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Andrei Novikau

Holly Springs,NC

Summary

I am a professional Software QA. Experience in every phase of the testing lifecycle and experience in performing various types of testing such as black box testing, functional testing, GUI testing, unit testing, integration testing and regression testing. Solid understanding and practical experience of software development life cycle (SDLC) principles and experience working with Agile software development methodologies. Ability to handle multiple tasks with a positive approach to meeting deadlines and deliverables.


Achievements:

Instead of testing the backend with Postman, which led to a reduction in defects on Prod. Teaching other QA Engineers how to test of backend. Developed 200 test cases.


Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Software QA Engineer

Ballast Lane Applications
04.2022 - Current
  • · Functional, Integration, Smoke, Regression, Exploratory testing
  • · Creating and executing test cases using TestRail
  • · Backend testing (Rest API) in Postman using Swagger as a documentation
  • · Testing web (Chrome, Mozilla, Edge), responsive and mobile applications (Android, iOS) and using the Browser Stack tool
  • · Create and track defect reports in Jira
  • · Working according to Agile (three-week sprints)
  • · Participating in daily standups, refinements, retrospectives, plannings, demos
  • · Onboarding and trainee of the new QA members

QA Engineer

Softgreat
12.2021 - 04.2022
  • · Developing test cases in TestRail by analyzing design and business requirement documents
  • · Performing functional, UI, regression and smoke testing on Web
  • · Performing browser compatibility testing based on Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Edge
  • · Web testing using Devtools
  • · Verified backend data validation using SQL
  • · Performed GraphQl using GraphQL Playground
  • · Performed cross-browser testing
  • · Participation in the product planning/estimation/development process
  • · Interacted with the Product Owner and Development team to better understand the user stories and Acceptance Criteria.

Russian Language Teacher

Italki
04.2021 - 12.2021
  • Taught Russian to foreign students.
  • Facilitated positive learning environment by using enthusiastic and energetic instructional strategies and consistent classroom management.

Mill Operator

Belaruskali
03.2004 - 04.2021

Education

Bachelor of Science - Logistics Management

Belarusian State University
Minsk, Belarus
07.2020

Skills

  • Selenium Webdriver
  • Python
  • XPath
  • Postman
  • Rest API
  • GraphQL

Timeline

Software QA Engineer

Ballast Lane Applications
04.2022 - Current

QA Engineer

Softgreat
12.2021 - 04.2022

Russian Language Teacher

Italki
04.2021 - 12.2021

Mill Operator

Belaruskali
03.2004 - 04.2021

Bachelor of Science - Logistics Management

Belarusian State University
Andrei Novikau