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Estela Carvalho

QA Tester
Lisbon

Summary

QA professional with 10 years of experience in Functional Testing, Business Analysis and BDD, within the agile delivery and framework.

I am skilled in User Story Mapping, a tool that helps teams acquire better Pre-Requisites, Acceptance Criteria and Business rules;

Fluent in Portuguese, English, and French.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
2
2
Certificates
1
1
Language
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

QA Tester

Match Profiler
Lisboa
12.2025 - Current
  • Quality check validations and test execution.

Tools: Polarion; Postman; Swagger.

QA Tester

Ayming
Lisboa
09.2025 - 11.2025
  • Preparation and execution of the project's Test Plan and Test Cases;
  • Defect analysis and reporting
  • Documented and executed exit test activities, such as Sprint Demos for stakeholders

Test Manager / BDD Coach

Deckskill
Lisboa
09.2024 - 08.2025
  • Led BDD coaching sessions for 12 projects/teams, supporting them into implementing theses practices for Test Automation purposes;
  • Delivered workshops on User Story Mapping to achieve better Pre-Requisites, Acceptance Criteria and Business Rules, always using a test-first approach;
  • Prepared test documentation and collaborated on Java-based automation practices.

Tools: Klaxoon; JIRA; Octane; Confluence; IntelliJ; Gherkin; Cucumber; BDD.

Test Manager / BDD Coach

Amaris Consulting
Lisboa
07.2023 - 07.2024
  • Led BDD coaching sessions for 12 projects/teams, supporting them into implementing theses practices for Test Automation purposes;
  • Delivered workshops on User Story Mapping to achieve better Pre-Requisites, Acceptance Criteria and Business Rules, always using a test-first approach;
  • Prepared test documentation and collaborated on Java-based automation practices.

Tools: Klaxoon; JIRA; Octane; Confluence; IntelliJ; Gherkin; Cucumber; BDD.

QA Tester

Amaris Consulting
Lisboa
04.2021 - 06.2023
  • Test case design and execution, for both manual and test automation purposes
  • Defect reporting and validations checks.

Tools: Gherkin; Cucumber; IntelliJ; JIRA; Octane; Confluence; Klaxoon.

QA Tester

Amaris Consulting
Lisboa
11.2020 - 04.2021
  • Test cases execution and validation checks.

Tools: HP Quality Centre.

Business Analyst / QA Tester

Amaris Consulting
Lisboa
02.2020 - 11.2020
  • Responsible for Product Documentation, aligned with the stakeholders;
  • Test Planning and Test Cases preparation and execution;
  • Defect reporting and validations checks;
  • Responsible for Sign-Off reports (exit criteria activities).

Tools: HP Quality Centre; IBM i (AS-400).

Software Tester

BCA Marketplace
09.2015 - 01.2020
  • Started my career as a QA Tester, assessing the overall quality of BCA's software applications and main product, as well as its multiple e-commerce platforms;
  • Contributed to the Test Plan preparation and Test Cases planning and execution;
  • Responsible for defect reporting and validation checks.

Tools: TFS; Azure DevOps; IBM i (AS-400); Trello.

Education

Licenciatura - Literature And Languages - English And French

Faculdade De Letras Da Universidade De Lisboa
Lisboa
10.2002 - 07.2006

Skills

Cucumber

Gherkin (experienced)

Postman

Jira

IntelliJ

Agile

BDD

Confluence

Cursor AI

User Story Mapping

Certification

ISTQB Foundation Level

Timeline

QA Tester

Match Profiler
12.2025 - Current

QA Tester

Ayming
09.2025 - 11.2025

Test Manager / BDD Coach

Deckskill
09.2024 - 08.2025

Test Manager / BDD Coach

Amaris Consulting
07.2023 - 07.2024

QA Tester

Amaris Consulting
04.2021 - 06.2023

QA Tester

Amaris Consulting
11.2020 - 04.2021

Business Analyst / QA Tester

Amaris Consulting
02.2020 - 11.2020

Software Tester

BCA Marketplace
09.2015 - 01.2020

Licenciatura - Literature And Languages - English And French

Faculdade De Letras Da Universidade De Lisboa
10.2002 - 07.2006

Languages

  • Portuguese (Native)
  • English (C2)
  • French (C1)

Section name

  • Additional roles (Pre-2015)
  • Background in education and customer support before entering QA and tech.
Estela CarvalhoQA Tester