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Zurich, Switzerland

- Develop detailed test plans and test cases, meticulously crafted to cover a wide range of scenarios, to ensure thorough testing coverage and product reliability.- Execute various testing types including regression, smoke, UI, API (utilizing Swagger and Postman), and database testing (both SQL and NoSQL), ensuring the integrity and reliability of our software.- Deliver clear and concise test results and defect reports, offering valuable insights to project stakeholders for informed decision-making and prioritization.- Actively collaborate within Agile methodologies, seamlessly integrating QA into the development lifecycle and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.- Mentor and supervise QA team members, providing guidance on testing strategies, verifying and reviewing check-lists, and fostering a culture of learning and growth.- Spearhead onboarding processes for new team members, ensuring smooth integration into the QA team, and extending support to QA engineers across multiple teams.- Continuously identify opportunities for process optimization and improvement within the QA function, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.- Actively contribute to the hiring process by screening resumes and conducting technical interviews, which allows me to identify top talent and ensure we build a strong QA team.🛠️ Tools & Technologies: TFS, Azure Devops, RavenDB, TiDB, Power BI, Swagger, Postman, Lens, Confluence

Zurich, Switzerland

- Facilitate and lead Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, to ensure the team adheres to Agile principles.- Empower and support the development team in self-organization and cross-functional collaboration to enhance efficiency and productivity.- Manage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring that it reflects the priorities set by the Product Owner and aligns with project goals.- Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying and implementing enhancements to team processes.- Identify and mitigate risks that may impact the successful delivery of the project, working collaboratively with the team to develop solutions and contingency plans.- Track and report key Scrum metrics to provide insights into team progress and support informed decision-making.- Embrace a servant leadership style, focusing on removing obstacles and providing support to enable the team to achieve its goals.- Foster collaboration and communication between team members, product owners, and other stakeholders to ensure a shared understanding of project goals and priorities.

Zurich, Switzerland

- Analyzing functional requirements and acceptance criteria and deriving a testing strategy- Creating and maintaining test cases, generating test data sets - Performing regression, smoke, UI, API testing (via Swagger, Postman)- Reporting the results and defects - Creating automated test scenarios - Understanding of software testing processes and project team collaboration in Agilemethodologies- Conducting onboarding and knowledge transfer processesTools: TFS, Azure Devops, RavenDB, TiDB, Power BI, Swagger, Postman, Lens

Car insurance web application testing:- Developed comprehensive test cases covering various functionalities like quote generation, policy purchase, claims filing, and customer account management. - Performed thorough test execution to identify defects and ensure system compliance with requirements. Utilized defect tracking tools to accurately document identified issues. - Collaborated with development team in an Agile/Scrum environment. Provided valuable testing insights to improve product quality and meet project deadlines.

Minsk

- Conducted research and created reports (market trends, competitors monitoring, pricing, customer surveys, business metrics, advertising effectiveness, web analytics). Full circle: setting goals, formulating hypotheses, developing questionnaires, collecting data, processing and analyzing with SPSS and Excel, visualizing and reporting. - Improved and implemented a strong benchmarking model to regularly and accurately evaluate market position. - Managed customer database SAP CRM (segmentation, analysis, information update). Contributed to design and description of business processes for holding. - Effectively managed client-oriented internal business processes (customer satisfaction, loyalty, feedback, personal client account, call center), which helped to reduce fines and brought the company to rank #1 among holding divisions (20 companies in 3 countries).- Communicated effectively with company managers regarding marketing analytics needs of departments to solve issues. - Contributed to creation of marketing strategy and marketing campaigns. - Coordinated loyalty program and direct mail campaigns.Used software: MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, SAP, SAP CRM, QlikView, SPSS, Adobe Photoshop, Google Analytics, Yandex Metrika.