Hey everyone! I’m looking for my next adventure in test automation.
After an incredible but way too short run at SELF ID, building mobile test frameworks for our React Native app, I’m ready to bring my expertise to a new team that values quality, automation, and collaboration.
What I bring to the table:
With a decade of experience as an automation developer, I don’t just write tests. Embedded with a development team, I learn about the wants and needs of the stakeholders - the developers, the designers, the business analysts, the business itself - and construct a test automation framework, two week sprint by two week sprint, that truly fits their needs.
The quicker the automation framework is stood up, the quicker I can get to the truly fun stuff: Making sure the brand-new …
Hey everyone! I’m looking for my next adventure in test automation.
After an incredible but way too short run at SELF ID, building mobile test frameworks for our React Native app, I’m ready to bring my expertise to a new team that values quality, automation, and collaboration.
What I bring to the table:
With a decade of experience as an automation developer, I don’t just write tests. Embedded with a development team, I learn about the wants and needs of the stakeholders - the developers, the designers, the business analysts, the business itself - and construct a test automation framework, two week sprint by two week sprint, that truly fits their needs.
The quicker the automation framework is stood up, the quicker I can get to the truly fun stuff: Making sure the brand-new untested features fresh off the developer’s local machine meets not just the spec, wireframes, requirements, and design, but also to make sure it matches those undocumented expectations that were discussed but may have not been carefully documented... something that AI will never be able to do.
My most recent project? DetoxDemo (https://github.com/tjmaher/detox-demo) - a complete mobile automation framework showcasing:
- Mobile test automation with Detox + TypeScript for React Native iOS apps
- Page Object architecture that keeps tests clean and maintainable
- Allure Reports integration with visual test results published via CI/CD
- GitHub Actions workflows with configurable test execution options
On top of my extensive software testing experience, the last ten years has been focused on test automation. I’ve built automation frameworks from scratch at SELF Id and ThreatStack. I’ve created automated development courses for Test Automation University. I’ve written extensively about testing (check out my blog "Adventures in Automation"), and organized the Ministry of Testing - Boston meetup for years.
What I’m looking for:
Software Engineer in Test or SDET roles where I can design automation strategies, sharing my testing worldview with developers, and build frameworks that the entire team can use to check their work before merging into main. Remote work is preferred, but I am open to hybrid opportunities in the Boston area or Southeastern Massachusetts.
My toolbox includes: Detox, some Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Ruby/Capybara, Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, React Native, CI/CD pipelines, and Allure Reports. But more importantly - I know how to research new tools, validate stakeholder needs, and implement solutions that fit your tech stack.
If you know of opportunities, I’d love to connect. Drop me a message or comment below. I’m always happy to chat about testing, automation, or that one flaky test that’s driving you crazy.
I will be speaking at Joe Colantonio’s TestGuild in April 2026. See you then!
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Happy Testing!
-T.J. Maher Software Engineer in Test