Darya Selitskaya
Minsk
Summary
QA leader with 10+ years driving quality strategy and roadmaps, incident and release
management across web and mobile products. Partners with Engineering and
Product to implement best testing practices for faster and more reliable delivery.
Establishes KPIs and audit programs to measure and improve effectiveness.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Manager
Playtika
Minsk
01.2022 - 11.2022
- Defined and executed studio-wide quality strategy with annual goals, KPIs, and rollout roadmap
- Drove shift-left practices to shorten development cycle time, re-organize development teams
- Cooperated with internal and external departments on quality initiatives and processes
- Led studio-wide Production Incident management: SLA adherence, RCA, corrective actions, and executive reporting
- Managed QA Tech Leads: performance reviews, goal-setting, feedback
- Owned studio-wide testing activities like engine update: planning, scope, risk management and go/no-go criteria
- Monitored and enforced quality processes across teams, audited compliance and closed gaps
- Built quality metrics and dashboards to track effectiveness, efficiency, and level of satisfaction; drove improvements
- Led QA hiring and interview process
- Owned device lab strategy, inventory, and budget
QA Tech Lead
Playtika
Minsk
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Participated in planning and execution of studio QA processes setup/improvements
- Participated in planning and execution of domain roadmaps
- Coordinated feature delivery planning: requirements scoping, test strategy, estimates, and risk mitigation
- Coordinated feature test automation strategy: aligned test levels, approach, and timelines with engineering
- Designed and implemented a production-incident workflow: roles, transitions, SLAs, reporting
- Created and ran audits to surface bottlenecks and deliver actionable improvements
- Facilitated release processes, coordinating cross-functional teams for efficient deployment
- Co-developed QA competency matrices to guide leveling and growth
- Co-authored a studio Testing Pyramid guide with Dev Leads and Architects
- Owned budget for the domain testing devices
- Conducted tech interviews
QA Manager/Coordinator
A1QA
Minsk
05.2017 - 12.2019
- Coordinated a portfolio of QA projects: resource planning, budgeting, and reporting
- Developed client relationships and expanded engagements
- Set up new QA projects: strategy, processes, and tools
- Won the company-wide "Customer Satisfaction" award :)
QA Team Lead/ Manager
Kanda Software
Minsk
06.2015 - 05.2017
- Led manual and exploratory testing across web/mobile apps
- Established QA processes, workflows, and release management
- Mentored and onboarded newcomers
QA engineer
Kanda Software
Minsk
02.2013 - 06.2015
- Performed manual testing for desktop, mobile, web, and APIs
- Prepared test documentation
- UI test automation using Java and Selenium
Education
Bachelor - Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics
Belarusian State University
05-2014
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Strategy
- Incident Management
- Project Management
- Release Management
- Jira
- Confluence
- Jenkins
- Teamcity
- Github
- Java (basic)
- People Management
Timeline
QA Manager
Playtika
01.2022 - 11.2022
QA Tech Lead
Playtika
01.2020 - 01.2022
QA Manager/Coordinator
A1QA
05.2017 - 12.2019
QA Team Lead/ Manager
Kanda Software
06.2015 - 05.2017
QA engineer
Kanda Software
02.2013 - 06.2015
Bachelor - Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics
Belarusian State University