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Svitlana Karapuhina
Skills::
- Programming languages: Java, JS, TS, Kotlin
- Platforms: macOS, Windows
- Mobile Testing: iOS, Android
- Automation tools: Appium, Selenium WebDriver
(Java), Selenide, RestAssured,, PerfectoMobile,
TestNG, JUnit, JBehave, Cucumber, XCUITest,
UIAutomator, Charles, Jest, Playwright
- Build Tools: Maven , Gradle
- VCS: Git
- Web Services: REST
E-mail: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) - IDE: IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, VS Code
Phone: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) - CI/CD: Bamboo, TeamCity, Jenkins,
LinkedIn: GithubActions
[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) - Issue Tracking: Jira, TFS
a-388624154/ __________
Git: https://github.com/SvitlanaKarapugina
Work Experience:
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Senior AQA - Fintech Farm
QA Automation Engineer with 8+ years of June 2024 - Present
experience in software testing and automation
across mobile, web UI and API. Hands-on Senior AQA (Team Lead) - Grid Dynamics
Appium experience for 5 years (iOS & Android) September 2018 - May 2024
building and maintaining Java-based mobile Junior Automation Quality Engineer - EPAM
automation suites. Team leadership background: Systems
1 year leading a 10-person automation team and December 2017 - September 2018
1 year leading a 2-person QA team. Strong
collaboration in Agile environments; mentoring, Intern Automation Quality Engineer - EPAM
interviewing and teaching experience. Systems
June 2017 - December 2017
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Education:
Kharkiv National University of
Radioelectronics - Applied Mathematics
(Master's degree)
2018 – 2019
Kharkiv National University of
Radioelectronics - Applied Mathematics
(Bachelor's degree)
2013 – 2018
Languages:
English - B2 | Ukrainian - Nativ

Work Experience
Fintech Farm — Senior AQA | Jun 2024 – Present
Project: Fintech Mobile App (iOS/Android)

● Built, stabilized and continuously improved a mobile automation suite (Java + Appium) for iOS and Android.
● Maintained CI pipelines and daily smoke/regression runs; integrated TestRail reporting and SauceLabs device runs.
● Reduced flakiness via better waits, element strategies and test data management; improved overall run stability.
● Expanded automated coverage and optimized execution time with AI-assisted test generation and refactoring.

Grid Dynamics — Senior AQA / Team Lead | Sep 2018 – May 2024
Project: Composable Commerce (Web/Mobile) (Jan 2022 – Mar 2024)

● Designed and implemented a TypeScript/Playwright test framework from scratch (UI + Kafka/event-streaming validation).
● Support Mobile Test using Java + Appium
● Led a 2-person QA team: mentoring, workload planning, coordination with engineering and stakeholders.
● Owned test documentation and demo sessions; integrated GitHub Actions and AWS services into the QA workflow.
● Ensured end-to-end coverage of topics, consumers and KSQLDB pipelines; performed manual validation when needed.

Project: Medical Web Portals (Nov 2021 – Jan 2022)

● QA Lead for a 10-person automation team: sprint OKRs, workload balancing, weekly 1:1s, performance reviews, coaching.
● Aligned scope and QA deliverables with customer-side managers; coordinated cross-functional planning and risk mitigation.
● Restructured automation strategy: suite re-ordering, WireMock-based mocks, improved CI stability via CloudBees.
● Ran knowledge-transfer workshops and authored training materials (reported productivity improvement).

Project: API & E-commerce Orders (Aug 2021 – Nov 2021)

● Manual and API testing; implemented Java checks and reporting (Jenkins pipelines, Allure).

Project: Smart Packaging (May 2021 – Sep 2021)

● iOS/Android mobile + API testing and web automation testing in Java; participated in embedded-related testing activities.

Project: Nike Mobile QA (Nov 2020 – Aug 2021)

● Set up QA processes, documentation and onboarding for mobile QA; close collaboration with a US-based team.
● Manual mobile testing (iOS/Android).

Project: Retail Mobile Automation (Sep 2018 – Nov 2020)

● Built and maintained mobile automation (Java + Appium) on Perfecto; improved CI/CD reliability and reporting.
● Acted as sub-team lead; contributed to test suite organization and execution speed improvements.

EPAM Systems — Junior Automation Quality Engineer | Dec 2017 – Sep 2018
Project: Web Portals

● Web UI testing and automation in C#/.NET (SpecFlow, NUnit, Selenium).
● Test design, execution and maintenance; defect reporting and collaboration with developers.

EPAM Systems — Intern Automation Quality Engineer | Jun 2017 – Dec 2017

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● Supported test execution and documentation; learned automation fundamentals and contributed to test maintenance tasks.

Technologies across projects:
Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Appium, Selenium, Playwright, RestAssured, WireMock, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions,
AWS, Kafka, TestRail, Allure, SauceLabs.

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