Valeriia

Valeriia Yakubyshyna
Middle QA Engineer (General QA / Manual / Web & Mobile)
Lviv, Ukraine (Remote) | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») | Telegram: @valerie_bon | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)

SUMMARY
Strong Middle QA Engineer with 5+ years of experience testing web (including PWA), iOS/Android and desktop products in EdTech
and healthcare. Skilled in test design, requirements analysis and testing complex integrations (payments, push notifications) across
platforms. Found and verified 500+ bugs and wrote 100+ test cases across projects. Experience with API testing (Postman);
investigate defects with browser DevTools, Kibana and MongoDB. Tested an AI assistant (GPT-based) integrated into a
mental-health app, investigating the quality of its answers. Worked both in a large QA team and as the only QA engineer on a
product. Open to remote/hybrid QA roles.
Domains:
EdTech – Wholereader and OceanLibrary (English library with courses for learning English), their web courses platform
(level-based English courses with multiple lesson types, group and self-study formats) and Search Widget (standalone book search
widget integrated into related projects)
Healthcare – Sabender (360 Outspoken), mental health and meditation

SKILLS
Testing: Functional, API, regression, smoke, sanity, UI/UX, cross-browser and cross-device, mobile testing (iOS/Android),
desktop, PWA (installability, offline mode), push notifications, payments
Test design and documentation: Equivalence classes, boundary values, test plans, test cases, check-lists, Gherkin (BDD)
scenarios, test documentation, bug tracking, bug reports, requirements analysis
Test management and process: Jira, X-Ray, Confluence, Agile/Scrum, SDLC/STLC
Automation: Playwright, TypeScript (basic), E2E tests for key user flows
Debugging and data: Postman, Browser DevTools, Kibana, MongoDB, HTML/CSS (basic)
CI/CD and version control: TeamCity, Argo, Bitbucket, GitHub
Design and devices: Figma, BrowserStack, TestFlight
AI tools: Claude Code, ChatGPT, Gemini
Platforms and browsers: Web, PWA, iOS, Android, Desktop; Windows, macOS, Linux (basics); Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox

EXPERIENCE
Middle QA Engineer, Solvve
07/2021 - Present | Lviv / Remote
Products:
• Wholereader and OceanLibrary – English library apps for learning English with books (web, iOS, Android, desktop)
• Wholereader and OceanLibrary Courses – web courses for learning English (web)
• Sabender (360 Outspoken) – mental-health and meditation app (web, iOS, Android)
• Search Widget – standalone book search widget integrated into several related projects (web)
• Own end-to-end quality of 4 products across web, iOS, Android and desktop: smoke, functional, UI/UX and regression testing on
4 browsers (Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox), multiple devices and operating systems.
• Test complex integrations (payments, push notifications) across platforms; verify iOS builds in TestFlight before release.
• Test Progressive Web Apps (PWA): installation to the home screen/desktop, offline mode and caching, push notifications and
responsive behavior across browsers, iOS/Android and desktop.
• Found and verified 500+ bugs of varying complexity and priority; investigate issues with browser DevTools, Kibana logs and
MongoDB data, giving developers precise and reproducible bug reports. Have experience with API testing in Postman.
• Review requirements and Figma designs and help improve them before development starts; work daily with developers, BAs
and designers in Agile/Scrum teams (5 years in a large team with several QA engineers on an educational platform; sole QA
engineer on the mental-health app).
• Use Claude Code in day-to-day QA and automation work.
Project: Wholereader and OceanLibrary (EdTech)
Web and mobile English-learning platform: library of books with courses for studying English.
Skills: functional, regression, smoke, UI/UX, cross-browser and cross-device testing; role-based access testing; test design;
release risk assessment; requirements and acceptance criteria; Gherkin (BDD); Playwright E2E automation (TypeScript); code
review.
Tools: Jira/Confluence, X-Ray, Browser DevTools, Kibana, MongoDB, Figma, BrowserStack, TeamCity, GitHub, TestFlight,
Claude Code, Playwright, Postman.
• Test web and mobile applications across reading, search, audio, favorites, blog, admin, editor and course features.
• Verify functionality and permissions for admin, user, student and teacher roles.
• Developed and maintained Playwright E2E tests in TypeScript for admin and editor features during application refactoring.
• Understand how fixtures and helper functions work in Playwright; maintain test data, analyze failed runs and take part in E2E
code reviews within the QA team.
• Maintain test cases, regression suites and check-lists in Xray; work with project and sprint test plans.
• Define regression scope and release testing priorities; verify fixes and report results, blocking defects, untested areas and
release risks.

• Write and update requirements, acceptance criteria and Gherkin scenarios using AI assistance.
Project: Wholereader and OceanLibrary Courses (EdTech)
Separate web courses for learning English with the help of library books and different lesson types: listening, reading, writing,
flashcards, quizzes and notes. Courses are split by level from Beginner to Advanced.
Skills: functional, regression, UI/UX, cross-browser and responsive testing; role and access-rights testing; test design;
requirements analysis; bug reporting and fix verification.
Tools: Jira, Xray, Confluence, Figma, Browser DevTools, Kibana, MongoDB, BrowserStack.
• Test lesson types: listening, reading, writing, flashcards, quizzes and note-taking.
• Test group collaboration features: discussions and messages inside a course group.
• Check course formats and access: open and closed courses, group courses, self-study courses and private courses.
• Verify course structure and content by level, from Beginner to Advanced.
• Maintain test cases, check-lists and regression suites; verify fixes and report results and release risks.

Project: Sabender (360 Outspoken), Healthcare
Sabender (360 Outspoken) – a learning and development platform focused on personal and professional growth. QA assignments
in 2023-2026: feature testing, a dedicated regression sprint and release support.
Skills: functional, regression, cross-browser and responsive testing; AI assistant (GPT-based) response quality testing; bug
reporting and fix verification; working as the sole QA and as part of a QA team; release testing.
Tools: Jira/Confluence, Browser DevTools, Figma, BrowserStack, TestFlight, Argo, Bitbucket, ChatGPT, Gemini.
• Tested new features both as the sole QA engineer and as part of a QA team.
• Performed functional, regression, cross-browser and responsive testing.
• Tested an AI assistant integrated into the app that communicates with users based on pre-uploaded, topic-specific files.
• Investigated the quality of the assistant's answers across different GPT models, creativity levels and other factors: restricted
topics, instructions, example answers and more.
• Participated in a dedicated regression sprint ahead of penetration testing carried out by an external company.
• Reported defects, retested fixes and communicated test results and outstanding issues.
• Returned later in the year for release testing and additional testing assignments.

Project: Search Widget (EdTech)
Standalone, ready-to-integrate book search widget used across several related projects. It includes a list of book categories, books
stored in the library and in external resources, a search field, a results column and a content column where the user can open a
found book either inside the library or on an external resource.
Skills: functional, integration, UI/UX, search and navigation testing; testing on a test stand and in integrated environments; test
design; bug reporting and fix verification.
Tools: Jira/Confluence, Kibana, Browser DevTools, TeamCity.
• Tested the widget as a standalone product on a test stand and as an integrated component in the projects it is embedded into.
• Checked book categories and books from both the library and external resources.
• Tested the search field and the results column: search behavior, results list and result selection.
• Verified the content column and navigation to a found book, either inside the library or to an external resource.
• Investigated defects with logs and DevTools; reported issues and verified fixes.

EDUCATION
English Language and Literature, Specialist, 2009 - 2010 | Dnipro National University
Translation, Specialist, 2004 - 2009 | National Mining University

LANGUAGES
English: Upper-Intermediate (B2)
Ukrainian: Native
Russian: Native

CERTIFICATIONS
• Claude Academy: Model Context Protocol: Advanced topics
• Claude Academy: Introduction to Model Context Protocol
• Claude Academy: Claude Platform 101
• Claude Academy: Claude Code in action
• Claude Academy: Claude Code 101
• Claude Academy: Claude 101
• Inoxoft: Quality Assurance Course
• QATestLab: Certificate of completing the "Fundamentals of Software Testing"
• Lviv IT School: Основи тестування програмного забезпечення