Make an Impression with the Fundamentals
In interviews, skip the fancy stack and buzzwords. A strong grasp of the fundamentals makes a stronger impression—and it is what actually transfers to any tech stack.
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Peter Souza
Software Quality Engineer & Project Management Leader
Creator of QA Academy · Inventor of H.U.M.N Method
Shipping products through human-centered collaboration.
QA Academy
A learning platform helping career switchers & QA professionals refine their skills or transition into quality engineering roles through practical, human-approved lessons.
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About
I specialize in QA leadership, test automation, and AI-driven quality workflows — from architecting resilient Cypress/Playwright suites to founding QA Academy, a platform that empowers career-switchers and professionals to master real-world testing. My H.U.M.N. method blends AI efficiency with human-centered collaboration to ship reliable software faster. Beyond code, a background in music and creative problem-solving fuels everything I build.
Work With Me
See how my skills and experience can make a positive impact on your project.
AI Experience
Leverage cutting-edge AI to automate testing, optimize user flows, and drive efficiency, saving time and reducing human error.
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Software Testing
Ensure robust, accessible, performant apps with thorough validation that catches issues early.
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Engineering
Build modern, scalable, SEO-optimized web apps from scratch or integration—with reliable long-term support.
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Team Management & Collaboration
Lead teams to ship faster through joint planning, resource allocation, and collaborative processes.
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Founders Mindset
End-to-end ownership from ideation to launch with startup efficiency and impact focus.
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Experience
Principal Solutions Engineer
Remote · Feb 2026 – Aug 2026
Owned production triage and deploys—built AI agents to automate issue routing and release workflows while protecting pipeline stability and uptime.
Sr. Javascript Automation Engineer
Remote · 2022 – 2025
Led JavaScript automation at scale — created peer review standards and maintained resilient E2E suites.
Open Source Project Founder & Maintainer
Remote · 2023 – present
Founded qa-shadow-report — translating Cypress & Playwright results into spreadsheet reports for team-wide test visibility.
Technical Consultant & Project Advisor
Hybrid · 2021 – present
Appraised methodologies, risk, and technologies to guide a company through Series A funding.
SDET — JavaScript / Ruby
Hybrid · 2019 – 2022
Delivered client features while expanding test coverage and contributing to engineering and design.
Recent Work
Recent Blog Posts
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bottleneck Has Moved: working with AI coding assistants
From pasting code blocks into early ChatGPT, to prefix prompts, to markdown loops, to only verifying the finished site: the hard part is no longer the code. It is keeping the work, and my own head, in motion.
Read More →Executive PTSD: A Life of Letting Go
Executive leadership can look glamorous or villainous from the outside, but the deeper human story is a quiet cost of constant letting go—a battle most leaders fight alone.
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Please contact me directly at petermsouzajr@gmail.com or through this form.