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Yana Revenkova

Yana Revenkova

Wakefield,USA

Summary

Driven, organized, proactive and self-motivated Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 8+ years of experience in various sectors, including telecom, cloud communication, and influencer marketing. Skilled in managing complex test strategies, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, bug-free software. Adept at working in Agile environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams. ISTQB and ICAgile certified, with a strong focus on reducing defects and improving product quality.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead QA Engineer / Test Manager

Infopulse
Online , Remote
04.2021 - 04.2023
  • Managed QA activities for Salesforce integration within BICS, a global leader in digital communications and IoT services
  • Established and executed comprehensive test strategies, reducing critical bugs by 30%
  • Conducted functional, regression, performance, integration and user acceptance testing
  • Identified and documented any defects found during the course of testing
  • Worked closely with development teams to ensure quality assurance standards were met throughout the project life cycle
  • Investigate and document software defects, providing clear and concise reports to facilitate efficient resolution
  • Reviewed requirements specifications for completeness and accuracy prior to beginning the QA process
  • Investigated customer reported issues by reproducing bugs in staging environment.
  • Prepared comprehensive status reports for management review on a regular basis
  • Drive a QA team across three projects, streamlining testing efforts and reducing testing cycles by 20%
  • Key Achievements: Reduced production issues by 15% through enhanced test case execution and prioritization
  • Provided guidance and mentorship for junior QA engineers on best practices for software testing processes.

CAREER BREAK

Wakefield
04.2023 - Current
  • Taking a career break for maternity leave while staying engaged with industry trends, exploring new QA methodologies, and continuing professional development
  • Gain the ISTQB Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst certification

Senior QA Engineer

CreatorIQ
Kharkiv, Ukraine
08.2019 - 04.2021
  • Conducted manual testing of applications including functional, regression, integration, and system testing for an influencer marketing platform cross multiple devices and browsers
  • Analyzed business requirements, technical specifications, user documentation, and other project documents to create detailed test scenarios
  • Developed and maintained test cases, test scripts, and testing documentation to ensure comprehensive coverage and reproducibility
  • Identified and logged defects in the bug tracking system and verified bug fixes
  • Participated in agile development processes, providing feedback and insights to improve software quality and user experience
  • Key Achievements: reducing issue backlog by 20% and improving overall efficiency by 10%
  • Collaborated with development teams to resolve complex application problems.

Middle QC Engineer

01.2017 - 08.2019
  • Reinforced test plan for web and mobile applications
  • Collaborated with international teams and improved issue turnaround time by 15%
  • Created test documentation, drive demos for stakeholders, and ensured alignment with product requirements
  • Conducted exploratory, change related, smoke and functional testing for multiple platforms, improving customer satisfaction

Junior QC Engineer

02.2015 - 01.2017
  • Performed functional, smoke, regression, usability and mobile testing for websites, web games and crowdfunding platforms
  • Created and maintained test cases, scripts, and checklists to ensure comprehensive testing coverage
  • Reported and reproduced bugs, improving software quality and reducing deployment issues
  • Conducted mobile demos and collaborated with development teams to refine testing processes

Education

Master’s degree -

Odesa State University
Ukraine
06.2013

Certified Tester Foundational Level -

ISTQB

ICAgile Certified Professional -

Skills

  • Quality Assurance
  • Software testing methodologies and techniques
  • Manual testing
  • API testing (Postman, Fiddler)
  • Test Automation base
  • Android/iOS testing
  • Exploratory testing
  • Test Plan and Test Strategy
  • Test Design Techniques
  • E2E testing
  • Test Cases
  • UI/Usability testing
  • Multiple project managements
  • White Box Techniques
  • Integration and System testing
  • Java
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • Self-motivated
  • Quick learner
  • Usability testing
  • Functional testing
  • Data validation
  • Agile methodologies
  • Test planning
  • Defect tracking
  • Regression testing
  • Quality assurance processes

Languages

  • English
  • Ukrainian
  • Russian

Technical tools

MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DataGrip, WordPress, Salesforce, DocuSign, HelloSign, Mantis, Redmine, Jira, Trello, VSTS, TestLink, TestRail, Zephyr, Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Web developer, Jenkins, Gitlab, Appium, Firebug, Perfect Pixel, Sublime Text 3, Chrome developer console, Android Studio, Charles, Fiddler, VM, MindMap, JIng, Total validator, Xenu, Selenium Webdriver, Postman, Workbench, Salesforce inspector, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML, SQL, Java, Python

Certification

  • ISTQB Certified Tester, ISTQB - 2018

Work Availability

monday
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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

RemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Work-life balance401k matchWork from home optionCompany CultureCareer advancement

Quote

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Rene Descartes

Interests

Yoga

Harry Potter

Parenting

Fine art

Dancing

Cats

Timeline

CAREER BREAK

04.2023 - Current

Lead QA Engineer / Test Manager

Infopulse
04.2021 - 04.2023

Senior QA Engineer

CreatorIQ
08.2019 - 04.2021

Middle QC Engineer

01.2017 - 08.2019

Junior QC Engineer

02.2015 - 01.2017

Master’s degree -

Odesa State University

Certified Tester Foundational Level -

ISTQB

ICAgile Certified Professional -

Yana Revenkova