PALINA SIMAKOVA

Experience

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  IT-Academy «Образовательный центр Парка высоких технологий»

  Aug 2018 - Oct 2018

  Student

  Successfully completed a course in functional software testing.I was one of the three recommended for invitation to the EPAM laboratory from the entire group of students.I was one of the best in the group.During the course I studied and learned to apply:- Types and methods of testing (smoke, critical, extended, regression, etc.);- Principles of test development;- Management of tests and test scripts;- Testing web applications;- Testing of mobile applications;- Writing defect reports;- Writing a report on test results;- Estimation of labor costs when testing using various methods: (By Test Cases, Based on development);- SQL queries: (Studying types of relationships. Writing simple queries)- HTML and CSS (minimal)- Basics of text data exchange formats (XML, JSON);- VirtualBox;- Selenium: (Development and execution of simple scripts);- creating bat/cmd commandsSOFT SKILLS:- Principles of business communication;- risk and conflict management;- distribution of tasks between team members;- monitoring the completion of work within the required time frame;- work planning;- familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum and a little Kanban)TRAINING PROJECT:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R6OwvzWdtQC6R93lsps33ym9AssoayyS?usp=sharingTRAVELATION.COM (team of 4 people).Responsibilities:- acted as a lead;(made assessments, distributed tasks, managed risks and conflicts)- compiled checklists;- created test cases;- carried out testing;- compiled bug reports;- wrote the final report on the project (test result report);- was responsible for the final presentation of the project Show less

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  ITRex Group

  Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

  QA Engineer

  The project is a web application that launches robotic automation of various processes.Used for designing, launching and planning business processes.Our team was localizing this project into other languages.My duties included:- estimation of planned tasks;- writing and maintaining test documentation (checklists, test cases, bug reports, test plan, test result report);- conducting functional testing, localization testing, requirements testing, API testing;- conducting smoke testing, regression testing, User Acceptance Testing;- validation of defects;- analysis of the results of launched automated tests and identification of the root causes of defects;- interaction with the automation teamIn-company I was training in Java programming. Show less

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  InAR

  May 2020 - Feb 2024

  QA Engineer / Backend developer php

  I was the only QA engineer and was responsible for setting up processes to ensure the quality of the product being developed.The project consisted of a number of mobile and web applications:- several mobile augmented reality applications (Android, iOS);- web systems for managing accounts and data for the above applications;- service providing API for mobile application and backofficeThe team was distributed across 3 countries (Switzerland, Belarus, Ukraine).My responsibilities also included:- implementation of Scrum to establish development processes and improve team efficiency;- implementation of the process of writing and maintaining test documentation;- preparation of test documentation(checklists, test cases, bug reports, test plan, test result report);- administration of Jira, Trello in accordance with the needs of the team;- management of risks;- reporting;- preparation and analysis of requirements;- analysis of relevant devices and their purchase;- business communicationI also combined the role of a QA engineer with the role of a back-end developer (php).Stack:-php/laravel/nova;-unity (C#, ARCore, ARKit, augmented reality);-SQL, mysql, git, bitbucket, -putty, aws ec2, aws rds;-apiary (api documentation);-postmanMy responsibilities included:-creation of api;-correction of defects;- troubleshooting;-code review Show less

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  ComboTech

  Jun 2024 - now

  Senior QA Engineer

  Project - Gambling:- Web testing;- Mobile testing (telegram bot, using browserstack);- Develop and support test documentation (checklists, test cases, bug reports - Allure);- Webhooks testing;- Sql queries;- REST API testing;- Regression testing;- Testing payment systems;- Analysis of requirements, adjustment- Grooming;- Writing autotests ( playwright, typescript );- CI/CD tools;- Help improve testing processes and efficient work processes