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VERONIKA STARCHEVSKA
QA ENGINEER | MANUAL TESTING
Odesa, Ukraine · [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) · [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) · [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
English - Intermediate · Ukrainian - Native

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
QA Engineer with 2+ years of commercial experience testing a large-scale e-commerce platform at Zakaz.ua. Strong
background in manual testing of web applications and REST APIs, covering requirements analysis, test design, defect
investigation and regression testing. Also contributes to test automation using Java, Playwright, Cucumber and
Selenide, with AI-assisted tools supporting script development. Works confidently with SQL, Git and Jenkins, and
collaborates closely with developers, business analysts and QA engineers in an Agile environment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ZAKAZ.UA
QA Engineer | April 2024 - Present | Odesa / Remote
Perform functional, regression, integration and exploratory testing of web applications and backend services.
Analyze requirements and acceptance criteria, identify potential risks and clarify ambiguous requirements before
testing.
Design and maintain test cases, checklists and test scenarios for new and existing functionality.
Create detailed bug reports in Jira with reproduction steps, expected/actual results and supporting technical
information.
Perform REST API testing and validate request/response data.
Write SQL queries to verify backend data and investigate defects.
Develop and maintain automated UI tests using Java, Playwright and Selenide, with Cucumber for BDD
scenarios.
Maintain and troubleshoot automated test suites and investigate failed test runs.
Work with Jenkins and CI pipelines to execute automated tests.
Use browser Developer Tools to investigate frontend issues, network requests, console errors and application
behavior.
Collaborate with developers, business analysts and other QA engineers throughout the software development
lifecycle.
Contribute to improving test coverage, test stability and QA processes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Testing Manual Testing · Functional · Regression · Smoke · Integration · Exploratory · UI · API · Cross-
browser · Test Design
Automation Java · Playwright · Cucumber · Gherkin · Selenide
API / Backend REST API · Postman · Client-Server Architecture · HTTP · JSON
Database SQL · PostgreSQL · CouchDB
Tools Jira · Git · Browser DevTools · X-Ray · Figma
CI Jenkins · GitLab
QA Processes Requirements Analysis · Bug Reporting · SDLC · Agile/Scrum · Defect Investigation · Test
Environment Investigation
Web HTML · CSS

EDUCATION & TRAINING
Hillel IT School - Manual QA PRO Engineer Course, 2024
Hillel IT School - Manual QA Engineer Course, 2023
Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration - Alternative Energy Engineer, 2008-2013

CAREER FOCUS
QA Engineer / Middle QA Engineer · Manual Testing · AI-Assisted Automation · Web · API · E-commerce