Summary
Linda Mitchell is a seasoned Quality Assurance leader with 15+ years of experience driving test planning, release management, and QA process design in fast-moving, fully remote product environments. Based in Seattle, she currently leads QA at Mattermost where she created playbooks, champions rigorous quality standards, and fosters cross-team coherence through guilds and clear organizational communication. Her background blends deep manual testing expertise for web and mobile with hands-on automation initiatives and a strong track record of building repeatable, scalable test suites. Earlier roles in documentation, technical editing, and desktop support sharpened her ability to produce precise, user-focused guidance and reproducible bug reports. Colleagues rely on her to turn fuzzy requirements into auditable release decisions and to keep distributed teams aligned under tight deadlines.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BA, English, BA, English at Seattle Pacific University