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RUSLAN ODUDKO
QA Engineer | Software Quality & AI-Assisted Testing
Location: Montenegro (Open to Remote / Relocation)
Email: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | Phone: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) (Viber) | Telegram: @newagesamana
LinkedIn | English: Working Professional Proficiency (B1/B2)

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
QA Engineer with 5.5+ years of experience testing FinTech, Retail ERPs, POS applications, and REST APIs. Proven track
record in managing full release cycles, database validation, backend log investigation, requirement grooming, and
production issue resolution. Uses AI-assisted workflows (Claude Code, Playwright Codegen) to investigate complex support
escalations at the code level and accelerate test creation and coverage. Combines technical QA execution with 6 years of
business operations background to bridge domain logic and product quality.

TECHNICAL SKILLS & TOOLS
• Testing & QA: Functional, UI/UX, Exploratory, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Black-Box & Gray-Box Testing, API & Integration
Testing, Incident Investigation, Desktop and Web, ERP & POS Systems
• AI & Automation: Claude Code, Playwright Codegen, TypeScript, Prompt Engineering for QA, ChatGPT / Claude chat
• Backend & Databases: REST API, SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL), DevTools, Postman, Swagger, Client-Server
Architecture, System Log Analysis, HTML/CSS
• Process & Management: Jira, Confluence, Agile/Scrum, Requirement Clarification (Grooming), Test Documentation,
Cross-Team Collaboration, Mentoring

WORK EXPERIENCE
Middle QA Engineer | Nayax Retail LTD Oct 2021 – Aug 2026 (4 yrs 11 mos)
 Conducted end-to-end testing of SAP B1 Desktop ERP, B2B SaaS web platforms, POS solutions, payment integrations,
and REST web services.
 Integrated Claude Code with project repository access (Mercurial) to analyze code logic and investigate complex
support escalations independently, eliminating unnecessary overhead for the development team.
 Implemented early-stage QA involvement by participating in grooming sessions and clarifying requirements for over
50% of new features before development.
 Established collaboration with international Tier-1/Tier-2 support teams (Israel), participating in the analysis of 80%+
support requests, building a project FAQ, and leading technical training sessions.
 Executed end-to-end API testing (Postman, Swagger), database validation (MS SQL Server, MySQL), and server log
investigation to trace root causes of bugs.
 Controlled release stability by running 100% of smoke/regression cycles and investigating production issues within 3
days to prevent bug recurrences.
 Mentored junior QA engineers, conducted bug report quality reviews, and maintained high test documentation
standards.
Junior QA Engineer | QATestLab Jan 2021 – Aug 2021 (8 mos)
 Performed functional, non-functional, smoke, and regression testing for web applications and administrative panels.
 Developed and maintained standard QA documentation, including test cases, checklists, and bug reports in Jira.
Retail Sales Manager | PE Odudko 2015 – 2021 (6 yrs)
 Managed retail operations and procurement, building deep domain knowledge used today to test complex ERP and
POS business logic from an end-user perspective.

EDUCATION & TRAINING
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering – KNTU (2017 – 2021)
• Fundamentals of Software Testing – QATestLab Training Center (2020)