Vladimir Shvets — Lead QA Engineer

Expertise in Mobile QA, QA Automation / Testing.

Last verified on June, 2025

Core Skills

Appium

Selenium

Bio Summary

Highly experienced software engineer with over 10 years in QA, leading various QA teams and projects.
- Expertise in testing automation tools Appium, Selenium, Cypress, WebDriver, and Protractor;
- Experience with Java, Groovy, JavaScript, and TypeScript;
- Skilled in creating test automation frameworks for Web UI/API/Mobile platforms;
- Proficient in developing test documentation such as test plans, test cases, and incident reports;
- Good understanding of systems development life cycle methodology and QA methodology and tools;
- Strong knowledge of CI environment configuration and different operating systems (Windows, Linux);
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and approaches and implement them effectively.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages	Groovy, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript
Databases & Management Systems / ORM	ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Firebase
Azure Cloud Services	Azure DevOps
QA, Test Automation, Security	Allure, Apache Maven, API testing, Appium, Cucumber, Cypress, Fiddler, JMeter, JUnit, Mobile Testing, Playwright, Protractor, QA, Selenide, Selenium, Selenium Grid, Selenium Webdriver, Selenoid, TestNG, UI testing, WebdriverIO, WEB testing
Platforms	Android, Firebase
SDK / API and Integrations	API testing
Collaboration, Task & Issue Tracking	Asana, Atlassian Confluence, Jira, Slack
Deployment, CI/CD & Administration	CI/CD, GitLab CI, Gradle, Jenkins, TeamCity
Version Control	Git, GitHub, Mercurial, SVN
Third Party Tools / IDEs / SDK / Services	IntelliJ IDEA
Operating Systems	iOS, Linux, Windows
Other Technical Skills	Report Portal, Rider

Work Experience

Lead QA Engineer, NDA (E-Commerce)

Duration: Jul 2021 - Present

Responsibilities: QA Audit, Creating RoadMap, Creating Test Plan, Review QA Process, Set up Automation QA process, Review and update CI/CD pipelines, Set up Quality gates.

Technologies: Asana, Jira, Jenkins, Gitlab CI, TeamCity, Azure Devops, Selenium Webdriver, Protractor, Cypress, Playwright, Webdriver.io, TestNG, JUnit5, Cucumber, Selenide, Allure, Selenium Grid, Selenoid, Appium, Maven, Gradle, Report Portal, Git, SVN, Mercurial, Intellij IDEA, Rider, Jmeter, Android, iOS.

Test Manager/Lead QA Engineer, EPAM

Duration: Nov 2019 - Jul 2021

Summary: Attend various projects as an auditor. Work as a Test manager with up to 70-person team. Started two new projects as lead QA. Work as a Resource manager.

Responsibilities: Attend various projects as an auditor, Worked as a Test manager with up to 70-person team, Started two new projects as lead QA, and worked as a Resource manager.

Technologies: Asana, Jira, Jenkins, Gitlab CI, TeamCity, Azure DevOps, Selenium Webdriver, Protractor, Cypress, Playwright, Webdriver.io, TestNG, JUnit5, Cucumber, Selenide, Allure, Selenium Grid, Selenoid, Appium, Maven, Gradle, Report Portal, Git, SVN, Mercurial, IntelliJ IDEA, Rider, Jmeter, Android, iOS.

Lead QA Engineer, Lucky Day

Duration: May 2019 - Oct 2019

Summary: A mobile project in the Game Dev Team.

Responsibilities: Design and execution of integration tests, Design and execution of UI tests (Android/iOS), Performance testing, Creating Test plans, Support Sprint releases, and configuring CI Jenkins jobs.

Technologies: Jira, Rider, Fiddler, Confluence, Slack, GitHub, ELK, Appium, Firebase.

Lead QA Automation Engineer, EIS Group Insurance Solutions

Duration: March 2016 - May 2019

Summary: EIS Group offers software solutions to the insurance market. It offers the whole insurance lifecycle including Policy, Claims, and Billing.

Responsibilities: Creating Test Plans, Designing and executing automated test cases, Designing and developing Automation Framework for other teams, Code review, supporting sprint releases, Participating as Scrum Master in meetings, Interviewing and mentoring new QA Automation, Configure Sonar violation rules, Configure CI Jenkins jobs, Backend, and UI testing.

Technologies: Jira, IntelliJ Idea, Postman, Confluence, Slack, Mercurial, Maven, TestNG, Selenoid, ELK, Sonar.

QA Automation Engineer, WorkFusion AI-powered platform

Duration: September 2015 - March 2016

Summary: WorkFusion's AI-powered platform is used to automate operations, upgrade customer experiences & unleash their growth.

Responsibilities: Design and execution of automated test cases, Backend and UI testing, and configuring CI Jenkins jobs.

Technologies: Jira, IntelliJ Idea, Postman, Slack, SVN, TestNG, Serenity, Docker Compose, Selenium Grid, Zabbix.

QA Automation Engineer, Chemwatch: The Complete (M)SDS and Chemicals Management Solution

Duration: December 2014 - September 2015

Summary: Chemwatch: The Complete (M)SDS and Chemicals Management Solution, the World’s Largest Database of Chemicals.

Responsibilities: Design and execution of automated test cases, Developing, maintaining, Reporting autotests, and configuring CI TeamCity jobs.

Technologies: Jira, IntelliJ Idea, SVN, TestNG, TeamCity, Selenium WebDriver.

QA Engineer, Klika-Tech

Duration: July 2013 - December 2014

Responsibilities: Design and execution of manual test cases, manual functional/regression testing, and writing requirements.

Technologies: Asana/Jira, VirtualBox, Mobile Devices (iPhone and Android platform), Selenium WebDriver.

Education

BSUIR (Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics)
Information Technologies and Management

Certification

ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level

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