Resume Quality Assurance Engineer

Simon Avilov

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Quality Assurance Engineer

I have a strong track record of excellence in quality control. Past supervisors have complimented me on
my outstanding problem solving and overall management abilities as well as quality oversight skills. I am
dealing with creating, updating, executing and maintaining of test cases, bugs reporting and test plan
writing on the high level of proficiency. In addition, I have significant expertise working on projects from
various fields (i.e. cryptocurrency exchange, various online trading platforms, web-based project
management applications, web apps for agricultural equipment producers, farmers and agricultural
brokers, various mobile applications, browser games etc.). Furthermore, I possess strong interpersonal
and communication skills, allowing me to maintain effective communication with developers and customers
at all levels and stages of software development.

Technical Experience

Bug-tracking systems: Jira, Redmine, Mantis, Pivotal, Bugzilla, Trello, GitLab, Asana, EasyProject

Programming

Languages etc.:

Python 3, HTML & CSS, Bash, JavaScript, SQL queries.

Virtual machines: VMWare, Oracle VirtualBox

Test cases

management systems:

TestRail, TestLink, Zephyr, XRay

Databases: PostgeSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, LiteDB

OS: Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android

API testing: Postman

VPN clients: Meraki Client VPN, OpenVPN

Others:

Docker, PuTTY, OTP Auth, Selenium IDE, BitGo testnet & mainnet wallets, 
Confluence, GitHub, Sentry, Zeplin, Jing, Okta, Browsers DevTools, iTools, 
iTunes, XCode, Android SDK, Logcat, TestFlight, TeamCity CI, Magento 
Admin backend, Charles Proxy, Fiddler, Xenu. 

 
Skills 
 

● Took a leading role in static testing (functional requirements and business specifications testing, 

etc.) and dynamic testing (performed smoke & sanity, functional, non-functional, regression, black 
box & grey box testing, etc.) to meet deadlines for the development process in a fast pace Agile 
environment. 

● Excellent skills in creating, updating and executing of Test cases, Bugs reporting and Test Plan 

writing. 

● Outstanding troubleshooting and interpersonal skills (interacted with developers and clients in order 

to resolve technical issues). 

● Writing user documentation, technical requirements specification, test results documentation. 
● Familiar with all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life 

Cycle (STLC). 

● Effective and supportive team player. 
● Strong knowledge of SQL queries and basics of Python 3, HTML & CSS, Bash, JavaScript. 

 
Key projects / Experience 
 
01/2020 - present 
Cryptocurrency exchange - QATestLab LLC, Ukraine/Austria. 
I’m the only one QA engineer who plans testing procedures and managing tests execution to meet 
deadlines for the development process in a team of nine developers. Perform hands-on testing of all new 
features as well as smoke and regression testing, problem identification and bugs reporting. Organized 
onboarding for the new t

eam members and introduced them the application’s functionalities. 

Role: Middle QA Engineer 
Key Achievements: 

• Developed and maintained more than 200 new test cases for all the test executions from scratch 
• Implemented highly efficient test plan and procedure which allows to perform testing for up to two 

releases per week 

• Successfully made smooth migration for 220 test cases from TestRail to Jira 
• Developed onboarding guide for new team members 
• Created and maintained the biggest part of the QA documentation 

10/2019 

– 01/2020 

Requirements management platform - QATestLab LLC, Ukraine/Germany. 
One of four members of the QA engineers’ team performing regression and new features testing of a 
complicated web application in medical sphere. Was responsible for creating test cases for new features 
collaborating with the dev team.
Role: QA Engineer 
Key Achievements: 

• Successfully delivered well-timed testing during 3 major releases and plenty of minor ones 
• Created detailed user manuals for more than 5 application functionalities

 
08/2019 

– 12/2019 

Online learning platform - QATestLab LLC, Ukraine/USA. 
As a part of QA team were performing weekly regression tests in strict deadlines along with problems 
identification and reporting activities in a fast pace Agile environment. Responsible for the creation of 
project documentation for new features.
Role: QA Engineer 
Key Achievements: 

• Created business and functional documentation for an anticipated feature that will allow to 

automate tax deduction when purchasing educational materials. 

• 

Performed regression testing, that consisted of 1350 test cases, in 2 days leading the team of 3 
people

• Facilitated communication between QA team and developers by introducing clear spheres of 

responsibility and plan for the testing procedures 

• Mentor and guide junior QA engineers 

 
07/2019 

– 12/2019 

Application for recording sport (basketball) statistics - QATestLab LLC, Ukraine/UK. 
Was responsible for conducting the regression, smoke and sanity testing successfully delivering results 
within a limited timeframe.
Role: Junior QA Engineer 
Key Achievements: 

• Organized effective testing activities for 3 independent products during their implementation 

09/2019 

– 11/2019 

International prescription service provider platform - QATestLab LLC, Ukraine/Canada. 
Conducted testing procedures to ensure smooth and painless transition from the Magento 1 to Magento 
2 platform. 
Role: Junior QA Engineer 
Key Achievements: 

• Coordinated testing activity for 5 drugs prescription platforms in a limited schedule 
• Managed to successfully complete the regression testing on multiple devices and browsers 

during 8h timeframe 

 
08/2019 

– 10/2019 

Project management platform - QATestLab LLC, Ukraine/The Czech Republic. 
In a team of 3 QA engineers arranged testing of the product in close cooperation with the developers.
Role: Junior QA Engineer 
Key Achievements: 

• Arranged exploratory testing of the product using only functional documentation 

 
Education and Training 
 
JetBrains Academy 

– Python Track

04/2020 - present

Online course 
HarwardX - CS50's Web Programming with Python and JavaScript 

04/2020 - present

Online course 
Microsoft - Introduction to Computer Science Course

02/2020 

– 04/2020 

Online course (Python) 
Stfalcon LLC - Software testing course 

04/20************ 

Ukraine 
Donetsk National University - International Economics (Master degree)

09/20************ 

Ukraine