Maria José Costa

Maria José Costa has a diverse work experience in the field of Quality Assurance Engineering. Maria José currently holds the position of Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Apiax since February 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Celfocus from October 2016 to February 2022, assuming different roles depending on the project, including Tester, Test Lead, Team Leader, and QA Tech Lead. Maria José'sresponsibilities included test planning, analysis, and execution of functional tests, system integration testing, regression tests, defect reporting, and management, as well as providing support for System Acceptance Tests, User Acceptance Tests, and Go-Live. Maria José also coached and trained colleagues and prepared QA reports.

Before joining Celfocus, Maria worked at Novabase from January 2013 to September 2015 as a Quality Assurance Engineer in various projects and business markets. Maria José also took on the roles of Tester and Test Lead based on the project requirements. Maria José'sresponsibilities included test planning, analysis, and execution of functional tests, system integration testing, regression tests, defect reporting, and management, as well as support for System Acceptance Tests and User Acceptance Tests. Maria José prepared QA reports during this period.

Additionally, Maria worked briefly as a Software Developer at Novabase from May 2012 to December 2012. Maria José was part of an Application Management team for bank operations and primarily worked with COBOL-based systems. Maria José'sresponsibilities included the development, support, and maintenance of bank applications and the design and execution of unit tests and integration tests.

Overall, Maria José Costa has a strong background in Quality Assurance Engineering with extensive experience in test planning, execution, defect management, and providing support for various testing phases. Maria José also has experience in software development and maintenance in the banking sector.

Maria José Costa obtained a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Universidade do Minho, where they studied from 2006 to 2011. In addition to their degree, they also hold certifications including ISTQB® Agile Tester (CTFL-AT) from UK & Ireland Testing Board, which they obtained in October 2019, and ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) from PSTQB - Associação Portuguesa de Testes de Software, which they obtained in November 2013.