HLEB SHULHIN
Lead Software Testing / QA Engineer
Izmir
Summary
Lead Software Testing Engineer with over 6 years of experience in functional, GUI, localization, web services, automated, and mobile software testing and more than 3 years in a leadership role.
Specialized in web-application testing in Scrum projects.
Proven track record in improving test automation coverage and reducing manual testing efforts.
Scrum.org PSM I certified specialist with strong expertise in managing QA teams, developing test strategies, and driving process improvements.
Passionate with test automation.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Lead Software Testing Engineer
EPAM Systems
05.2019 - Current
- Managed QA team (workload management, onboarding/adaptation, interviewing, team mentoring and motivation, tasks delegation)
- Analyzed, tested and contributed to requirements
- Developed test documentation (master test plan, test strategies, test cases, checklists, bug reports)
- Reported test results to stakeholders
- Communicated with stakeholders on both EPAM and customer sides on daily basis
- Facilitated root cause analysis process, and Scrum ceremonies
- Led merger of several teams with different domains into one, setting up processes
- Adjusted regression testing strategy, focusing on affected modules and user behavior
- Worked on test metrics selection and improvement
- Automated test cases in REST API and UI layer (Gherkin, Selenium, Java)
- Performed test automation code review and test automation results analysis.
Software Tester
One Point Ltd.
09.2018 - 02.2019
- Performed functional testing (including rates calculation)
- Participated in UI/UX testing of web-application
- Took part in discussion of new features implementation with product owner
- Mentored Junior QA Engineers of team when transferring knowledge
- Performed regression testing after build releases
- Performed ad-hoc and exploratory testing of new features
Education
Bachelor of Management - Labor Economics
Belarus State Economic University
Minsk 09.2005 - 05.2010
Skills
REST API (Postman, Fiddler)
Certification
PSM I
Accomplishments
- Achieved 80% of Sprints completed without spillovers due to in-sprint automation completion in time during a year
- Improved automation effectiveness in top buggiest components from 9% to 33%
- Reduced manual regression phase effort from 40 to 13 man-hours per regression Sprint
- The number of regression bugs was reduced to zero in the last fiscal year
Locations
- Izmir, Turkey
Timeline
Lead Software Testing Engineer
EPAM Systems
05.2019 - Current
Software Tester
One Point Ltd.
09.2018 - 02.2019
Bachelor of Management - Labor Economics
Belarus State Economic University
09.2005 - 05.2010