Chia-Lyn Lai

Chia-Lyn Lai has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. They currently hold the role of Senior Software QA/Automation Engineer at percipient.ai since 2021. Previously, they worked at Viv Labs from 2018 to 2021, where they served as a Staff Quality Assurance Engineer and later as a Lead Software Capsule QA Engineer. At Viv Labs, they played a crucial role in verifying and validating new features for the Bixby Studio IDE and Renderer teams. They also improved the quality of Bixby Studio through meticulous testing and increased automation for regression and smoke testing.

Prior to Viv Labs, Chia-Lyn Lai was a Senior Software Engineer at 8x8 in 2018, where they built a mobile test automation framework using Java and Appium. They were part of a core team responsible for designing and building a scalable End-to-End test framework for 8x8's entire ecosystem of offerings.

Chia-Lyn Lai's experience also includes working as an Associate Director - Quality Assurance Engineer at Moody's Analytics in 2017. Here, they built a new test automation framework using Robot Framework and Python for back-end REST API and front-end UI test automation for a new SaaS application targeted for medium-sized US-based banks.

From 2015 to 2017, Chia-Lyn Lai worked as a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer II at Shutterfly, Inc. They were a pivotal member of the New Products Introductions (NPI) team, responsible for conducting end-to-end testing and ensuring software quality for new product releases.

Chia-Lyn Lai started their career at IBM in 2001, holding roles such as Staff Test Engineer and New Product Launch. They were involved in creating manufacturing test specifications, test plans, and test cases for the launch of IBM's tape storage devices. They also worked as a Tape Drive Test Engineer, collaborating with teams in the US and overseas on a Java Distributed Environment (JADE) test platform.

Additionally, Chia-Lyn Lai gained experience as an intern at Systemic Real-Time Design, where they worked on embedded systems design using the QNX-Neutrino Real Time Operating System, and at KeenWorld, an online educational math games company, where they performed graphical editing and designed Active Server Pages.

Overall, Chia-Lyn Lai has demonstrated expertise in software quality assurance, test automation, and new product launches throughout their career.

Chia-Lyn Lai completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University from 1996 to 2001. Chia-Lyn then pursued further education and obtained a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering from San Jose State University from 2002 to 2004. Chia-Lyn Lai also holds a Lean Sigma Green Belt certification, although the institution and specific year of certification are not provided.