Furkan Kaya

Energy Trade Exchange Platform | Distributed Systems | Microservices

• Contributed to multiple high-impact initiatives in the European energy trading domain, including intraday markets, congestion management, balancing trades, cross-border energy transfers, and shared order book systems, all operating under strict regulatory and performance constraints.
• Led testing efforts across a microservices-based architecture, validating interactions between loosely coupled services responsible for trade execution, reporting, throttling, and market data distribution.
• Specialized in performance analysis and optimization, ensuring functional correctness under strict latency and throughput requirements across multi-layered API ecosystems.
• Strengthened API testing capabilities across WebSocket, REST, and AMQP protocols, validating both real-time streaming and asynchronous messaging layers critical to market operations.
• Designed and executed test strategies for Kafka-based messaging modules, ensuring reliable event-driven communication across services, with a focus on message ordering, partitioning, and consumer group behavior.
• Implemented and validated RabbitMQ brokers for AMQP-based messaging, including private broadcast queues, response batching, and resilient failover mechanisms.
• Conducted deep XML validation against XSD schemas for regulatory and operational reporting components, ensuring data accuracy and compliance with European energy market standards.
• Performed technical analysis for every Change Request (CR), including architectural impact assessments, regression risk evaluations, and test coverage planning in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.
• Gained hands-on experience with API gateways, load balancers, and distributed messaging brokers, contributing to system resilience, scalability, and fault tolerance under high-load conditions.
• Coordinated and executed system-wide testing for Daylight Saving Time (DST) transitions, ensuring seamless behavior across time-sensitive trading windows and backend systems.
• Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams including developers, architects, and product owners in a fintech-grade engineering culture, aligning testing efforts with business-critical SLAs and compliance requirements.

Expertise :

API | WebSocket | AMQP | XML | Robot Framework | Python | Software architecture | Desktop applications | XSD | Atlassian Jira | Postman | Energy market and regulation | Energy industry | FinTech |

Client-Facing & Internal Projects | Automation Engineering | Salesforce Ecosystem

• Delivered high-quality test automation solutions across multiple client engagements, with a strong focus on scalable, maintainable frameworks using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and Cucumber (BDD).
• Designed and implemented robust functional test automation pipelines integrated with Jenkins, enabling continuous testing and early defect detection in CI/CD environments.
• Participated in internal workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions to develop reusable automation frameworks and best practices, contributing to the company’s technical excellence and delivery standards.
• Actively engaged in Salesforce Saturday community events, deepening domain knowledge in Salesforce testing and contributing to discussions on test strategy, API validation, and UI automation in cloud-based CRM platforms.
• Supported clients in transitioning from manual to automated testing by assessing current QA maturity, identifying automation opportunities, and implementing tailored solutions aligned with business goals.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams including developers, business analysts, and DevOps engineers to ensure test coverage across backend services, APIs, and frontend components.
• Advocated for testability and quality engineering principles in agile environments, helping teams adopt shift-left testing practices and improve release confidence.

Expertise:

Java | Selenium | Cucumber | Functional testing | Test automation | Jenkins |

Cloud Platforms | SaaS | Business & Technical Integration

• Completed the Salesforce Program at Blue Road Academy, a leading cloud talent accelerator in the Netherlands, focused on preparing professionals for roles that combine technical development with business process understanding in cloud-based platforms.
• Gained hands-on experience in Salesforce development, including building Flows, configuring Process Builders, and writing formulas, validation rules, and declarative automation logic to support real-world business use cases.
• Practiced Apex programming to implement custom logic, triggers, and reusable classes, and gained exposure to Lightning Web Components (LWC) for building dynamic, responsive user interfaces.
• Developed a strong understanding of Salesforce’s data model, including standard and custom objects, relationships, and schema design, enabling efficient data handling and automation.
• Participated in Salesforce and business challenge workshops, where I collaborated with peers to solve real-world CRM problems, design scalable solutions, and present outcomes to mentors and stakeholders.
• Attended IT and cloud workshops focused on bridging the gap between technical implementation and business value, learning how to translate requirements into working solutions within the Salesforce ecosystem.
• Took part in collaboration meetings, peer reviews, and career coaching sessions, enhancing both my technical communication and consulting mindset.
• Featured in an official success story for my rapid growth and contributions to quality engineering at SpriteCloud: https://www.blueroadacademy.com/success/spritecloud
• Recognized for my ability to connect technical solutions with business needs, and for thriving in a fast-paced, cloud-first engineering environment.

Expertise:

AWS | Salesforce | SQL | Cloud computing |

Fleet Management System | UI Automation | Agile QA Engineering

• Contributed to the development of an automated testing framework for Transmuda’s web-based fleet management platform, supporting logistics, vehicle tracking, and operational efficiency for enterprise clients.
• Designed and implemented UI automation scripts using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and Cucumber, applying Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) principles to ensure alignment between test logic and business requirements.
• Authored and maintained Gherkin-based test scenarios, and developed corresponding step definitions to validate key features such as vehicle assignment, route optimization, maintenance scheduling, and driver behavior tracking.
• Utilized Apache Maven for project build and dependency management, and applied Apache POI for validating data-driven test cases involving Excel-based reports and fleet analytics.
• Participated in Agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, collaborating closely with developers, QA leads, and product owners to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
• Strengthened skills in test planning, bug reporting, and defect lifecycle management, contributing to improved test coverage and faster feedback cycles in a fast-paced development environment.
• Gained practical experience in GUI testing, test strategy design, and functional validation of complex workflows across multiple modules of the fleet management system.

Expertise:

Java | Selenium | Cucumber | GUI testing | Selenium WebDriver | Apache Maven | SQL | Apache POI | Bug report | UI Automation | Gherkin | BDD |

CRM Web Application | Functional Testing | Agile QA Practices

• Completed a year-long apprenticeship project under Cydeo, a tech education startup focused on real-world, industry-aligned training. CRMLY was a startup-style CRM platform developed as part of Cydeo’s immersive QA engineering program.
• Contributed to the quality assurance process of a cloud-based CRM web application, gaining hands-on experience in both manual and automated testing within a professional Agile environment.
• Designed and executed end-to-end test cases across core CRM modules such as contact management, task workflows, user notifications, and data validation.
• Developed structured test plans, test cases, and test strategies, ensuring traceability from business requirements to test execution.
• Logged and tracked defects using Atlassian Jira, and collaborated with developers and product owners to ensure timely resolution and retesting.
• Strengthened understanding of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), including test design, execution, reporting, and defect lifecycle management.
• Participated in Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, gaining practical experience in collaborative QA delivery.
• Practiced writing user stories and acceptance criteria to align test coverage with business expectations.
• Delivered test reports and contributed to QA documentation, improving transparency and communication across the team.

Expertise :

Functional testing | Atlassian Jira | Software testing life cycle | Test writing | Test case | Test plan | Test strategy | Writing user stories | CRM | Test reports |