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Marcus Lindqvist

QA / Automation Engineer

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[email protected] Stockholm

Projects

Skills

7 yrs 4 mo

Work exp.

3 yrs 9 mo

Study time

Member since June 2026

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Featured Projects

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Featured project

End-to-end test framework

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End-to-end test framework

Cut regression time from 2 days to 30 minutes and caught defects pre-merge.

Problem

Manual regression testing took two days per release and missed defects.

Solution

Built a Playwright framework with page objects, fixtures and CI integration.

Playwright Python CI/CD

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Selected Projects

Test automation work framed as projects: the problem, the framework built, and the measurable quality outcome.

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End-to-end test framework

Project

End-to-end test framework

Cut regression time from 2 days to 30 minutes and caught defects pre-merge.

A Playwright-based E2E framework covering critical user journeys.

API contract test suite

Stopped breaking changes at the PR stage and removed integration incidents.

A pytest suite validating API contracts between microservices.

Flaky-test triage program

Reduced flaky failures by 80% and restored confidence in the pipeline.

A process and tooling to detect, quarantine and fix flaky tests.

Skills

Quality engineering skills spanning automation frameworks, CI pipelines and a structured approach to testing.

Technical

Playwright

Expert

Level: Expert

Experience: 3 yr(s)

Last used: June 1, 2026

pytest

Expert

Level: Expert

Experience: 5 yr(s)

Last used: June 1, 2026

Python

Advanced

Level: Advanced

Experience: 6 yr(s)

Last used: June 1, 2026

API testing

Advanced

Level: Advanced

Experience: 5 yr(s)

Last used: May 1, 2026

Tools & Frameworks

CI/CD

Level: Advanced

Experience: 5 yr(s)

Last used: May 1, 2026

Languages

English

Advanced C1 — working language.

Swedish

Expert Native speaker.

Soft Skills

Test strategy

Level: Advanced

Experience: 6 yr(s)

Engineering background applied to software quality and reliability.

Education History

MSc Software Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Software Engineering

September 2014 — June 2018

Stockholm

Focus on software quality, testing and distributed systems.

Achievements

Thesis on automated regression testing strategies.

Skills Learned

Python Test strategy

Work Experience

Seven years keeping releases safe across web and platform teams.

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Current

Helix Platform

Apr 2022 — Present · Stockholm · Hybrid · Full-time

Overview

Owning test automation and release quality for a platform team.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain Playwright and pytest suites
Own the CI test gate and quality metrics

Achievements

Cut regression time from 2 days to 30 minutes
Reduced flaky failures by 80%

Tech used

Playwright pytest Python CI/CD

QA Engineer

Fjord Commerce

Jan 2019 — Mar 2022 · Gothenburg · On-site · Full-time

Overview

Manual and automated testing for an e-commerce platform.

Responsibilities

Write test plans and execute regression cycles
Introduce the first automated smoke tests

Achievements

Reduced critical production defects by 35%

Tech used

pytest API testing Test strategy