Mariia

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About Me
I'm a detail-oriented, organized, and curious QA Manual specialist with a

passion for architecting seamless user experiences. I test digital

Mariia
products to ensure quality and usability, leveraging my background to

detect interface issues and improve user satisfaction. Always eager to

Potapova learn, grow, and integrate modern AI workflows into my testing cycles.

Manual QA
Experience
Manual QA • Freelance, E-commerce FEB 2026 – MAY 2026
Skills
Tested key user scenarios of an online store.

• Web Testing Validated end-to-end user flows from product page to order placement.
Tested the shopping and checkout process. Created and maintained test
• Mobile Testing
cases for core business flows. Reported defects with clear reproduction
• SDLC, STLC steps for the development team.
• Test Design Techniques
• Test Documentation
Manual QA • Travel Domain JUN 2025 – DEC 2025
• SQL
Tested an online booking platform across web and mobile web.

• API Testing (REST, JSON, XML)
Performed functional, exploratory, usability, and cross-browser testing.
• AI tools for QA productivity Validated UI behavior and layout using Chrome DevTools and Figma against
• Vibe coding requirements and design specs. Created and maintained test
• Agile, Scrum documentation: test cases, checklists, and bug reports. Executed
regression and smoke test cycles before releases.

• Web & Mobile Design Identified and reported defects with clear reproduction steps, helping
• Wireframing & Prototyping improve product quality and user experience.

Tools Manual QA • IceStone, GameDev AU G 202 3 – FEB 2025

Tested mobile and web games (farm-strategy and casual puzzle genres).
• Qase • Jira Performed functional, exploratory, usability, and smoke testing throughout
• TestRail • Confluence development cycles. Prepared test documentation and detailed bug reports
for development teams. Conducted database checks for data validation and
• DevTools • Postman
consistency. Progressed from Intern to Junior QA by consistently improving
• DBeaver • Swagger defect detection quality and testing ownership. Contributed to product
• PostgreSQL • Cursor stability through regular verification of critical gameplay and UI flows.
• Charles • Figma
• VSCode • Stitch
• Notion • GitHub Education
• Photoshop • Miro
2025 – PRESENT AI in Software Testing & Research
Actively studying AI tools to optimize work and learning,
practicing vibe coding.
Languages
2025 Software Tester @ Genius Space
Ukrainian Native

English In te rm e d iate 2024 – 2025 Study Less English School
Pre-Intermediate level, Intermediate level.
2023 – 2024 Green Forest English School
Elementary level, Pre-Intermediate level.
2021 – 2022 UX/UI & Web Design @ Projector Institute
Completed training from UX fundamentals to full web design

projects, focusing on usability heuristics and user flows.
2013 – 2019 Technological Engineer @ Ukrainian State University
Chemical Technology Department.