Pavel Burea, Senior QA Lead Automation
C1 (Advanced) English
Senior (5-10 years)
Chisinau,
Republic of Moldova
Summary
Six years experienced QA Engineer in manual and automated testing, ensuring robust, scalable, and user-friendly applications. Skilled in identifying issues early, optimizing testing processes, managing QA team and collaborating closely with developers to enhance product reliability.
⬥ Experience in testing web applications , mobile applications , Blockchain, E-commerce, software and hardware.
⬥ Programming languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python , C#
⬥ API testing: Postman, Apidog
⬥ UI testing: Playwright , Selenium, BackstopJS, Ghost Inspector, Cypress
⬥ CI/CD Integration: GitHub, Docker, Jenkins CI, GitLab
Main Skills
Usability tests
QA Automation 6 yr.
Test Plan
Test Case
*nix Shell Scripts
Programming Languages
Java Libraries and Tools
Wordpress Ecosystem
Google Cloud Platform
Methodologies, Paradigms and Patterns
QA, Test Automation, Security
SDK / API and Integrations
Collaboration, Task & Issue Tracking
Scripting and Command Line Interfaces
Other Technical Skills
Work Experience
QA Lead Engineer, QA Process Overhaul
Duration: November 2022 — Present (2 years 4 months)Summary: Revamped QA processes with a risk-based testing strategy, resulting in a significant reduction of production defects.
Responsibilities: Leading a cross-functional team, optimizing geolocation coverage, and streamlining eCommerce and payment testing.
Technologies: Risk-based Testing, Geolocation Testing, eCommerce, Payment Systems
Senior QA Engineer, Testing Process Optimization
Duration: 2022 — 2022 (1 year)Summary: Development of testing processes from the ground-up and unification of test documentation across projects.
Responsibilities: Developed testing processes, unified test documentation, deployed integration tests in CI/CD pipelines, improved performance testing.
Technologies: CI/CD, Locust, Integration Testing
QA Engineer, Automated Testing Implementation
Duration: 2021 — 2022 (7 months)Summary: Implemented cross-team collaboration for automated web and API testing, achieving a reduction in production defects.
Responsibilities: Collaboration for automated web and API testing, shift-left testing to find issues earlier in the SDLC.
Technologies: Automated Web and API Testing
QA Engineer, QA Documentation & Onboarding Improvement
Duration: 2019 — 2021 (2 years 1 month)Summary: Establishment of QA knowledge base and documentation, leading to more efficient onboarding of new hires.
Responsibilities: Creation a QA knowledge base & documentation, implementation of standardized bug reporting.
Technologies: QA Documentation, Bug Reporting
Education
- Summer Informatics Internship
USARB — Universitatea de Stat
1 year - Bachelor's in Computer Sciences
Technical College
4 years
Certification
- Rapid Software Testing
RST (2023) - C# Intermediate: Classes, Interfaces and OOP
Udemy (2021)