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YURII HALAS

SENIOR SOFTWARE TEST AUTOMATION ENGINEER

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Location: Lviv, Ukraine
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PERSONAL INFO
I am a results-driven Senior Test Automation Engineer with extensive experience in automating UI
and API tests and testing the integration of applications with external platforms. Known for my
strong problem-solving skills, I thrive in dynamic environments and am committed to delivering
high-quality results. I am dedicated to continuous learning and am adept at working collaboratively
within teams. My hobbies include playing sports, swimming, and engaging with classical music.

SKILLS
Programming Build Tools Testing Tools
Languages/Technologies
• Maven • jMeter
• Java Core • Gradle • Selenium WebDriver
• C# • NPM • Eggplant
• Typescript Frameworks/Libraries • Selenide
• Python • Playwright
• JDBC • JUnit • Appium (Mobile Testing)
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript • TestNG • Cucumber
• XPath • EasyMock • Postman
• XML/JSON/YAML • Mockito • Swagger UI
• GraphQL • AWS SDK • Insomnia
• Web Services (Rest and Soap) • RestAssured
• Jersey Reporting Tools
• Design Patterns
• Gson • Allure
Database • Jackson • ReportNG
• MySQL • Lombok • ReportPortal
• MS SQL Server • AssertJ
• CI/CD
• PostgreSQL Harmcrest
• DynamoDB • log4j 2 • Jenkins
• Neo4j • Slf4j • SonarQube
Development Tools • Bamboo
VCS
• Buildkite
• Git(GitHub/Bitbucket/GitLab) • IntelliJ IDEA • Gitlab CI
• WebStorm •
Methodologies • Visual Studio
• Agile, Scrum • Android Studio Container platforms
• DDT • Docker
• TDD
• BDD

WORK EXPERIENCE
Sep-2025 – Current Date – Principal Test Automation Engineer, Avenga
Customer: IGaming
Project: Developing and maintaining an iGaming platform focused on subscription-based lottery
services. The system acts as an intermediary layer between the frontend and multiple
dependent internal and third-party services via API integrations.
The project involves managing numerous service dependencies, ensuring reliable
communication, seamless data exchange, and stable interoperability across distributed systems.
Special attention is given to API performance, transactional reliability, and coordination
between interconnected services.
Team Size: Dev Team: 12; AQA Team: 5;
Project Role: Senior Test Automation Engineer
Tasks performed:
• Analyzed daily test reports and identified flaky tests.
• Developed, maintained, and refactored functional and integration tests.
• Collaborated with multiple teams to ensure reliable API interactions and service
integrations.
• Improved CI/CD pipelines and automated test workflows.
• Reviewed pull requests to improve code quality.
• Conducted interviews and assessed candidates.
Environment:
• JIRA, IntelliJ IDEA
• Java, Docker, Github Actions, Gradle, Groovy, Spock, Slf4j, HttpClient5, WireMock,
Jackson, LogzIo,

Mar-2023 – Sep-2025 (2 year 1 month) – Senior Test Automation Engineer, Progresstech
Ukraine
Customer: Aerospace & Engineering
Project: Developing and maintaining a comprehensive data management application with
capabilities for saving, editing, and storing critical information. The application features
advanced functionality for data revision, export, and the use of customizable data templates.
These features are designed to enhance data accuracy, streamline data export processes, and
provide efficient usage within defined restrictions. The project also involves the integration of
the application with various external platforms to facilitate seamless data exchange and
interoperability.
Team Size: Dev Team: 14; AQA Team: 3;
Project Role: Test Automation Engineer
Tasks performed:
• Automating test scenarios for both UI and API components.
• Testing UI manually.
• Creating new pipelines and fixing existing ones.
• Test failures analysis.
• Reviewing pull requests.
• Refactoring and optimization.
Environment:
• JIRA, IntelliJ IDEA

• Java, Docker, Gitlab CI, Maven, Selenium, TestNG, RestAssured, Neo4j, Log4j, Allure,
Jackson, AssertJ, Harmcrest, Lombok, MySql, Typescript, Playwright

Sep-2022 – Mar-2023 (6 months) – Senior Test Automation Engineer, EPAM Systems
Customer: Retail & Distribution
Project: Agency/Consultant will provide Company with AGENCY/CONSULTANT personnel in
accordance with section 4 below (the “Agency/Consultant Personnel”) for the continuous scope
identification and delivery of a new Partner Home product
The Partner Home product is considered a “command center” for Company’s suppliers. A
pictorial
mockup is included above. The future product roadmap will augment capabilities in the
following four
capability areas:
• Message Center & Activity Feed
• Manage Insights
• Analyze & Discover
• Data Download
Team Size: Dev Team: 5; AQA Team: 1;
Project Role: Key Tester
Tasks performed:
• Automating stories.
• Testing kafka client.
• Creating new pipelines and fixing existing ones.
• Test failures analysis.
• Reviewing pull requests.
• Refactoring and optimization.
Environment:
• JIRA, Insomnia, IntelliJ IDEA
• Java, Node.js, Lombok, RestAssured, ReportPortal, GraphQL, Buildkite, Gradle, Maven,
Kafka

Aug-2021 – Sep-2022 (1 year 1 month) – Software Test Automation Engineer, EPAM Systems
Customer: FS - Insurance
Project: Integration of Duck Creek platform for Workers Compensation Claims process
Team Size: Dev Team: 6; AQA Team: 4; BA Team: 1;
Project Role: Key Tester
Tasks performed:
• Automating stories.
• Creating test reports (one per two weeks).
• Analysis of failed tests.
• Reviewing pull requests.
• Refactoring and optimization.
Environment:
• AWS, Postman, Bamboo, JIRA, IntelliJ Idea, pgAdmin
• Java, TestNG, Apache HTTP Client, AWS SDK, Allure, Log4j, Lombok, DynamoDB,
PostgreSQL

Jul-2020 - Aug-2021 (1 year 1 month) - AQA engineer, EPAM Systems
Customer: Life Sciences & Healthcare
Project: Project for AmbulatoryCore Teams setup
Team Size: Dev Team: 3; AQA Team: 1; BA Team: 1;
Project Role: Tester
Tasks performed:
• Creating test cases and writing Eggplant tests.
• Finding and discussing bugs.
• Daily meetings with team.
• Weekly meeting with dev lead from Customer side.
Environment:
• RubyMine, Eggplant
• Ruby, NodeJs, RSpec, Capybara, Wdio

Nov-2019 - Jul-2020 (8 months) - AQA engineer, EPAM Systems
Customer: Business Information and Media
Project: Regulatory Intelligence
Team Size: Dev Team: 14; AQA Team: 3;
Project Role: Tester
Tasks performed:
• Writing API and UI tests in different frameworks.
• Finding and discussing bugs.
• Daily meetings with team.
• Discussing each Dev story should be Manual or Automated tested.
• Fixing tests or investigating the problem for failed tests.
Environment:
• Intellij Idea Ultimate
• Java, Junit5, Maven, Lombok, Log4j, Jenkins, Cucumber, Rest-assured, Rest Template,
Selenium, Selenide

Sep-2019 - Nov-2019 (2 months) - Test Automation Engineer, EPAM Systems
Customer: Retail & Distribution
Project: • Development of a propensity model that will order candidate stores according to
estimated weeks of supply • Develop, conjointly with CTx, a SendSuite query program that
will build a freight cost estimated based on at least, but not limited to, province of origin,
province of destination and weight of the package • Assemble daily size set information based
on historical (and current, if available) inventory and perform statistics on size set
completeness, which includes but is not limited to ratio of available for sale to carried sizes
Team Size: Dev Team: 3 members; AQA Team: 2 members; Data Modeller: 2 members; Data
Analyst: 1 member; Business Analyst: 1 member;
Project Role: Quality engineer
Tasks performed:
• Writing unit tests, which cover some specific functionality, and e2e tests.
• Scenarios were developed by me and Data Analysts Team

• Writing test reports, participating in daily meetings, discussing the previous sprint,
what to do, and what left to do.
Environment:
• Intellij Idea, PostgreSQL
• Java, JDBC, Junit5, Mockito3, Powermock, Maven, Lombok, Log4j

Jul-2019 - Sep-2019 (2 months) - Test Automation Engineer , EPAM Systems
Customer: Retail & Distribution
Project: Auto MDM Search
Team Size: Total: 28 members - Build Engineer: 1 - Business Analyst: 3 - Developer: 3 -
Development Team Lead: 3 - Key Develop: 3 - Key Staff: 2 - Key Tester: 9 - Performance
Analyst: 1 - Solution Architect: 2 - Testing Team Lead: 1
Project Role: Key Tester
Tasks performed:
• Writing tests to cover Rest services, database views, and property inserting data
from command line to database.
• Writing test reports
• Finding and discussing bugs.
• Using swagger with local project database.
• Daily meetings with all team and separate with automation team.
• Fixing bugs with help of Sonar.
Environment:
• Node.js, Docker, Gradle, Lombok, Swagger, Sonar, ApacheCXF, TestNG, Gson, Log4j
• Java, JDBC, MySql

EDUCATION COURSES
Name of the Education Establishment: Organization: Epam University
Lviv Polytechnic National University
Programs
Faculty/College: Institute of Computer Science
and Information Technologies Course: Automated testing (Java)
Period: 2017-2021 Period: Jan-2019 – Jun-2019
Degree (diploma): Bachelor
Specialty: Computer Science

LANGUAGES

Language Written Spoken

English Intermediate Intermediate

Ukrainian Native Native