Resume / Proof of Work

Harley Curtis

Senior QA Analyst / QA Lead / Systems-Minded Builder

Senior QA Analyst and systems-minded builder focused on work that can be inspected, tested, and backed up.

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Shipped game work

Gears of War: E-Day, NHL 2021, NHL 2022, UFC 4, NHL 2023, and Prodigy live-service support.

Leadership and systems

QA leadership, triage, onboarding, contractor coordination, automation-adjacent workflows, and documentation systems.

Business impact

Revenue +11%, conversion +8.6%, ASP +4.8%, OTP revenue +11%, and purchase rate +6.5% from the Hard Mode initiative.

Built product work

Git-a-Job and Top Secret Games show product thinking beyond QA into shipping, positioning, and execution.

Experience

Roles, responsibilities, and results that connect cleanly.

QA Lead

Prodigy Education

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

  • Improved testing efficiency by creating tools still used by QA devs and stakeholders.
  • Coordinated playtests, account management, and feedback loops to strengthen release quality.
  • Delegated hundreds of test cases to contract teams and maintained documentation standards.
  • Worked with automation and workflow integrations through Jira and Sheets.

QA VR Biomedical Specialist

PrecisionOS

Oct 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Performed smoke and health checks across UE4 and UE5 training modules.
  • Hosted global VR sessions for surgeons and clients.
  • Prepared proof-of-concepts across anatomy, trauma, and arthroscope modules.
  • Collaborated with designers, engineers, and product owners on quality and delivery.

Software Test Engineer 3

Microsoft / Ascendion

May 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Supported work tied to Gears of War: E-Day.
  • Served as point of contact for smoke and health checks for tools and engine workflows.
  • Supported Jira migration to Jira Cloud as the only QA.
  • Built automation-facing test plans and reviewed resulting issues.

Dev Support Tier 4 / QA Lead

EA / Keywords Studios

May 2019 - Sept 2022

  • Supported NHL 2021, NHL 2022, UFC 4, and NHL 2023.
  • Led and coordinated a team of 8-12 testers in Romania.
  • Owned onboarding, health checks, automation coordination, and daily task management.
  • Represented QV in bug triage and cross-functional planning discussions.

Built work

Current work that backs up the resume.

NOVA

AI workspace and command center for deeper project execution.

Git-a-Job

ATS-aware resume and cover-letter tool built for real job seekers.

Match Majesty

Fantasy match-3 prototype with room for deeper progression systems.

Deady Bear's Nightmare

Horror project built around atmosphere, identity, and creative direction.

Skill lane

QA leadership

  • Test planning
  • Defect triage
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Onboarding
  • Release support

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Testing and systems

  • End-to-end testing
  • Smoke and health checks
  • Automation collaboration
  • Platform validation
  • Documentation systems

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Tools & environments

  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • TestRail
  • PowerBI
  • UE4 / UE5
  • Playwright