Alex Pohosov Email & Phone Number

United States

Tempe, Arizona, United States

- Developed close-knit communication with Front-End, Back-End and Product teams by setting up weekly working sessions to discuss upcoming features and challenges, resulting in a 20% boost in customer satisfaction ratings.- Identified and rectified bottlenecks in the quality assurance process, proposing actionable improvements like shifting QA left by detailed AC review and test cases creation before backlog grooming, that led to a 15% increase in overall testing efficiency during manual functional testing.- Mentored and guided Quality Engineers in enhancing their automation skills through workshops, resulting in increase of automation proficiency among team members.- Developed comprehensive test plans covering present functionalities and future enhancements, leading to a 30% decrease in post-release defects.- Led automation initiatives to streamline testing processes by automating Regression and Smoke manual suits, reducing testing time and increasing automation test coverage by 40%.- Restructured test suites to prioritize critical ones by identifying redundant and obsolete tests, refactored legacy tests to be environment and account agnostic, which lead to the 25% reduction in execution time.- Engineered advanced UI automated test scenarios by utilizing API integration in Cypress and then Playwright that allowed fast data creation/removal for individual test scenarios and setup/teardown scripts, which resulted in 20% increase of reliability and stability of our automation suits.- Played a key role in optimizing CI/CD processes by refining pipelines in Bitbucket and GitHub Actions, closely collaborating with the DevOps team.

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Collaborated closely with development teams throughout all project stages, delivering in-process testing results for real-time feedback.- Engaged with global teams, including management, hardware and software developers, to drive the delivery of high-quality solutions.- Conducting functional, regression, and compatibility testing using Appium across multiple devices and platforms- Partnered with developers to efficiently reproduce issues and resolve support tickets, ensuring a responsive and effective support system.- Identified testing gaps by scrutinizing areas of the application not covered by current test cases, contributing to a more comprehensive testing strategy.- Played a key part in restructuring test cases in collaboration with the QA team, resulting in increased coverage from 75% to 84% and a more robust testing framework.- Conducted a thorough analysis of test coverage, identifying and eliminating redundant test cases that verified already-tested features, leading to a leaner codebase and reduced test run time.

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Proficient in crafting comprehensive test cases, test plans, and meticulous documentation of identified defects, generating practical bug reports using tools such as Jira and Bugzilla.- Demonstrated expertise in debugging, troubleshooting, and employing critical thinking for effective bug prioritization, ensuring a streamlined testing process.- Engaged collaboratively with Project Managers, Developers, Business Analysts, and cross-functional team members in intricate testing projects, actively contributing to the enhancement of product quality.- Enhanced test efficiency by 8% through close collaboration with the QA team, involving the analysis of test failure data, fixing/deleting fragile tests, and strategic test prioritization.- Conducted thorough evaluations of system performance, successfully reproducing issues and working closely with development teams to resolve identified problems.

Ukraine

- Established and enforced quality standards across all project phases.- Managed corrective and preventive actions throughout the development process.- Collaborated with software engineers to support new product development, engineering projects, and overall quality programs.- Assessed the quality of UI/UX and functionality for both web and mobile products.- Maintained team schedules, prioritized tasks, and tracked accomplishments.- Reported and tracked software bugs, developed test use cases, created test plans, and performed quality evaluations on both new and existing features.- Coordinated crowd-sourced evaluations of search results, analyzed the outcomes, and implemented solutions to address identified quality issues.- Gathered and analyzed feedback from cross-functional teams to identify areas for improvement and prioritize quality enhancement initiatives