Thamires MacIel

Background

About Thamires MacIel

Hello! I'm Thamires, a Computer Science graduate with strong experience in software quality assurance and continuous process improvement. I'm passionate about facilitating communication between teams and ensuring excellence at every stage of the development lifecycle. With solid experience in Agile environments, I actively participate in refinement meetings, sprint planning, manual testing, function point analysis, and technical and documentation deliveries. My goal is always to contribute to more effective, organized, and high-quality releases. Key Skills Manual Testing | Regression Testing | Test Scenario & Data Creation | Risk Mapping | QA Metrics | Function Point Analysis (CPM, SISP, SNAP)| API Testing | Agile Methodologies Tools Jira, GitLab, Confluence, Postman, Balsamiq, Cypress (beginner level, learning) Languages Portuguese (native), Spanish (intermediate), English (advanced) Main Activities Planning and execution of functional and exploratory manual tests Building risk and test coverage maps Creating test cases and scenarios based on acceptance criteria Developing test data Performing rigorous manual testing in collaboration with Developers, PO, and Scrum Master Tracking bugs and supporting developers in identifying and resolving defects Monitoring and updating QA metrics Presenting deliverables during sprint reviews and proposing improvements Writing complete software documentation and materials such as user stories and prototypes Calculating Function Point metrics using CPM, SISP, and SNAP Technical Knowledge Jira & GitLab – Task management and issue tracking Confluence – Technical documentation and project organization Balsamiq – Low-fidelity prototyping for requirement validation Postman – API and endpoint testing CPM, SISP, SNAP – Function Point Analysis Agile Methodologies – Active participation in multidisciplinary squads Additional Experience Automated testing with Cypress (beginner level, continuously evolving) Participation in public sector contracts: Itaipu Binacional, Caixa Econômica Federal, SUS, PROCERGS, SEOP, TCM-GO, among others Experience working in multicultural teams (Spanish-speaking) Training QA professionals, from asset creation to test execution Extra Highlights Advanced English Home Office for 5+ years – Fully self-managed and autonomous