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Contact information Sofiia Smyrnova
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Summary of
Qualifications Software professional with experience in QA, Project Management, and software
delivery, with strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum and the software development lifecycle.
Technical background in DevOps and infrastructure, including Linux, Docker,
Kubernetes, Jenkins, AWS, CI/CD, networking, Nginx, Apache, systemd, and
deployment workflows. Experienced with Python, SQL, REST APIs, Git, JavaScript, C++,
C#, R (statistics), Java, testing, Jira, Confluence, Postman, and AI-assisted development.

Skills
Project & Product Management: Agile, Scrum, task tracking & follow-ups, meeting
facilitation and notes, backlog management, user stories & acceptance criteria, sprint
planning, backlog refinement, feature prioritization, stakeholder communication,
requirements analysis, product documentation, roadmap support

Tools & Collaboration: Jira, Confluence, Git/GitHub, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI,
Jenkins, Docker, Maven, VS Code, Visual Studio

Technical Background: AWS, Linux basics, SQL, MongoDB, REST APIs, HTTP/HTTPS,
JSON, Python, R, basics of C++, C#, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Git, CI/CD & DevOps principles

Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript basics, responsive UI, cross-browser testing,
RTL/LTR layouts, localization and multilingual interfaces, form validation, UI/UX testing,
browser DevTools, network requests, console debugging

C++ & Programming: OOP principles, STL basics, data structures and algorithms,
pointers and references, memory management concepts, debugging, exception
handling, unit testing basics

DevOps & Infrastructure: CI/CD, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes basics, container
orchestration concepts, Linux, Bash basics, systemd, process management,
environment variables, logs and troubleshooting, Nginx, Apache HTTP Server, reverse
proxies, web servers, AWS EC2, AWS IAM basics, cloud infrastructure fundamentals,
networking, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, REST APIs, deployment strategies,
infrastructure as code concepts, configuration management, monitoring basics,
containerization, service health checks, application deployment and release workflows

AI & AI-Assisted Development: ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, AI-assisted coding, code
generation and refactoring, debugging with AI, test case generation, requirements

Sofiia Smyrnova
DevOps

analysis, documentation generation, prompt engineering basics, AI-assisted research
and technical problem solving

QA & Testing: Test cases, checklists, bug reporting, functional, regression, integration
and UI testing, API testing with Postman, exploratory testing, test planning,
requirements analysis, defect lifecycle, basic unit testing, test documentation and
quality reporting

Experience / IT Project Manager (freelance) — VepBit Apr 2026 – Aug 2026
related educational
Maintained the product backlog and project documentation; prepared user stories with
practice clear acceptance criteria for the development team.

Tracked task progress in Jira, monitored sprint goals and delivery timelines, and followed
up with team members to identify and resolve potential delays.

Facilitated Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews,
and retrospectives.

Removed or escalated blockers and dependencies, helping the team maintain a steady
development pace and meet sprint commitments.

Coordinated communication between stakeholders and the remote development team,
ensuring requirements, priorities, and project updates were clearly communicated.

Supported the team in following Agile and Scrum practices, improving collaboration,
transparency, and continuous improvement.
Project Manager — AntLogistics Jan 2026 – Aug 2026

Coordinated feature delivery for a SaaS platform end-to-end, including multilingual UI
toggle (RTL/LTR).
Translated business requirements and customer needs into structured user stories,
acceptance criteria, and actionable tasks for the development team.
Supported sprint planning, backlog refinement, and prioritization in Jira/Notion/Azure
DevOps; Maintained project documentation and product requirements in
Confluence.

Collaborated with stakeholders, developers, and QA throughout the product lifecycle to
align priorities, clarify requirements, and ensure timely feature delivery.

Contributed to product planning and roadmap discussions by analyzing requirements,
identifying dependencies, and helping prioritize features based on business value
and development effort.

Supported Agile practices and continuous improvement by participating in retrospectives,
identifying process bottlenecks, and helping the team improve delivery workflows.

QA Engineer (full-time → part-time) — Testmatick May 2025 – May 2026

Performed functional, regression, and UI testing for web products; wrote and executed
test cases and checklists.

Reported and tracked defects in Jira; collaborated with developers and PMs on
reproduction and prioritization.
Product manager December 2022 – April 2024

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Sofiia Smyrnova
DevOps

Coordinated QA team operations: assigned tasks, monitored workload and deadlines,
and facilitated collaboration between QA, developers, and Product/Project Managers.

Managed quality and operational processes, oversaw functional, regression, and UI
testing, analyzed defects and quality metrics, and continuously improved testing
workflows and team standards.

Coordinated testing of new EdTech features and releases, maintained testing
documentation,
QA Engineer — Startup December 2022 – May 2024

Led a small QA team: assigned testing tasks, reviewed test cases and checklists, and
mentored junior testers.

Owned the end-to-end testing process for web products: planned coverage and
coordinated functional, regression, and UI testing across releases.

Ran defect triage with developers and PMs; tracked quality metrics and reporting in Jira.
Maintained testing documentation and standards for the team.
Tested new web features across functional, regression, and UI scenarios; built and
maintained test cases and checklists.

Logged and prioritized defects in Jira and worked closely with developers on reproduction
and verification.

Languages Ukrainian — native
Russian — fluent
English — advanced
Czech — intermediate

Education B.Sc. in Software Engineering, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (Faculty of Applied
Mathematics and IT, government-funded)
Sep 2024 – present

Additional education ▪ Project Management — Project Management Institute, 2025
(courses, trainings)
▪ Project Management — Genius Space, 2025

▪ Професія тестувальника — Genius Space, 2025

Hobbies
Escape rooms, Sudoku, DevOps, Data Analytics

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