Chopa Savitakhunova
Chicago,IL
Summary
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test with 8+ years of experience in test automation, across Web, Mobile, and API layers within healthcare, insurance, and telecom domains. Experienced in designing scalable automation frameworks and validating microservices-based systems using Kotlin, Java, TestNG, Selenium, and REST Assured and Appium. Strong expertise in API automation, backend data validation, CI/CD integration, and improving regression stability in distributed systems.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior SDET (Promoted)
Personify Health (formerly Virgin Pulse)
Chicago, IL
08.2021 - 02.2026
- - Designed scalable automation frameworks for Web, Mobile & API testing, increasing regression coverage to ~70%.
- - Improved API nightly regression stability from 40% to 93% by stabilizing flaky tests and optimizing synchronization strategies.
- - Developed UI, REST, and Kafka-based validation frameworks for distributed microservices architecture.
- - Ensured WCAG 2.1 compliance via keyboard and screen reader testing (JAWS, Voiceover).
- - Executed K6 load testing to validate system scalability under increased traffic.
- - Validated Salesforce-driven program enrollment workflows and complex program access logic.
- - Executed bi-weekly mobile regression cycles (iOS/Android) and supported debugging and monitoring using New Relic and OpenSearch.
- - Led automation epics, managed backlog stability initiatives, mentored 2 SDETs.
- - Collaborated with distributed offshore engineering teams across multiple time zones to ensure release readiness.
- - Partnered closely with engineering and product stakeholders to drive quality strategy and continuous improvement initiatives.
Software Development Engineer in Test
National General
Chicago, IL
11.2019 - 08.2021
- - Contributed to the design and implementation of a BDD automation framework using Page Object Model.
- - Developed and maintained automated UI and API test suites to support end-to-end validation of web applications.
- - Performed backend data validation using SQL queries to ensure reporting accuracy and data consistency.
- - Integrated automated tests into CI pipelines to support regression testing and release readiness.
- - Participated in test strategy planning and automation framework improvements.
QA Engineer
T-Mobile
08.2017 - 11.2019
- - Developed automated UI tests using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Maven.
- - Performed manual and automated API testing using Postman and RestAssured.
- - Created test plans, test cases and automation scripts to increase regression coverage.
- - Executed functional, regression, smoke, and black-box testing for web applications.
- - Performed backend database validation using SQL queries.
Skills
- Kotlin Java Selenium Webdriver Grid TestNG TDD JUnit JMeter Maven POM K6
- API BDD Cucumber Gherkin Appium Insomnia Postman RestAssured RestAPI SoapAPI JSON Swagger ApachePOI Salesforce
- CI/CD Jenkins Kafka AWS (EC2, S3) New Relic OpenSearch
- Postgres SQL JDBC MySQL OracleSQL DataGrip Git Bitbucket GitHub GitLab BrowserStack IOS/Android JAWS VoiceOver
- IntelliJ/Eclipse Jira Agile/Scrum Confluence Codium(Windsurf) MacOS/Windows/Linux/UNIX
Timeline
Senior SDET (Promoted)
Personify Health (formerly Virgin Pulse)
08.2021 - 02.2026
Software Development Engineer in Test
National General
11.2019 - 08.2021
QA Engineer
T-Mobile
08.2017 - 11.2019