Senior QA Engineer with 8+ years across regulated platforms, financial-market systems, and SaaS. Experienced in backend, API and database testing, Playwright/TypeScript and Python automation, local test environments, QA strategy, and mentoring.
Core Skills
QA Strategy & Testing: Test strategy, test-case design, backend and frontend testing, API and integration testing, BDD/Gherkin
Test Automation: Playwright, TypeScript, Python, Allure
APIs & Messaging: Postman, Swagger, SoapUI, Kafka
Databases & Integration: SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, OrientDB, ETL, Pentaho DI, data validation
Environments & CI/CD: Local test environment setup, Jenkins, Docker, Git, AWS, Azure
Test Management & Delivery: TestRail, Jira, Linear, RainforestQA, Agile/Scrum
Validate regulatory workflows across backend services, APIs, Kafka events, and PostgreSQL/Oracle databases using Postman and SQL.
Built a complete local testing environment to validate production builds locally.
Develop and maintain Playwright tests in TypeScript for the regulatory back-office application.
Own testing across backend workflows in the team's scope, maintaining TestRail test cases and investigating behavior across services, integrations, and databases.
Test an internal corporate chatbot and Veriff identity-verification flows, including document fraud and face verification.
Validated weekly releases across iGaming frontend modules, including payments, authorization, gaming, slots, casino, bonuses, notifications, and the homepage.
Built and maintained frontend test cases in TestRail, collaborating with developers and product teams to identify issues before release.
Provided part-time QA support across the wider development organization.
Frame.so | Lead QA Engineer
Sep 2022 - Oct 2024 | Part-time
Built a startup's QA function: test strategy, scope, tooling, and a repeatable release process.
Led API and integration testing with Postman and Swagger; managed defects and release visibility in Linear.
Defined functional and non-functional coverage and mentored QA contributors within an Agile product team.
Owned manual QA for weekly sprints in a 3-person QA team building an automated testing process for a Singapore-based marketplace.
Translated requirements into BDD/Gherkin scenarios and guided 2 automation testers across visual and non-visual coverage.
Reviewed Figma designs and technical documentation to clarify requirements; tracked sprint work and defects in Jira.
Exactpro Systems | Middle Software Developer in Test
Oct 2019 - Oct 2020
Automated trade comparison tests using Python and Allure, integrating automated suites into Jenkins CI pipelines (Apr - Oct 2020).
Tested post-trade systems used by major stock exchanges through manual testing and defect analysis.
Joined as a Junior Software Developer in Test and was promoted to Middle after approximately 3 months, taking on mentoring and onboarding responsibilities alongside hands-on QA.
FINA LLC | System Integrator / QA
Jan 2018 - Oct 2019 | Tbilisi, Georgia
Configured AWS and Azure development and staging environments; performed manual QA across integrated applications and databases.
Managed ETL processes and validated data integrity, using SQL and NoSQL queries to investigate integration issues.
Provided international client support for FINA IRP deployments serving central banks in Nigeria, Georgia, Kosovo, and Lesotho, and worked on Georgia's EMS enforcement management platform.
Joined as a System Integrator intern (Jan - Mar 2018) and transitioned to the full-time System Integrator & QA role in Apr 2018.
Education
Tbilisi State University | 2014 - 2019
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science - French Computer Science Program