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Alexander Anderson
Charlotte, NC, USA
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https://t.me/alexqaengineer
https://github.com/Alex-A-Projects

Software QA Engineer

SUMMARY

With over 8 years of hands-on experience in software quality assurance, specializing in testing web and mobile applications. Proficient in both front-end and back-end manual testing, with expertise in API and SQL. Experienced in automation testing, with a focus on building and maintaining automation frameworks. ISTQB Certified Test Engineer, committed to adhering to industry testing standards, ensuring comprehensive and high-quality testing practices. Skilled in navigating Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile Scrum methodologies.

EXPERIENCE

QA Engineer
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
11/2025 to present
Charlotte, NC
• Developed and maintained an automation framework using Playwright with TypeScript for regression test coverage.
• Implemented automation test cases for missionary request flows, stepped forms, chat functionality, email validation, multilingual landing pages, and other web application features.
• Developed cross-platform mobile automated test suites using TypeScript, WebdriverIO, and Appium, covering form field validation, submission flows, and UI assertions.
• Participated in pull request reviews for development team.
• Implemented test design techniques for automation test cases such as Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value Analysis, and Decision Table.
• Performed API testing for AWS-hosted microservices-based web application.
• Monitored Azure DevOps Pipelines and identified failed pipeline runs, analyzed logs, and coordinated with developers and QA teams to resolve build and test execution issues.
• Responsible for coordinating production deployment readiness by communicating deployment status to System Engineers.
• Responsible for tracking pull request review status within GitHub repositories and coordinating with appropriate stakeholders to ensure code reviews and approvals.
• Executed cross-browser and cross-device mobile testing across Chrome, Safari, iOS, Android, and BrowserStack environments.
• Investigated production and stage issues using Splunk for log analysis.
• Set up Dynatrace monitors for production testing and monitoring.
• Identified, documented, and tracked defects in Jira with detailed reproduction steps, screenshots, logs, and acceptance criteria.
• Performed exploratory testing to identify functional, UI/UX, cross-browser, and edge-case issues.
• Executed manual testing of web applications.
• Collaborated with developers, product managers, and QA engineers in Agile/Scrum environments to deliver high-quality releases.
• Performed accessibility testing.
• Conducted UAT sessions with stakeholders.

Test Engineer
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
09/2022 to 09/2025
Charlotte, NC
• Developed and maintained automation regression test cases using TypeScript and Playwright.
• Conducted automation API testing.
• Executed manual API testing, ensuring endpoint reliability, authentication handling, and accurate responses.
• Performed SQL database validation.
• Conducted Appium mobile testing of SEL Compass Lite at the MVP stage, a solution for engineers and field technicians to download manuals, firmware, and release notes.
• Collaborated with developers to integrate automation tests into the CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins.
• Executed functional, cross-browser, regression, system, integration, compatibility, sanity, smoke, acceptance, end-to-end, ad hoc, exploratory, and black-box testing.
• Leveraged Chrome DevTools for debugging.
• Performed cross-browser testing (Chromium, Firefox, Safari/WebKit) to ensure compatibility across major browsers.
• Reported bugs using Jira, collaborating closely with developers to ensure effective issue resolution and smooth communication throughout the bug lifecycle.
• Transitioned from Java/Selenium to Playwright (TypeScript) automation to modernize test coverage.

QA Automation Engineer
Beyond Exam
12/2019 to 08/2022
Charlotte, NC
• Developed automation frameworks using Java and Selenium.
• Implemented and maintained Selenium regression tests for identifying issues arising from new feature implementations and bug fixes.
• Created automation test cases for API validation with RestAssured (Java) to verify endpoints, authentication, requests, and responses.
• Conducted native mobile app testing of the Beyond Exam Proctor App at the MVP stage using Espresso.
• Performed database validation with SQL queries.
• Utilized Apache JMeter to execute load testing.
• Utilized Git and GitHub for version control.
• Detected and reported defects on Jira, improving product quality.
• Conducted UAT sessions with stakeholders.

QA Engineer
INOUT Services
06/2019 to 11/2019
Los Angeles, CA
• Contributed to the maintenance of an automation framework using Java and Selenium.
• Performed API testing with Postman to verify endpoints, authentication, status codes, and payload accuracy.
• Validated data integrity through back-end testing using SQL queries, ensuring accuracy of stored data.
• Executed manual testing for a web and mobile application, validating functionality, usability, and cross-browser/device compatibility.
• Tracked and reported defects in Jira.
• Conducted UAT sessions with stakeholders.

QA Engineer
Price Bee
11/2018 to 05/2019
Odesa, Ukraine
• Contributed to an automation framework with Java and Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, and MySQL, applying the Page Object Model (POM).
• Verified database correctness through SQL query execution.
• Conducted API validation with Postman, ensuring reliable endpoints, correct response payloads, and accurate data flow.
• Performed manual and automated testing.
• Executed UAT sessions with stakeholders.
• Managed defect tracking and reporting in Jira.

Manual QA Analyst
Imexbank
03/2013 to 09/2014
Odesa, Ukraine
• Conducted manual front-end testing.
• Performed back-end testing by executing SQL queries.
• Executed API testing with Postman.
• Logged and tracked defects using Jira.
• Performed exploratory testing to identify UI/UX inconsistencies.
• Ensured product accessibility and responsiveness across browsers and devices.

IT Support Apprenticeship
Imexbank
03/2012 to 02/2013
Odesa, Ukraine
• Provided technical support to end-users, troubleshooting hardware, software, and network issues.
• Assisted with installation, configuration, and maintenance of Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Supported network connectivity by setting up and troubleshooting LAN, Wi-Fi, and VPN connections.
• Managed user accounts, permissions, and basic security configurations.
• Documented incidents, solutions, and recurring issues.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree in computer science
National Technical University of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
2014 – 2018
Emphasis on software quality assurance and testing methodologies.

SKILLS

TypeScript
Playwright
Java
Selenium
Postman
API
SQL
Jenkins
Mobile testing / WebdriverIO
AWS
BrowserStack
Appium
Agile / Scrum
Dynatrace
Splunk

Pet Project

Created a public Postman collection with automated test scripts for RESTful APIs, including parameterized environment setups and pre-request validations.
Postman API Profile

CERTIFICATIONS

Automation QA Engineer Playwright
Test-Pro Academy

ISTQB Certified Tester
International Software Testing Qualifications Board

ISTQB Agile Tester
Rice Consulting Services certificate of training

ASTQB Certified Mobile Tester
Rice Consulting Services certificate of training

Networks & Cybersecurity Course
Computer Academy IT STEP

LANGUAGES

• English – C2 (Proficient)
• Russian – C2 (Fluent)
• Ukrainian – B2 (Upper Intermediate)

WORK AUTHORIZATION

• Ukrainian citizen
• U.S. citizen