Олена

OLENA KUCHMA
QA ENGINEER
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SUMMARY

Manual QA Engineer with experience testing web and mobile applications, including 43 defects found on
real projects and 524 practical training tasks completed. Skilled in functional, regression, and API testing,
test documentation, and bug reporting in Jira. Analytical and detail-oriented, with a higher engineering
education and almost 10 years of experience in occupational safety and HR.

SKILLS

Testing: manual web/mobile, functional, regression, smoke, API, exploratory; test design techniques
Documentation and process: test plans, test cases, checklists, bug reports, RTM; SDLC, STLC, Agile
(Scrum, Kanban)
Jira, TestRail, Postman, Git, DBeaver, Chrome DevTools, Android Studio, Docker (basic)
SQL, Unix Terminal, HTML/CSS, JSON/XML, JavaScript (basic) | English: B1

WORK EXPERIENCE

MANUAL QA ENGINEER, SELF-EMPLOYED JUL 2026–PRESENT
IMDb, Evernote (Mobile Apps)
Stack: Android Studio, Genymotion, Jira
Performed manual functional testing of Android applications on emulated devices (Android
Studio, Genymotion)
Designed and executed test cases covering core user flows
Logged and tracked bug reports with clear reproduction steps in Jira

Huntd.tech (Web Application)
Stack: TestRail, Jira, Postman
Reviewed requirements and identified ambiguities and gaps before testing
Decomposed requirements into test scenarios and wrote test cases in TestRail
Reported defects in Jira with expected vs. actual results and supporting evidence

Conduit (Web Application, RealWorld)
Stack: Postman, TestRail, Docker, Jira
Reviewed requirements and decomposed features into testable scenarios
Wrote and maintained test cases in TestRail
Performed API testing in Postman: checked request/response structure, status codes, and
validation
Set up and ran the application locally using Docker for test environment access

JPetStore Demo (E-commerce Web Application)
Stack: Jira, test documentation tools
Designed test cases for key e-commerce flows (catalog browsing, cart, checkout, account)
Executed functional testing and reported bugs with detailed reproduction steps
Tracked defects and verified fixes

MANUAL QA ENGINEER, TOWNUP | OCT 2024 – JAN 2025
Performed manual functional, regression, and exploratory testing as part of a project team
Designed and executed test cases and checklists based on requirements; verified fixes and
took part in release testing
Found and reported 15 defects (including 3 critical/major) before release
Tools: Browser DevTools, Google Sheets (test documentation)

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree in Ecology and Environmental Protection

Sumy State University 1999-2004

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

QA Course at Mate Academy (Manual and Automation QA) – Certificate
QA Course at GO IT Sсhool
QA Course at IT Step academy