Kenneth Lara

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About Kenneth Lara

I’m a Quality Engineer with strong software engineering skills, specializing in scalable test automation, system observability, and early-stage quality integration. My work spans end-to-end test development, CI/CD pipelines, SLO implementation, feature development and fixing production issues through direct code contributions. I am hyper-focused on delivering reliable systems at scale to customers and users.I’ve led efforts that improved test coverage by over 33%, reduced dev cycle times by 60%, reduced production bugs by 80% and embedded quality into the SDLC through shift-left strategies and proactive monitoring. I enjoy architecting test solutions that scale, mentoring others on automation and quality, and partnering closely with developers and product teams to prevent issues before they reach users.I'm especially focused on roles where I can deepen my impact as an SDET building test frameworks, driving code-level quality, and ensuring testability from the ground up.My toolkit includes Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, SQL, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. I’m comfortable working across the stack and enjoy mentoring others in automation best practices, Gherkin syntax.