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Viktoriya Chuykova / Manual QA Engineer
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Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine

SUMMARY QA Engineer with 7+ years of manual testing experience across four projects
in sectors such as Service, FinTech, Gambling, and E-commerce.
Skilled in web and API testing with a passion for creating structured QA
documentation and guidelines to share knowledge. A strong sense of
ownership, self-organization, proactiveness, and excellent communication
skills make me an effective team player.
Striving for continuous improvement, I am currently developing skills in test
automation with Playwright (JavaScript).

EXPERTISE ♦​ Skilled in designing test cases using test design techniques, test plans,
and QA reports.
♦​ Web, mobile testing using Chrome DevTools, BrowserStack, Charles Proxy.
♦​ Testing third-party integrations and payment systems.
♦​ Backend testing using Postman, writing test scripts, Swagger.
♦​ Experience working with CI/CD environments;
♦​ Database testing, such as MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, using DBeaver.
♦​ Version control & log analysis tools: Git, GitLab, Elasticsearch/Kibana,
Graylog.
♦​ Performance testing tools: Lighthouse, Google PageSpeed.
♦​ Issue tracking systems: Jira, Gemini, YouTrack.
♦​ Test case management tools: TestRail, Qase, Confluence, Miro, Figma.
♦​ OS: Windows, macOS, Linux.
♦​ Web technologies: HTML5, CSS, JavaScript (basics).
♦​ Automation: Playwright with JavaScript.
♦​ Mentoring junior QA.

WORK EXPERIENCE

July 2021 - April 2025 Position: Manual QA Engineer
project: Booking Group About the project: Global provider of online car rental services, with
Corp., access to rental cars from over 800 rental companies in 20,000 locations all
Service sector over the world.
Andersen Types of testing performed: Functional, integration, regression, smoke,
system, E2E, cross-browser, cross-platform, compatibility, exploratory, A/B
testing, SEO/Google Analytics, UI/UX, localization, and performance.
Responsibilities:
♦​ Web application testing (DevTools, BrowserStack).
♦​ API testing (Postman, Swagger).
♦​ Database testing (PostgreSQL, MS SQL, DBeaver).
♦​ Third-party integration testing (email, review services, SSO, payment
systems).
♦​ Log analysis (Kibana).
 ♦​ Performance testing (Lighthouse, PageSpeed; basic performance testing
with BlazeMeter and Apache JMeter).
♦​ Requirement and design analysis (Confluence, Figma, Miro).
♦​ Creating checklists, test cases, traceability matrices, and mind maps
(TestRail, Qase), and impact analysis diagrams.
♦​ Writing QA documentation and guidelines to improve knowledge sharing
and reduce miscommunication.
♦​ Documenting and tracking bug reports to closure (Jira, Gemini).
♦​ Preparing QA reports and gathering metrics for performance assessment
(TestRail, Qase, Jira).
♦​ Active participation in all development stages and Scrum meetings.
♦​ Collaborating closely with the developers, PO, stakeholders, other team
members, and teams to identify and resolve issues quickly.
♦​ Mentoring a new QA engineer to improve team efficiency.
Archivements: Fully restructured and moved the test cases from Google
Docs file to TestRail, and covered old functionality with checklists/test cases;
improved project functionality and QA processes by contributing ideas.

Feb 2020 - July 2021 Position: Manual QA Engineer
project: Paxful About the project: The largest P2P marketplace to buy, sell, send, and
FinTech receive crypto and local currencies.
Andersen Types of testing performed: Functional, UI/UX, regression, smoke,
integration, system, E2E, cross-platform, cross-browser, compatibility, and
localization.
Responsibilities:
♦​ Web and mobile application testing (DevTools, BrowserStack, Kibana,
Apache Kafka).
♦​ API testing, including creating and running automated API collections in
Postman; API documentation review with Swagger.
♦​ Third-party integration testing.
♦​ Log analysis (Graylog).
♦​ Data migration testing.
♦​ Database testing and comparing results with API responses (PostgreSQL,
DBeaver).
♦​ Requirements and design review (Confluence, Figma, Miro).
♦​ Developing and maintaining test cases, checklists, traceability matrices,
and bug reports (TestRail).
♦​ Identifying, reporting, and tracking bug reports to resolution (Jira).
♦​ Participating in Scrum meetings.
Additional tools & environment: Git, Gitlab, CI/CD; setting up and
testing on local environment with Docker on Windows and Linux.
Archivements: Significant test coverage improvement, responsible for
testing two big complex features and their successful releases.

Dec 2017 - Jan 2020 Position: Manual QA Engineer
In-Play Exchange About the project: Fantasy sports trading, B2B service (startup).
Gambling A platform that combines fantasy sports with financial trading.
Types of testing performed: Functional, UI/UX, regression, cross-browser,
cross-platform, smoke, and exploratory testing.
Responsibilities:
 ♦​ Web and mobile application testing (DevTools, Browserstack, Charles
Proxy).
♦​ Backend and DB testing: creating and running automated API collections
in Postman, writing test scripts Swagger, Websocket, T-SQL).
♦​ Identifying, reporting, and tracking bug reports to closure (YouTrack).
♦​ Developing and maintaining test cases and checklists (Sitechco).
♦​ Requirements and design review (Figma).
♦​ Writing specifications and technical documentation.
♦​ Communicating with the customer to clarify requirements.
Archivements:
♦​ Building QA processes, introduced a test management system, achieved
95% test case coverage (checklists/test cases), and mentored a junior
QA.

Oct 2017 - Nov 2017 Position: Manual Software Tester
QA Madness About the project: E-commerce (Magento platform)
E-Commerce
Responsibilities:
♦​ Conducting functional, cross-browser, UI, and exploratory testing;
♦​ Identifying, reporting, and tracking bugs to closure (Jira);
♦​ Taking part in team meetings (Skype).

CERTIFICATIONS & ♦​ ISTQB Foundation Level (Oct. 2018)
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT Courses taken in 2025:
♦​ “Postman The Complete Guide - REST API Testing” (Udemy, 19h)
♦​ “Course on Git and GitHub” (Udemy, 4h)
♦​ “Automated Web Testing with JavaScript and Playwright” (Udemy, 9.5h)

EDUCATION ♦​ H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University: Master’s Degree
2007 - 2010 in English Language.
♦​ Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy: Master's degree in
2001 – 2006 Computerized Systems of Control and Automation.

LANGUAGES ♦​ Ukrainian, Russian - Native
♦​ English - C1 (Advanced)
♦​ Spanish - A2 (Elementary)