Test-automation consultant · Manila · US/UK/EU hours

Your Selenium tests are slowing releases. I fix that.

Selenium → Playwright migrations, CI/CD quality gates, and flaky-test cleanup. Python, Java, TypeScript. 10+ years enterprise QA.

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CI run · same suitebefore → after

Selenium50-min CI · 30% flaky

migrate

Playwright20-min CI · >2% flaky

time saved → >53%

no Selenium Grid~60% fewer flaky tests · industry data, 2026

Works in your stack

Python
Java
TypeScript
Playwright
Selenium
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
Azure DevOps

[ 01 / The problem ]

Every release waits on a suite that takes most of an hour to run.

Most failures are timing noise, not bugs — so people stop trusting red.

Nobody on the team wants to own the Selenium Grid.

QA teams running 2+ frameworks

~3 in 4Selenium for legacy, Playwright for new

Flaky tests · Selenium vs Playwright

Selenium

Playwright

−60%fewer flaky tests, no Grid

Companies still on Selenium

US49%

UK8%

55–63kmost with 20–250 staff

Source: industry data, 2026

[ 02 / Services ]

Narrow entry point, full-stack QA underneath.

a · fixed-scopemost booked

Selenium → Playwright migration

Phased migration, risk-ranked by suite area
New framework runs alongside the old — no release disruption
Grid decommissioned, CI wired to the new suite

Python, Java, or TypeScript — your team's language, not mine.

6–12 weeksStarts at $6,000

b · project

Framework audit + CI/CD quality gates

Written audit: architecture, coverage, run-time, flake sources
Quality gates in Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps
Pass/fail policy your release manager can read

2–4 weeksStarts at $2,500

c · short engagement

Flaky-test remediation

Flake triage: timing, data, environment, or real defect
Fixes to waits, selectors, isolation, and retries
Quarantine lane so red means red again

1–3 weeksStarts at $1,500

d · monthly retainer

Fractional QA lead / team training

Automation direction, code review, standards
Training engineers from zero automation background
Hiring support: screening and technical interviews

monthly · 3-month minStarts at $4,000/mo

10+years enterprise QA

5,000+automated tests

3enterprise apps

4regions · US, UK, EU, India

3–5engineers led

[ 03 / How I work ]

AuditFree 30-min review

We look at your suite, CI times, and flake rate together.

PlanPhased, risk-ranked

Highest-value, lowest-risk areas move first.

BuildSide by side

The new suite runs alongside the old one until it earns trust.

HandoverTraining included

Your team owns it. Docs, sessions, and standards stay behind.

[ 04 / Fit ]

For

20–500-person engineering orgs running Selenium
Java or Python stacks (TypeScript welcome)
CI already in place — Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps

Not for

Greenfield apps with no test suite yet
Manual-only testing needs

[ 05 / About ]

I'm Joshua James Pacia, a test-automation engineer based in Manila. I turn slow, flaky Selenium suites into fast Playwright pipelines teams actually trust.

Experience: 10+ years in enterprise QA at IBM and Accenture.
Leadership: Led teams of 3–5 automation engineers.
Frameworks: Built Selenium and Playwright frameworks from scratch.
Migration: Delivered a Selenium/Java → Python/Playwright migration without stopping releases.
Hours: Based in Manila (UTC+8). I work US, UK, and EU hours.

[ 06 / Contact ]

Send me your slowest pipeline.

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