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Kristina Papko

London,ON

Summary

Perceptive Senior API Automation QA Engineer well-versed at identifying and documenting complex software problems and causes. Designs test plans and procedures and equips and trains newer colleagues. Demonstrates practiced expertise in product design and participates in design reviews to offer early input on functional requirements and potential problems.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software QA Engineer

Russian Post Remote
01.2022 - 04.2023
  • Developed and executed test cases for 11 REST services using JSON schema, 2 websites, and mobile applications (iOS and Android)
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, IT professionals, and leadership to drive the success of the project, resulting in a 20 percent increase in project efficiency
  • Provided valuable input and advice on testing strategy, test plans, and the selection of testing tools, contributing to a 15 percent improvement in testing effectiveness
  • Successfully planned and organized testing efforts in both GUI and non-GUI environments, resulting in a 25 percent reduction in testing timeline and resource allocation
  • Executed a wide range of tests, including functional tests, non-functional tests, systems integration tests, and user acceptance testing, ensuring 100 percent test coverage across project components by using MySQL databases
  • Reduced smoke and regression testing time by 30 percent by implementing and developing test scripts within CI/CD pipelines.

Middle QA Engineer

Russian Post Remote
06.2020 - 01.2022
  • Collaborated closely with business users and technology teams to analyze business requirements for 11 microservices, 2 websites, and mobile applications (iOS and Android)
  • Proficiently created testing strategy documentation and test data for various types and phases of testing, encompassing both technical and business functional validation, leading to a 30 percent improvement in testing documentation quality
  • Developed 12 comprehensive test plans by summarizing business requirements and creating execution test suites
  • Made efforts in developing test plans contributed to a significant decrease in post-release defects by 89 percent.

Software QA Engineer

Humans Engineering
05.2016 - 06.2020
  • Identified and reported defects, tracked their resolution, and verified fixes during regression testing by using Jira and CI/CD pipeline
  • Enhanced SQL proficiency by writing and optimizing queries, effectively monitoring their performance to ensure data retrieval efficiency and accuracy
  • Executed, developed, and implemented automated test suites using Java, resulting in a 30 percent reduction in test execution time and increased testing coverage
  • Collaborated seamlessly with a diverse team of 5 cross-platform members to achieve organizational goals.

Education

Certificate Mobile Application Developer -

Fanshawe College
London, ON
12.2023

Master's Degree in Biotechnical and Medical Devices and Systems Engineering -

Belarusian National Technical University
Minsk, Belarus
07.2017

Certificate Introduction To Test Automation in Java Course -

LevelUp School
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
12.2016

Certificate Basics Of Software Testing -

QATester School
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
04.2016

Skills

  • Test case design
  • Cross-browser testing, Regression testing
  • Docker containers, IntelliJ, VS Code
  • HTML and CSS familiarity
  • OpenShift, AWS, Azure
  • Postman tool, SOAP UI, RESTful APIs
  • TestNG / JUnit
  • JIRA management, Confluence, TestRail
  • Git proficiency, Kubernetes orchestration
  • Charles Proxy
  • BDD / DDD
  • SQL (MySQL, SQLServer, SQL-Express, PostgreSQL)
  • Java Core, JavaScript, React, Nodejs
  • REST-Assured, JSON
  • CI and CD pipelines
  • Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Appium
  • Swagger documentation
  • Agile/Scrum SDLC, Waterfall
  • Windows Server/Linux

Timeline

Senior Software QA Engineer

Russian Post Remote
01.2022 - 04.2023

Middle QA Engineer

Russian Post Remote
06.2020 - 01.2022

Software QA Engineer

Humans Engineering
05.2016 - 06.2020

Certificate Mobile Application Developer -

Fanshawe College

Master's Degree in Biotechnical and Medical Devices and Systems Engineering -

Belarusian National Technical University

Certificate Introduction To Test Automation in Java Course -

LevelUp School

Certificate Basics Of Software Testing -

QATester School
Kristina Papko