Nataliia

Nataliia Semenova
Senior Manual QA

Personal Information
• Cell: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
• E-mail: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
• Linkedin: nataliia-semenova
• Location: Lviv, Ukraine

Summary:

● Overall 5 years of experience in QA activities.
● Experience in driving all QA processes from initiation to effectively delivery.
● Experienced in managing QA department.
● Experienced in hiring and mentoring QA newbies.
● Experienced in creating comprehensive test documentation.
● Experienced in communication with stakeholders and effectively collaboration with the team.
● Skilled in Project Coordinator role.
● Skilled in SCRUM workflow, including its processes, appointments, and artifacts.
● Detailed-oriented, proactive and self-motivated team player.
● Acknowledged as a dedicated professional with outstanding organizational aptitude,
encompassing the realms of problem-solving, effective communication, adaptability, leadership
prowess, and adept conflict resolution, consistently attaining high results.

Work Experience:

May 2021 - September 2023
Lasoft, Head of Quality Assurance Office
LaSoft is a software development company that helps clients to build successful products all
around the world.
Responsibilities:

● Manual WEB and Mobile app testing;
● Participating in multiple projects, checked and rewrote test documentation and artifacts;
● Was involved in all projects at all phases of testing, replacing the tester at any time;
● Participating in the demo to the client;
● Hiring QAs for the company`s needs;
● Development and implementation of best Practices of the Quality Assurance Office;
● Development of educational programs for QAs;
● Responsible for Tech JPRs and roadmaps;
● Responsible for QA Audits: Web and Mobile.

September 2020 - May 2021
Lasoft, QA/Project Coordinator
LaSoft is a software development company that helps clients to build successful products all
around the world.
Project: Decentralized steam-like marketplace for game developers, players, and content
creators.
Responsibilities:

● Manual WEB Testing;
● Designing, creating and updating test documentation;
● Creating clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases;
● Working with Scrum methodology;
● Functional and non-functional testing, regression testing;
● Bugs reporting: Jira;
● Application testing in TestRail;
● Communication with stakeholder and developers;
● Calculating and discussion estimations;
● Conducting stand-ups with the developers;
● Completing assigned tasks and delivery.

January 2020 - September 2020
Lasoft, Quality Assurance Test Engineer
LaSoft is a software development company that helps clients to build successful products all
around the world.
Worked under different projects: Educational, Marketplace, SAAS, Mobile native apps.
Responsibilities:

● Manual Testing WEB, mobile and desktop applications;
● Designing, creating and updating all types of test documentation such as test plans, test suites,
test cases, checklists;
● Working with Scrum methodology;
● Functional and non-functional testing, regression testing;
● Bugs reporting: Jira, Trello;
● Application testing on different platforms, test-cases creation, creation test-suites, and testruns
in TestRail;
● SQL queries and commands;
● API testing with Postman and Swagger;
● Automation testing with Katalon Studio;
● Mobile testing with Android Studio and XCode.

May 2019 - January 2020
The Hut Group/UK2GROUP, Lead QA Engineer on control panel
A market-leading IT cloud infrastructure powerhouse that delivers secure and transformational
technology services and solutions that can scale with the business at speed, without any technological
or geographical barriers.
Responsibilities:

● Manual Testing WEB and desktop applications;
● Creating automation tests by Katalon Studio;
● Creating test documentation: test-cases and checklists;
● Functional and non-functional testing, regression testing;
● Mobile testing via Chrome Browser responsive mode in Devtools;
● Communication with developers and other members of a distributed team;
● Working with API documentation (Swagger).
January 2017 - May 2019
Self-employed, Designer, translator, editor, QA Engineer trainee

January 2008 - March 2019
Printing-company “STATE”, Designer
Responsibilities:

● Design and style conception;
● Communicating with clients.

January 2003 - January 2008
Printing-house “STATE”, QC, Printing pressman,
Responsibilities:

● Pressman;
● Quality verification.

September 2002 – December 2002
Ukrainian-Canadian joint venture “Immbridge”, Interpreter/Translator, assistant manager
Responsibilities:

● Working with documents;
● Phone calls processing.

Foreign Languages Skills:

Language Spoken Written
English B2+ B2+
German A1+ A2

Education:
Institution: Ukrainian Academy of Printing
Dates Attended: 2002-2008
Faculty: Publishing and printing information technology
Qualification: Publisher, editor
Degree: Specialist

Additional Education:
Dates Attended: August 2023 - till now
Courses: Business Analytics Essentials
Organization: https://e5.ua

Additional Education:
Dates Attended: May 2023 – July 2023
Courses: Workplace Leadership and Management Skills
Organization: Alison https://alison.com/course/workplace-leadership-and-management-skills

Additional Education:
Dates Attended: November 2021 – February 2022
Courses: QA Lead
Organization: CourseHunter https://coursehunter.net/course/qa-lead/

Additional Education:
Dates Attended: September 2021 – September 2021
Courses: Курс лідерства.
Organization: ITEA https://www.udemy.com/course/leadership_ru/

Additional Education:
Dates Attended: September 2020 – November 2020
Courses: Project Management / CAPM
Organization: ITEA https://lviv.itea.ua/courses-itea/project-management/project-management/

Additional Education:
Dates Attended: September 2019 – September 2019
Courses: Online training for AQA engineer
Organization: QA School http://qaschool.com.ua

Additional Education:
Dates Attended: December 2018 – April 2019
Courses: Training for QA engineer
Organization: QA School http://qaschool.com.ua

Additional Education:
Dates Attended: December 2018 – February 2019
Courses: English speaking club
Organization: Brooklyn School Lviv http://brooklyn.lviv.ua

Additional Education:
Dates Attended: August 2018 – December 2018
Courses: Deutschkurse
Organization: Goethe-Institut Ukraine https://slz.org.ua/de/network/lviv