Jesús Prian Baena
SDET & Platform Engineer
class Jesus(SDET, PlatformEngineer):
"""
SDET with 5+ years leading quality strategy
for cloud-native and platform engineering environments.
Currently at XM, owning the full test pyramid
for a Backstage-based IDP.
Passionate about shift-left testing and devex.
"""
location = "Europe · remote"
currently = "XM"
focus = ["shift-left", "devex", "idp"]
years = 5 # and counting
def mission(self):
return "ship fast, sleep better"
class Jesus(SDET, PlatformEngineer):
"""
SDET with 5+ years leading quality strategy
for cloud-native environments. Currently
at XM, owning the full test pyramid
for a Backstage-based IDP.
Passionate about shift-left testing
and devex.
"""
location = "Europe · remote"
currently = "XM"
focus = ["shift-left", "devex"]
years = 5 # and counting
def mission(self):
return "ship fast, sleep better"
[tools]
2025-12 [INFO] XM · SDET & Platform Engineer
> Built full-stack automation framework for Backstage IDP from scratch.
> Architected POM layer in Playwright — cut flakiness, enabled parallel CI execution.
> Owned quality strategy: coverage targets, test pyramid, CI/CD gates.
> Embedded API + integration tests in dev workflows via Shift-Left.
2023-01 [INFO] Align Technology · SDET
> Built Pytest + Behave BDD frameworks for serverless microservices.
> Contract tests for Kafka/EventBridge — caught schema drift pre-production.
> CI/CD pipelines with build → test → deploy gates + AWS Step Functions.
2020-12 [INFO] Siemens · Electrical & Project Engineer
> Delivered large-scale electrical projects end-to-end.
> Designed Busbar and channeling systems in AutoCAD and Revit.
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