# Peter Freschi > Senior Software Engineer (SDET) in Healthcare at Qualtrics Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/peterfreschi ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer (Lead SDET for Healthcare) @ Qualtrics Jan 2024 – Present | Greater Seattle Area Senior Software Engineer (SDET) at Qualtrics, leading a team of 5 Quality Engineers (QEs) to ensure the quality and reliability of healthcare products across 3 development teams. Collaborating with 20+ SDEs to architect and test solutions for HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems), OAS CAHPS (Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems), Magnet (Nurse Satisfaction), and Epic integrations. Developing scalable testing tools and frameworks to enhance quality processes across the Connected Intelligence (CI) organization within Qualtrics. ### Senior Software Test Engineer (Lead) @ Qualtrics Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Greater Seattle Area Leading the Healthcare QE team and helping build high-quality Patient Experience (CAHPS) & Nurse Satisfaction (Magnet) products. ### Software Test Engineer II @ Qualtrics Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater Seattle Area + Re-architected e2e test automation for a high-risk rebuild of a product that hosts customers’ critical paths. + Mentored ~8 junior and mid-level STEs in best practices for code & quality + Solidified test plan & customer requirements for customer health product. Collaborated with Devs, SDMs, PMs, TPM, SEs to ensure readiness for customers. + Created highly detailed test plans for >35 features with realistic test data, often surpassing company-wide launch testing standards. + Led >15 dev bug bashes, surfacing 169 potential bugs, leading to only 7% of bugs caught by customers. + Improved test/scale/resiliency maturity across multiple teams. + Interviewed 42 candidates for STE/SDET/Resolution Team. + Created & championed unified test component models package across all of QE with daily usage by >16 teams; eliminated duplication & improved maintenance. + Owned & designed QE testing for the disaster recovery program across all eng teams. + Designed & coded python version of a utility for copying test data across data centers. Used daily by > 7 teams. + Analyzed test coverage at all levels and developed strategy to shape feature work into the ideal test pyramid with a higher level of integration testing. + Led model dependency planning w/ 4 teams to unblock test framework migration efforts; re-wrote tests in next-gen framework. + Assist & serve as quality consultant & test plan designer for ~5 neighboring teams, including feature launch reviews. ### Software Test Engineer @ Qualtrics Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area + Mentored 4 junior and mid-level Software Test Engineers spanning across 4 teams. + Led QE testing across entire company for 5 successful data center moves + disaster recovery operations; completed testing on schedule & synthesized status to leadership. + Consistently wrote, reviewed, and executed high-quality test plans and automated E2E tests to meet launch readiness criteria, minimizing delivery delays. + Re-architected UI testing models, leading to more collaboration and less duplication across teams. + Wrote and distributed product release notes shortly after releases to key stakeholders. + Designed, implemented, and promoted a utility for copying test data across data centers, which addressed the QE need for faster, dynamic, and scalable testing strategies. + Taught 9 STEs best practices for feature & automation code quality. + Reshaped team’s testing strategy as release manager, dramatically reducing highest priority customer bugs by ~ 50% YoY, ↑ release cadence from every 3 months to every 2 weeks & ↓ verification time from 3 wks to 1 day by automating 93% of manual tests. + Lead quality reviews w/ developers to find and fix patterns in internally and externally caught bugs. + Performed testing maturity assessments & implemented improvements in cross-team, feature, and localization testing. ### Web Developer @ SapphireView, Inc Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Bellevue, WA • Develop management dashboard revamp & automated tests for optimized administration experience. Skills: [HTML5, CSS3, C#, ASP.NET, Selenium, MongoDB, Bootstrap] ### Video Producer @ SapphireView, Inc Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Bellevue, WA • Collaborate with Bellevue-based event streaming tech startup company to produce promotional video that explains Front Row product to customers and providers. Skills: [Final Cut Pro X] ### QA Engineer Intern @ Slalom Consulting Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Seattle, Washington • Assured quality for a 10-week internal software engineering project that would be used daily by 3500+ employees • Led QA process for agile product development & deployment • Created test cases based on user stories, executed all manual and automated testing, and produced bug documentation and status reports using JIRA and Excel • Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with relevant stakeholders • Established automation plan and used Protractor/Selenium (JavaScript) to assess the development process, leading to a successful and high quality final demonstration to upper management • Presented status and automation demos to key stakeholders and users (35+ people) Skills: [Protractor, Selenium, JIRA, Excel] ### Teaching Assistant @ Digital Media Academy Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Seattle, WA and Stanford, CA • Assisted lead instructors with hands-on teaching of Java Programming, Minecraft Game Design, Photography and Videography courses. • Fulfilled classroom responsibilities and led engaging recreational activities during breaks and non-class time. Skills: [Java] ### Volunteer Research Assistant @ Stanford Sleep Medicine Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Redwood City, CA • Organized patient sleep diaries for Stanford Research Study that examined the presence of sleep disorders in patients. • Entered, analyzed, and interpreted data from EPIC Hyperspace into Excel spreadsheets. Skills: [EPIC, Excel] ### Information Technology Internship @ Vance Brown, Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Palo Alto, CA • Set up, repaired and maintained staff workstations with Macs, PCs, and mobile devices. • Deployed network infrastructure in construction field offices, and collaborated with the IT manager and vendors. Skills: [MacOS, Windows, iOS] ### Camp Leader @ YMCA Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Palo Alto, CA • Lead summer activities for elementary school children. ### Tennis Instructor @ Alan Margot Tennis Camps Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Atherton, CA • Taught tennis skills to young children in a variety of age groups and levels, from beginners to experienced players. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics University of Washington Information School Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 ### High School Menlo-Atherton High School Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/peterfreschi - Website: http://peterfreschi.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/peterfreschi JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/peterfreschi/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22