# Carly Gradeff

> Senior AI Product Engineer / Software Engineer

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/carlygradeff

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Engineer @ QA Wolf
Jan 2026 – Present

### AI Product Engineer II @ QA Wolf
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026
- Designed and built an automated reporting platform for Agentic System test results, enabling real-time health monitoring across engineering teams and cutting debugging time by over 50%.
- Led development of an AI-driven system that autonomously generated end-to-end test suite outlines, achieving 75% automation of Sales Engineering requests and boosting workflow efficiency by 60%.
- Drove cross-functional alignment by partnering with Product, QA, and Sales Engineering to refine AI outputs, ensuring solutions met user needs and accelerating adoption.
- Elevated reliability of AI-driven workflows by optimizing prompts, resolving system-level failures, and introducing automated validation, transforming an underperforming feature into a high-trust, core tool.
- Expanded core platform capabilities by shipping new agentic actions, implementing autonomous AI chatbot modes, and leading contributions to frontend and backend migration efforts.
- Owned end-to-end delivery of file upload and download features for AI workflows, designing and building the complete user experience with custom UI components.

### AI Product Engineer @ QA Wolf
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### QA Engineer I @ QA Wolf
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
- Owned the development and establishment of comprehensive test plans and strategies for 10 onboarding customer platforms to ensure effective test coverage.
- Executed daily test suite triage for 35+ customer platforms and 7000+ tests utilizing a variety of defect tracking tools to log, prioritize, and monitor the status of identified issues.
- Implemented and maintained automated test scripts, and client-specific test environments that accurately mirrored production systems improving test efficiency and reliability.
- Delivered dedicated quality assurance support and orchestrated routine client meetings for a diverse client portfolio, ensuring the effective fulfillment of their testing requirements while aligning with their expectations.

### Software Engineer @ Lithic
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
- Built a series of reusable components for our B2C product to serve as a platform for running user experiments which served as a foundation for the following year’s product roadmap.
- Led a project to create new internal tooling functionality that enabled the support team to serve customers more efficiently and worked proactively with my team to define and deliver value within a set timeline.
- Proactively improved and implemented testing, documentation, processes, system monitoring and build tooling for systems owned by the team which resulted in increased productivity.
- Participated in the Product Engineering Team on-call rotation and conducted interviews for prospecting new hires.

### Email Marketing Manager/ Fulfillment Associate @ BEYOND THE STREETS
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York
• Booked and coordinated guided tours for showings of the exhibit.
• Wrote professional-level emails to customers and art buyers.
• Controlled the main information email and online orders email for the company.
• Stocked and organized the gift shop and store rooms, assisted as a cashier when needed.
• Fulfilled online orders, and packed and wrapped art pieces for buyers.

### Private Ski Instructor @ N/A
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Truckee, California
• Created daily lessons based on the ability level of students.
• Set up and executed various skiing drills for participants to perform to
enhance their skills.
• Relayed daily performance evaluations to students and their parents.

### Summer Intern @ Californians for Energy Independence
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Sacramento, California Area
• Organized and updated CEI's Dropbox Files.
• Wrote and edited professional-level documents for the company's
website.
• Completed research to construct daily agenda monitoring reports.
• Produced Excel spreadsheets and updates with the latest information.
• Assisted in running the Careers In Energy booth for Westpark
Community day in Ventura County.

### Cashier/ Food Prep/ Barista @ Wild Cherries Coffee House
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Truckee, California
• Guided guests through menus while demonstrating thorough knowledge of the food, beverages and ingredients.
• Maintained and operated espresso machines, blenders, coffee pots and other equipment.
• Handled cash, credit and debit cards, providing correct change in payment transactions.
• Inventoried and restocked items throughout day.

### Cashier/ Food Prep @ Dairy Queen
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Truckee, California
• Guided guests through menus while demonstrating thorough knowledge of the food, beverages and ingredients.
• Maintained and operated espresso machines, blenders, coffee pots and other equipment.
• Handled cash, credit and debit cards, providing correct change in payment transactions.
• Inventoried and restocked items throughout day.


## Education
### App Academy
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021

### Bachelor's degree in Philosophy Major, Mathematics and Studio Art Minor
New York University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carly-gradeff-62438a1a0
- Website: https://cgradeff.github.io/carly-gradeff/

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Last updated: 2026-03-23