Can your test automation actually find defects? Are there situations where your software will fail, but your automation will still report “pass”? How can you be certain that your automation does what it’s supposed to do? Jay Kremer asked himself all these questions when taking over as test manager for Zoosk, an international dating site with 27 million monthly customers. In searching for answers to these questions, Jay examined several different approaches and landed on chaos testing, the Netflix-developed approach that involves intentionally breaking the service to simulate failure scenarios. Learn how Jay adapted chaos testing for pre-production environments, identified and fixed faults in his own automation, and demonstrated the success of Zoosk’s automation solution to his management and engineering as a whole. If you want to prove to yourself and your team how reliable your automation is—and you are always looking for ways to respond faster—then this session is for you.
Jay Kremer
Zoosk
Jay Kremer is the director of quality assurance for the international dating service Zoosk. Previously he spent fifteen years working as a tester and program manager for Microsoft products including Azure, Windows, Windows Embedded, MSN, and Rights Management Services. Jay has designed solutions that daily impact millions of users worldwide, but he is most proud of achieving high automation coverage at Zoosk. Jay frequently writes for the Zoosk engineering blog and can be found on Twitter @ChaosLemur.
Speaker Presentations
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 1:45pm
Test Automation
Test the Tests: Using Fault Injection and Chaos Testing