Igor Kovalsky
Alpharetta,GA
Summary
Results-driven Senior QA Engineer known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Possess key specialized skills in automated testing frameworks, performance testing, and bug tracking systems. Excel in critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork to ensure software meets and exceeds quality standards.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior QA Engineer
The Weather Company
Atlanta , GA
2016.01 - 2024.01
- Propelled the successful adoption of new requirements for comprehensive test case creation in TestRail, providing expert guidance and supervision to QA team members
- Created test cases for apps, manually tested and automated them in Appium(Java) for mobile apps - Android, iOS, Windows
- Created test cases for apps, manually tested and automated them in Selenium(Java) and Playwright(JavaScript) for WEB apps - all browsers
- Crafted Confluence tutorials highlighting advanced business analytics methods, QA methods and API data techniques
- Engaged in stakeholder meetings and developer discussions, aiding in strategic plan formulation and prioritizing high-value failures
- Led daily standups, sprint plannings, backlog grooming, and sprint retrospectives
- Identified, documented, and managed defects using Firebase Crashlytics
- Created Requirement Traceability Matrix to track the test coverage
- Continuous hands-on automated and manual testing with physical mobile devices and using cloud BrowserStack service.
Software Test Engineer
The Weather Channel
Atlanta , GA
2014.01 - 2016.01
- Conducted rigorous Advertising and comprehensive Business Analytics testing
- Utilized Google's DFP for precise ads placement and scheduling per product managers
- Verified API's robustness and authenticity with Charles Proxy and Postman tools
- Tested ads design in Adobe suite
- Assessed videos and articles on mobile apps, working with Front-End and Back-End developers to improve quality significantly
- Continuous hands-on manual testing for WEB and mobile apps.
Senior Software Developer
Beeper Communications (Motorola Israel)
Ramat Gan , Israel
- VB, VB.Net, Java, VBScript, JavaScript, ASP, ASP.Net, MS SQL.
WEB Developer
Hilala
Kfar Saba , Israel
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MS SQL.
Education
Bachelors - Engineering
Tashkent State Technical University
Tashkent, UzbekistanAssociates - Computer Science, Business Management
College of Management
Tel Aviv, IsraelSkills
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Java
- Python
- SQL
- XML
- Charles Proxy
- Postman
- REST Assured
- Appium
- Selenium
- Playwright
- Maven
- TestNG
- NodeJS
- Cucumber
- Android Studio
- XCode
- TestRail
- BrowserStack
- Jira
- Confluence
- MS SQL
- MParticle
- Adobe Analytics
- Firebase Crashlytics
- Docker
- GitHub
- Jenkins
- IBM Cloud
- Ad technologies and business analytics testing
- UI
- Functional
- UAT
- Regression
- Integration
- Load
- Performance
- Accessibility
- Load and Stress testing
- Automated and manual testing
- API testing
- Mobile apps testing - iOS, Android, Windows
- Desktop and WEB apps testing
- SQL queries and stored procedures creation and testing
Timeline
Senior QA Engineer
The Weather Company
2016.01 - 2024.01
Software Test Engineer
The Weather Channel
2014.01 - 2016.01
Senior Software Developer
Beeper Communications (Motorola Israel)
WEB Developer
Hilala
Bachelors - Engineering
Tashkent State Technical University
Associates - Computer Science, Business Management
College of Management
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