Kanivets

Bohdan Kanivets
QA Engineer · Web & API · Manual and Automation
Poltava, Ukraine — open to remote | [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)

PROFILE
QA Engineer with 7 years in web testing — manual, automation and AI-assisted QA. Moved a suite of 300 e2e tests from Java to
Playwright in two months by automating the conversion, and reduced the Java regression run time by one hour. Own release readiness
end to end: what to cover, how risky a change is, and whether it ships. Find the cause of bugs across UI, API, database and integrations,
and build AI agents that write checklists, test cases and bug reports.

CORE SKILLS
Testing Test design · functional & non-functional · regression · integration · exploratory · end-to-end · smoke, sanity, acceptance ·
localization · cross-browser & responsive
API & backend REST API testing · Postman · Newman CLI · Swagger · RestAssured · HTTP/HTTPS · client-server architecture ·
authentication & authorization
Debugging & data Chrome DevTools · network analysis · Charles Proxy · Kibana · SQL / relational databases
Automation Playwright · TypeScript · Java · Selenium · RestAssured · OOP · Git · Jenkins · TeamCity
AI-assisted QA Claude Code and Cursor in daily use · custom AI agents for checklists, test cases and bug reports · built a custom
migration skill · prompt engineering · review of AI-generated code
Process Agile · Scrum · Jira · Confluence · TestRail · Allure TestOps

EXPERIENCE

General QA Engineer · airSlate 05/2022 – Present
– Moved 300 e2e UI tests from Java to Playwright in two months, using a custom AI skill built for the conversion.
– Reduced the Java regression run time by one hour by optimizing the existing tests.
– Own release readiness: decide what to cover, judge the risk, give the go/no-go.
– Write and support automated tests in Playwright/TypeScript and Java (Selenium, RestAssured). Check CI runs and tell a broken test
from a broken feature.
– Review requirements and decompositions before development starts — the cheapest time to find a problem.
– Test UI, API, database and integrations. Find root causes with DevTools, Charles Proxy, Kibana logs and SQL.
– Built AI agents that write checklists, test cases and bug reports — and review everything they produce.
– Created and maintain the team QA knowledge base.
– Prepare and run product demos of new features for the team and the wider company after each release.
Manual QA Engineer · Beetroot 05/2020 – 04/2022
– Tested a desktop app end to end: functional, performance, localization, smoke, sanity, acceptance and ad-hoc testing.
– Wrote test documentation and traceability matrices from scratch.
– Supported the automation suite and extended its test coverage.
– Mentored junior testers.
Manual QA Engineer · White Label Agency 08/2019 – 03/2020
– Functional, cross-browser and responsive testing of client web apps.
– Set up test documentation for new projects and worked with clients on requirements.

EDUCATION
MSc Computer Engineering — Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic, 2020–2021
BSc Computer Engineering — Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic, 2016–2020

CERTIFICATIONS
Automation QA — FoxmindEd, 2024
Manual QA — Beetroot Academy, 2021
Fundamentals of Software Testing — QATestLab, 2019

LANGUAGES
Ukrainian — native English — Intermediate (B1): reading documentation, written technical communication