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PAVLO YESYPOVYCH
Senior QA Specialist | Manual Testing | Project Owner
Kyiv, Ukraine | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior QA Specialist with 9+ years of experience in manual quality assurance, functional testing, defect investigation, test
planning, and cross-platform validation. Strong background in creating and executing Test Plans, Test Cases, Checklists, and Bug
Reports, with extensive experience across the full defect lifecycle. Experienced in project ownership, QA team coordination, risk
assessment, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration. Seeking to apply this QA background to hardware and embedded
product testing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ubisoft | Kyiv, Ukraine 2017 - Present
Senior Live QA Specialist | Project Owner 2024 - Present
• Own and coordinate manual QA activities for assigned live-service projects, including test planning, priorities, resources, risk
assessment, and delivery.
• Lead dedicated QA teams and coordinate validation across releases, patches, maintenances, regression activities, and other product
updates.
• Perform in-depth defect investigation to identify reproduction conditions, isolate potential causes, document findings, and provide
actionable information to development teams.
• Create and maintain Test Plans, Test Cases, Checklists, Bug Reports, and other QA documentation.
• Contribute to QA process improvements, Jira-based workflows, reporting processes, automation between tracking systems, and project
migrations.
• Design and deliver training for Project Owners and QA specialists; provide team coordination coverage during Team Lead absence.
Middle Live QA Specialist | Project Owner 2020 - 2024
• Progressed from supporting Project Owners to independently owning QA projects, coordinating dedicated teams, priorities, task
distribution, and post-launch validation.
• Supported defect investigation, regression testing, releases, maintenances, cross-studio collaboration, onboarding, and mentoring.
Junior Live QA Specialist 2019 - 2020
• Performed post-launch manual testing, patch validation, daily smoke checks, regression testing, maintenance support, defect
investigation, documentation, and tracking.
Middle Game Tester 2018
• Performed manual pre-release and cross-platform QC, owned testing of a dedicated product area within a small QA team, and mentored
newly joined testers.
Junior Game Tester 2017 - 2018
• Performed manual pre-release build validation and cross-platform testing, identifying, investigating, documenting, and tracking
defects.

CORE COMPETENCIES
Quality Assurance: Manual Testing • Functional Testing • Regression Testing • Smoke Testing • Exploratory Testing • Cross-
platform Validation • Defect Investigation • Bug Lifecycle Management
Test Documentation: Test Planning • Test Plans • Test Cases • Checklists • Bug Reports • Test Execution • Results Analysis
Project & Team Coordination: Project Ownership • QA Team Coordination • Task Prioritization • Resource Planning • Risk
Assessment • Cross-functional Collaboration • Mentoring & Training

TECHNICAL SKILLS & TOOLS
QA & Project Tools: Jira • Jira Xray • Confluence • Sputnik • Microsoft Office
Hands-on Hardware: PC assembly and troubleshooting • Basic soldering • Basic electrical installation and troubleshooting •
General understanding of electrical components and circuits

EDUCATION & LANGUAGES
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv - Specialist Degree, Faculty of Social Sciences | Ukrainian - Native
2007 - 2012 English - Intermediate
KROK University of Economics and Law - Marketing Programme, Postgraduate Course | 2014 -
2015
Software Testing - SkillUp | 2016