hiring managers

Mar 2013-Dec 2014 – Software Quality Engineer, Quicken Loans (now Rocket Mortgage)

Test strategy, test planning, C#/.NET, release readiness, Agile

  • Performed test planning and automated tests for multiple projects using the tools that made the most sense
    (CodedUI in one case, QTP in another)
  • Trained non-QA team members on manual testing, and automation-assisted testing
  • Member of first cross-functional team that was so successful, the entire organization moved to that model from siloed teams

Degrees

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science – 2009, Baker College, Jackson MI

Associates of Science, Computer Programming – 2006, Baker College, Jackson MI

Associates of Art, Fine Arts – 2004, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor MI