Senior Automation QA Engineer | QA Lead

Location
Russia
Rate, USD
$4000 / hour
Work schedule
Full Time,
Language skills
English, Russian
Available for Hire
Yes
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About me

I am a results-driven QA professional with over 10 years of experience, including 3 years as a QA Lead.
I specialize in end-to-end test automation, CI/CD pipeline development, and QA process optimization.
My expertise lies in building scalable automation frameworks using Python, Pytest, and Playwright. I have a strong background in leading QA teams, implementing best practices, and driving quality initiatives across web, mobile, and API testing.

Throughout my career, I have successfully designed and implemented automation frameworks that significantly reduce regression testing time and improve test stability.
I have established CI/CD pipelines integrating tools like GitLab CI and Jenkins to enable automated daily test runs and pre-merge validations.
My efforts have led to a 35% reduction in flaky tests and Increased release delivery speed by 50%

I am proficient in various testing tools and technologies including Playwright(main),Selenium, Requests, Allure, Postman, Swagger, Kafka, and RabbitMQ.
I also have experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Kibana, Elasticsearch, and Prometheus. My database skills include PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and Redis.
I follow Agile methodologies including SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban, and I am certified in the Scaled Agile Framework.

In my leadership roles, I have mentored junior QA engineers and facilitated Agile ceremonies to foster team collaboration and continuous improvement. I am passionate about quality assurance and continuously seek to optimize testing processes and frameworks to deliver high-quality software products.

I am fluent in Russian and have working in English B1. I am open to remote opportunities worldwide and eager to contribute my skills and experience to innovative QA teams.




Education

2015 Information Systems and Technologies @ NTTEC College of Mathematical and Natural Sciences

Experience

July 2022 – September 2025 QA Lead | Head of Testing Department @ Cyberom

Led QA strategy and automation efforts across web, mobile, and performance testing.
Designed and implemented E2E automation framework using Playwright (Python) and Pytest, reducing regression testing time by 40%.
Established CI/CD pipeline for automated test execution, integrating GitLab CI and Jenkins, enabling daily runs and pre-merge validation.
Reduced flaky test rate by 35% through optimization of timeouts, test isolation, and environment stabilization. Built an in-house mobile device farm, cutting device rental costs by 20% and eliminating dependency on BrowserStack. Introduced and enforced QA metrics (test coverage, flaky rate, execution trends) using Allure and custom dashboards.
Mentored and onboarded junior QA engineers, conducted Agile ceremonies (Retrospectives, Demos, Bug Scrums).

June 2021 – June 2022 Full-Stack QA Engineer @ Qualitica

Developed and maintained Python + Pytest + Selenium automation framework for UI and API testing. Automated REST API testing using Pytest + Requests, achieving 90% coverage of critical endpoints. Configured GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated test execution and reporting with Allure.
Conducted integration, smoke, and regression testing for microservices-based architecture.
Utilized Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka for log analysis and system monitoring.

March 2019 – June 2021 Integration & Deployment Specialist @ KeySystems-Ivanovo

Performed functional, smoke, and regression testing of UI and integration systems.
Managed deployments, configuration, and administration of test environments.
Worked with MySQL, FTP, XML/JSON, and digital signatures (CryptoPRO).


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