Ruslan Pleskun
QA Automation Engineer
Prague
Summary
QA Automation Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in both manual and automated testing of web and mobile applications. Skilled in Cypress and Playwright, strongly focusing on UI/UX principles, accessibility, and usability testing. Experienced in working independently as the sole QA across multiple projects, delivering clean bug reports and clear documentation. Proactive, detail-oriented, and highly adaptable, with a strong sense of ownership and a collaborative mindset.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Software Development Engineer in Test II
Collibra
12.2024 - Current
- Review requirement specifications and user stories to provide early, actionable feedback during sprint planning and refinement
- Design, develop, and maintain robust test automation frameworks using TypeScript, Java, Playwright, Rest Assured, Cucumber, and other tools to support UI and API testing
- Integrate automated tests into CI pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), promoting continuous testing and fast feedback loops across development cycles
- Collaborate with developers and product managers to align test efforts with business objectives and ensure comprehensive test coverage
- Perform exploratory testing and contribute to risk-based test design sessions, identifying edge cases and usability issues
- Identify, document, and track issues using tools like Jira to ensure timely resolution and maintain product quality
- Support and mentor peers and Scrum team members to enhance team-wide testing capabilities and promote QA best practices
Middle Test Automation Engineer(JavaScript Mobile)
Ingenio
05.2024 - 12.2024
- Leveraged JavaScript with WebDriverIO and Cucumber, alongside Flutter with Patrol, to design and execute test cases across mobile platforms (Android, iOS) and web browsers, ensuring robust test coverage
- Developed UI and API, manual and automated test cases to validate the functionality of various aspects of the application
- Collaborated with the development team to ensure alignment and proper integration of testing efforts within the overall project timeline
- Conducted an in-depth analysis of automation runs, identifying and fixing failed tests, logging and meticulously documenting defects identified during the testing phase
- Performed regression testing on both Android, iOS and web platforms before release to ensure the application's stability and readiness for release
- Actively participated in defect resolution by verifying and validating fixes
Middle Test Automation Engineer(TypeScript WebUI)
SoftServe
02.2024 - 04.2024
- Employed TypeScript in combination with Cypress and Cucumber to create and execute test cases and ensure comprehensive test coverage
- Developed UI and API automated test cases to validate the functionality of various aspects of the application
- Collaborated with the development team to ensure alignment and proper integration of testing efforts within the overall project timeline
- Conducted an in-depth analysis of automation runs, identifying and fixing failed tests, logged and meticulously documented defects identified during the testing phase
- Actively participated in defect resolution by verifying and validating fixes
Middle TA Engineer(Java Mobile)
SoftServe
07.2023 - 02.2024
- Employed Java to create and execute test cases and ensure comprehensive test coverage
- Developed automated test cases to validate the functionality of various aspects of the application
- Collaborated with the development team to ensure alignment and proper integration of testing efforts within the overall project timeline
- Demonstrated understanding of Continuous Integration by integrating testing processes into the CI/CD pipeline
- Performed regression testing on both Android and iOS platforms before release to ensure the application's stability and readiness for release
- Conducted an in-depth analysis of automation runs, identifying and fixing failed tests
- Logged and meticulously documented defects identified during the testing phase
- Actively participated in defect resolution by verifying and validating fixes
Junior TA Engineer(JavaScript WebUI)
SoftServe
02.2023 - 06.2023
- Employed Cypress to create and execute test documentation, including test cases, and test plans, ensuring comprehensive test coverage
- Increased automated test success rate from 50% to 96%
- Developed both automated and manual test cases to validate the functionality of various aspects of the application
- Demonstrated understanding of Continuous Integration by integrating testing processes into the CI/CD pipeline
- Collaborated with development and QA teams to ensure alignment and proper integration of testing efforts within the overall project timeline
- Performed regression testing before release to ensure the application's stability and readiness for release
- Applied HTML/CSS knowledge to analyze frontend elements using Chrome DevTools and contribute to UI/UX testing
- Gained experience in manual testing of RESTful API web services by utilizing tools like Postman to perform execution and validation of API endpoints
- Participated as a presenter in DEMO meetings with the Product Owner and development team
- Logged and meticulously documented defects identified during the testing phase
- Actively participated in defect resolution by verifying and validating fixes
Trainee TA Engineer(Java WebUI)
SoftServe
09.2022 - 01.2023
- Built a test framework from scratch, incorporating patterns such as Page Object, Builder, Singleton, Strategy, and Factory Method
- Reported and checked for bug fixes; Configured Allure reports to collect test data and execution statistics, linking covered test cases with user stories on GitHub
- Utilized the PostgreSQL JDBC driver to compare UI and backend data
- Configured the test framework to generate and store evidence based on results, including taking screenshots, recording video, and obtaining page source
- Implemented and executed API tests using the REST Assured framework
Junior QC Engineer
SoftServe
06.2021 - 01.2023
- Reported bugs and ensured the completion of bug fixes through thorough checks
- Bugs and fixes tracking, checking and confirmation of resolution
- Evaluated user documentation and backlogs for investigation purposes, ensuring its completion
- Checked data storage for accuracy and completeness
- Elaborated on backlogs and application functions in collaboration with the product owner, end-users, and the development team during regular meetings and on a personal basis
- Successfully replicated issues on production, development, and testing environments
- Conducted ad-hoc testing of new features
- Created test cases for automation using Gherkin language
Education
Master's Degree - Specialized Computer Systems
Lviv Polytechnic National University
Lviv, Ukraine 09.2022 - Current
Bachelor's degree - Specialized Computer Systems
Lviv Polytechnic National University
Lviv, Ukraine 09.2018 - 2022.07
Skills
- Programming Languages: JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, Flutter
- IDE: Visual Studio Code, Intellij IDEA
- Test Management Tool: TestRail, Zephyr for JIRA
- CRM: Salesforce
- Project Management and Issue Tracking Tool: JIRA
- Source Code Management Tools: GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Gerrit
- Automation Tool: Appium, Selenium
- Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban
- API Testing Tool: Postman
- Networking
- API Architecture Styles: REST, GraphQL
- CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions
- Programming principles: OOP, DRY, KISS, YAGNI, SOLID
- Version control systems: Git
- SDLC
- Test Design Techniques
- HTML/CSS
- RDBMS: MySQL, PostreSQgL, Microsoft SQL Server
- BDD Tool: Cucumber using Gherkin
- Patterns: Page Object, Page Factory, Builder, Singleton, Strategy
- Test Frameworks: Cypress, TestNG, Playwright, WebDriverIO, Patrol, JUnit
- Programming Languages: JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, Flutter
Certification
iSQI - ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level, 05/01/23
Timeline
Software Development Engineer in Test II
Collibra
12.2024 - Current
Middle Test Automation Engineer(JavaScript Mobile)
Ingenio
05.2024 - 12.2024
Middle Test Automation Engineer(TypeScript WebUI)
SoftServe
02.2024 - 04.2024
Middle TA Engineer(Java Mobile)
SoftServe
07.2023 - 02.2024
Junior TA Engineer(JavaScript WebUI)
SoftServe
02.2023 - 06.2023
Trainee TA Engineer(Java WebUI)
SoftServe
09.2022 - 01.2023
Master's Degree - Specialized Computer Systems
Lviv Polytechnic National University
09.2022 - Current
Junior QC Engineer
SoftServe
06.2021 - 01.2023
Bachelor's degree - Specialized Computer Systems
Lviv Polytechnic National University
09.2018 - 2022.07
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