Juan Delgado

The Journey

Juan Delgado with family Juan at conference Teaching robotics Teaching robotics

Senior Quality Engineer with 15+ years of experience working on quality strategy, test automation, and delivery across web, mobile, APIs, cloud, and IoT platforms.

15+
Years in QA
10+
Conference Talks
3
Continents
🏆 Recent Achievement: 3rd Place at INCYTEA 2024 with OHTLI, a game concept inspired by Mictlán, the Aztec underworld.

Beyond the Code

Family First: Married to an amazing woman (a lawyer and full-time mom) proud father of three princesses and one little champ
Family Roots: Close to my roots and family values
Travel Enthusiasts: Love exploring new places as a family and collecting memories around the world
Creative Family: My son Juan wrote and sang a song with his sisters (produced by Tore) - Watch here
Community Volunteer: Teaching kids robotics with LEGO Mindstorms EV3
Educator: University lecturer in Software Quality Assurance & Project Management
Retro Gamer: Enjoy playing video games and their history, from Atari to modern consoles, often with the family
Sports Enthusiast: Boxing and soccer, including training boxing with my son, usually followed by a cold beer and a good steak

Career Highlights

Leading test automation and quality practices for IoT products. Developing and maintaining automated test scripts, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with distributed cross-functional teams.

Led QA strategy and test automation for Varis digital B2B platform, overseeing manual and automated testing as SDET, guiding UI automation frameworks (POM), integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and validating APIs.

Client:

Office Depot

Supported leading US clients in telecommunications and social media sectors. Worked on Android devices, web applications, AR/VR, and wearable products. Delivered and evolved test automation frameworks using Python with Pytest, integrated tests into CI/CD pipelines, and applied Selenium for UI automation.

💡 Additional Experience: Bank of America (2011-2015), ICW Group (2010-2011), Santander España (2009-2010), FocusFrame/Hexaware (2007-2009).

International Speaker

Sharing knowledge and practical approaches at conferences across US, Mexico, and Asia

🎤 The QAE Odyssey
TiD 2023 · Beijing, China · Aug 2023

Explored the QAE/SDET journey, focusing on QA strategy, automation testing for web & Android apps, POM, DevOps, and cloud tools. My first international talk in Asia!

🎤 How to Test Alexa? – An Automation Approach
PNSQC 2022 · Portland, OR · Oct 2022

Presented a Python-based automation framework for end-to-end testing of Alexa wake word detection under different acoustic conditions with Mobica QA team.

Watch Talk
🎤 Android TV: The Conquest of the Testing World
ConTEST NYC 2021 · Feb 2021

Presented test automation challenges and strategies for Android TV applications. Led technical direction, defined demo scope, while mentoring the engineering team.

🎤 Testcafe - Grinding Automation Issues
PNSQC 2020 · Portland, OR · Oct 2020

Deep dive into creating a simple and efficient test automation framework with TestCafe for end-to-end web testing.

PNSQC Conference Archive
🎤 How to Start a Test Automation Framework and Not Die Trying
PNSQC 2019 · Portland, OR · Oct 2019

Introduced UP Automation Framework, an Android open-source project developed with AI engineering students at Universidad Panamericana campus Aguascalientes.

PNSQC Conference Archive
🎤 Mobile Testing Beyond Physical Reach
PNSQC 2018 · Portland, OR · Oct 2018

Shared experience in automating mobile app testing using STF (Smartphone Test Farm), improving QA efficiency and device coverage.

PNSQC Conference Archive
🎥 View recordings: Many of these talks are available on YouTube and conference archives, please reach out if you would like links to specific presentations!

🎤 More Talks: 10+ conference presentations across US, Mexico, and Asia on test automation, mobile testing, and quality engineering. Connect on LinkedIn for full speaking history.

Projects & Open-Source

Open-Source Contributor

🌐 Matter (Project CHIP)

Contributing to Matter(Project CHIP), the major open-source project for IoT, connected devices, and smart home platforms. Matter is designed to ensure interoperability across platforms and is supported by IT leaders, including Google, Amazon, Apple, and others. Working with a distributed open-source community on test plans, quality practices, and ecosystem testing. Learn more about Matter and the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) here.

View Matter on GitHub View My PRs

🚀 Other Projects

🎮 Unity 2D Game

Created a fun 2D endless runner game in Unity for my son's 7th birthday.

Play the Game

💻 My GitHub

Explore more of my open-source contributions and personal projects.

Visit My GitHub

🎓 Education & Mentorship

  • University Lecturer - Universidad Panamericana & Universidad Tecnológica de Aguascalientes (Software Quality Assurance, Project Management, Development Methodologies)
  • LEGO Robotics Instructor - Volunteer STEAM program mentor for elementary & middle school students
  • UW Advisory Board - Member of University of Washington Software Testing Advisory Board

Creative Family

Baby Monster Song

Click to watch on YouTube

🎵 Baby Monster Song

Written & Performed by Juan and His Sisters

Beyond engineering and technology, what truly matters is family. I'm incredibly proud to share a song my son Juan wrote and sang with his sisters, produced by Tore.

Original Song Family Project Young Artists
Click to watch "Baby Monster" on YouTube

Let's Connect

Phone

+52 449 580 4460

Location

Mexico | Remote (US & Europe)