Taras Podolskiy
SDET, Quality Engineer
San Diego,California
Summary
With over a decade in technology, evolved from SDET and QA automation to SRE Lead and DevOps Engineer. Extensive experience in the SDET field, focusing on automated testing and quality assurance, provides a solid foundation in software reliability and performance, now enhanced through DevOps practices. Utilizes AWS services like Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudFront, and Serverless Framework to manage scalable cloud infrastructures. Automates deployments and infrastructure with GitHub Actions, CloudFormation, CodePipeline, and CodeBuild, integrating monitoring with AWS Systems Manager, EventBridge, and CloudWatch. Expertise includes AWS security best practices with IAM, Certificate Manager, WAF, and KMS. Currently exploring Terraform for infrastructure as code to enhance efficiency. Experience in testing and leadership, combined with Agile methodologies, bridges development and operations, fostering continuous improvement and collaboration.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Lead SDET | Core Services
Ninety
1 2024 - Current
Senior Software Engineer in Test | Core Services
Ninety
11.2022 - 01.2024
- Test Planning and Execution: Strategically planned and executed comprehensive test suites, ensuring robust coverage for core services and billing functionalities
- Automation Leadership: Authored and maintained advanced test automation scripts, significantly enhancing testing efficiency and reliability using TypeScript, Cypress, and the Screenplay pattern
- Framework Development: Spearheaded the development and management of scalable testing frameworks, employing technologies such as NodeJS, Express, and Serverless on AWS
- Core Team Contributor: Played a pivotal role in the core pod, directly contributing to critical projects focused on enhancing core services and billing systems, ensuring high-quality software solutions.
Senior SDET | Core Services, Collaboration
ClickUp
05.2020 - 12.2022
- Conducted and made decisions on the PoC for test automation
- Built and maintained framework: Cypress, Node, Typescript, Cucumber, Playwright
- Interviewed and took place in hiring/training new members of the department
- Built automated E2E/API test suite and test cases
- Managed and controlled CI/CD/CT Pipelines
- Performed testing such as: Performance, Functional, E2E, Regression, Ad-hoc, and API testing for WEB(Angular/Node), Mobile (Ionic, Flutter), Desktop(Electron), extensions, etc.
QA Automation Engineer | Core Services, Internal Services
Even Financial
07.2019 - 07.2020
- First QA member of the team, build whole QA initiative, processes, metrics, and test suites
- Took place in hiring/interviewing and training of new team members
- Decided and conducted a PoC for test automation
- Performed manual/automation testing with BDD approach (Gherkin/Selenium/Cucumber, Python)
- Tested Mobile web/hybrid/native applications
- Created E2E, Smoke and API automation & manual suites.
QA Automation Engineer
Zenarstudio
04.2015 - 07.2019
- Performed manual testing of various web, mobile and desktop apps
- API testing
- Load testing
- Maintaining automation test suite.
CS/TS Manager
ZoomSupport for Business
06.2012 - 03.2015
- Utilized exceptional customer service skills to attract and retain high-value customers
- Responsible for revenue monitoring system
- Overseen CRM and proper documentation
- Debugged customers issues, monitored bugs from the reporting til closure and followed up with clients
- Kept records of quality reports and statistical reviews
- Reviewed customer interactions and activity reports to identify and address concerns
- Managed the recruitment and hiring of new employees
- Appraised customers requirements and worked to maintain high satisfaction
- Led sales and technical/QA support teams in the delivery of quality product requiring close cooperation among members to share information and develop solutions to meet a broad array of deliverables
- Created communication strategies to meet client objectives
- Trained and developed employees in an effort to contribute to overall professional growth.
Education
Computer Science - Computer Science
Lviv Polytechnic National University
Lviv, Ukraine 01.2012 - 05.2016
Skills
DevOps
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer in Test | Core Services
Ninety
11.2022 - 01.2024
Senior SDET | Core Services, Collaboration
ClickUp
05.2020 - 12.2022
QA Automation Engineer | Core Services, Internal Services
Even Financial
07.2019 - 07.2020
QA Automation Engineer
Zenarstudio
04.2015 - 07.2019
CS/TS Manager
ZoomSupport for Business
06.2012 - 03.2015
Computer Science - Computer Science
Lviv Polytechnic National University
01.2012 - 05.2016
Lead SDET | Core Services
Ninety
1 2024 - Current
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