Iryna Gushchina
West Kelowna,BC
Summary
Accomplished Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with a proven track record at AMC Bridge LLC, enhancing software quality through comprehensive test strategies and cross-functional collaboration. Expert in manual testing and test case design, coupled with exceptional teamwork skills, significantly reduced product defects. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities or learn new technologies to meet team goals.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
AMC Bridge LLC
03.2019 - Current
- Operated under Scrum and SAFe frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Participated in regular project meetings to provide updates on progress, risks, and challenges related to quality assurance activities.
- Collaborated with developers and project managers to assess program capabilities, features and testing demands.
- Collaborated with team members remotely.
- Developed strong working relationships with stakeholders to set realistic expectations regarding product deliverables and timelines.
- Collaborated with product owners to stay current on intended functionality.
- Took part in estimation process of the new features.
- Improved software quality by developing and implementing comprehensive test strategies for new products and features.
- Established effective QA processes on the projects in accordance with the company's standards.
- Prepared and updated different kinds of QA documentation (Test Plans, Test Cases, Bug Reports, Traceability Matrix).
- Prepared Test Summary Reports.
- Optimized Test Cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Set up test environment.
- Performed manual testing (functional, regression, UI, UX, smoke, ad-hoc).
- Created integration tests using XML.
- Used Visual Studio for integration tests creation.
- Used Sourcetree to interact with Git repositories.
- Updated existing automated tests (JavaScript) in Nightwatch framework.
- Run automated tests in Nightwatch framework.
- Demonstrated new product features and functionality to project stakeholders.
- Supported the successful launch of numerous product releases by coordinating QA efforts, including test planning, execution, and reporting.
- Participated in available trainings to improve knowledge.
Junior Quality Assurance Engineer
BotsCrew
08.2017 - 03.2019
- Set up company's QA process from scratch, as I was the first QA at the company.
- Conducted technical interviews when hiring new QA team members.
- Trained and guided QA team members in quality assurance standards, policies and procedures.
- Conducted in-depth analysis on existing testing methodologies, providing valuable recommendations for improvements which ultimately led to more efficient workflows.
- Participated in available trainings to improve knowledge.
- Operated under Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Participated in regular project meetings to provide updates on progress, risks, and challenges related to quality assurance activities.
- Produced and maintained technical documentation for project reference (instructions for environment set up).
- Prepared and updated different kinds of QA documentation (Test Plans, Test Cases, Bug Reports).
- Optimized Test Cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Performed manual testing (functional, regression, UI, UX, smoke, ad-hoc).
- Performed chatbot's NLP training (add different variants of phrases and synonyms for better understanding).
- Adapted rapidly to changing project requirements, ensuring seamless integration of new test cases into existing testing plans.
- Identified and reported bugs, working closely with developers to resolve issues promptly.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Demonstrated new product features and functionality to project stakeholders.
- Met tight deadlines to satisfy client demands and project timelines.
Education
M.D. - Architecture
Lviv Polytechnic National University
Lviv12.2013
Skills
- Scrum Framework
- SAFe Framework
- Software development life cycle
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Problem Resolution
- Requirements Analysis
- Test strategy development
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Test Plan Development
- Test case design
- Test environment setup
- Mobile Testing
- Web Applications Testing
- Manual Testing
- Functional Testing
- Regression Testing
- Usability Testing
- Cross-browser testing
- Defect tracking
- Quality assurance metrics
- JIRA
- Azure DevOps
- SQL
- HTML
- CSS
- Chrome DevTools
- Postman
- Nightwatch
- Sourcetree
- Visual Studio
Languages
English
Full Professional
Ukrainian
Native or Bilingual
German
Elementary
Certification
- Basic Web-technology and SQL course
IT Educational center “SkillUP”
February 2017
- Software Testing course
IT Educational center “SkillUP”
March 2017 - April 2017
Timeline
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
AMC Bridge LLC
03.2019 - Current
Junior Quality Assurance Engineer
BotsCrew
08.2017 - 03.2019
M.D. - Architecture
Lviv Polytechnic National University
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