Heorhii

Heorhii Voloshyn
QA L e a d · Qua lity Assu ra n ce · En gine e rin g Le ad e rsh ip
[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | Ukraine

PROFILE
QA Team/Tech Lead with 11+ years of experience in web, mobile, and API products. Built QA functions from the
ground up, led teams of 15+ engineers, and drove automated testing strategies that meaningfully improved release
confidence. Certified Scrum Master with a pedagogical background — the foundation for strong mentoring,
knowledge-sharing, and team development.

CORE SKILLS & TECH STACK
Leadership & Strategy
Leadership: Team Management (15+), Mentoring, Scrum Master, Performance Reviews, Onboarding
QA Strategy: Risk-based Testing, Shift-left, QA Governance, Quality Gates, CI/CD, RCA
Testing: Web, Mobile (iOS/Android), API, Performance, BDD
Automation
Frameworks: Playwright (TypeScript), Appium + WDIO (JavaScript), Selenium, pytest, Cucumber/BDD
Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python
Mobile: Appium + WebdriverIO (JS) — iOS, Android end-to-end automation
CI/CD & Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Postman, JMeter, Charles Proxy
Tracking & Docs: Jira, Confluence, YouTrack, Git / GitHub / GitLab

EXPERIENCE

QA Team Lead · Scrum Master · Innovation Group
May 2023 – May 2026 · Ukraine
– Built QA function from scratch: SDLC integration, release cycles, regression strategy, and quality gates across
multiple product streams.
– Managed and grew a team of 15+ QA engineers — individual growth plans, performance reviews, and a
culture of quality ownership.
– Designed a scalable test documentation system (test strategy, test plans, traceability matrices, release notes)
adopted as the company-wide standard.
– Introduced acceptance criteria and quality gates, reducing production defect escapes and raising overall
release confidence.
– As Scrum Master, facilitated all Scrum ceremonies, improved sprint predictability, and increased team velocity
through coaching and process refinement.
– Led internal knowledge-sharing sessions and training courses that accelerated engineer growth and
embedded QA culture org-wide.
– Implemented risk-based testing and KPI quality dashboards, enabling data-driven decisions and proactive
defect prevention.

Senior QA Engineer · Playtika
Aug – Dec 2022 · Ukraine
– Delivered structured test coverage for high-traffic features (Albums, Wheel of Stars, Gotcha, Shiny Show)
across frontend, backend, and client-server protocols.
– Conducted regression and acceptance cycles; API and backend validation enabled earlier defect detection
and reduced production escapes.

Automation QA Engineer · Playson Ltd
Dec 2021 – Aug 2022 · Ukraine
– Built an end-to-end automated test suite in Python (pytest) for core features — Cash Blast, Free Spins,
Tournaments, Jackpots — integrated into CI/CD for continuous quality feedback.
– Automated backend API testing, reducing manual regression load and accelerating release validation cycles.
– Implemented mobile test automation using Appium + WebdriverIO (JavaScript), covering key user flows on
iOS and Android.
 – Designed reusable page objects and test helpers in WDIO to ensure stable, maintainable mobile automation
coverage.

Senior QA Engineer · Playson Ltd
Mar 2018 – Dec 2021 · Ukraine
– Led QA across a portfolio of gaming features for 3+ years: test design, regression strategy,
frontend/backend/protocol validation, and release sign-offs.
– Developed a BDD automation suite (Cucumber) for internal tooling, improving regression speed and stability.
– Conducted technical interviews and owned onboarding for new QA engineers — process was adopted team-
wide.
– Performed load and performance testing (JMeter), identifying bottlenecks and improving platform stability
under high-traffic conditions.

QA Engineer → Acting QA Lead · Boolat Games
Oct 2015 – Mar 2018 · Ukraine
– Owned full-cycle QA for four mobile titles (Decurse, Sunken Secrets, Harvest Land, Doomsday Preppers)
across iOS, Android, Amazon Fire OS, and PC.
– Built QA processes from scratch as the sole QA on Android and PC — test documentation, defect workflows,
and release procedures, all from zero.
– Promoted to Acting QA Lead: managed 5 engineers, coordinated multi-platform regression, UI/UX validation,
and production testing.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Poltava State Pedagogical University
Specialist (Master's equivalent) · History & Social Studies · 2004–2009
Certifications: Python Test Automation — QALight (2021) · Python Development for Beginners — Web-Academy
(2019) · Agile & Scrum Fundamentals — E5 Training (2018)

LANGUAGES
Ukrainian — Native English — B2 · Upper-Intermediate