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YURII GREKALO

YURII GREKALO

Chisinau,Chișinău Municipality

Summary

QA Automation Engineer with 3+ years of experience testing fintech applications across web, mobile, and back-office platforms. Experienced in developing and maintaining automated UI and API tests using Java, Selenide, TestNG, and REST Assured. Skilled in API testing, SQL, Agile methodologies, and collaborating throughout the full SDLC to deliver high-quality software.

Overview

4
4
Languages
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
years of professional experience

Work history

QA engineer

Neobank
Remote
2023.07 - 2026.07

Product: Fintech platform providing digital banking services, including customer-facing web and mobile applications, as well as a back-office system for operations, accounting, customer onboarding, and application processing.

Responsibilities:

  • Performed manual and automated testing of customer-facing web, mobile, and back-office applications in a fintech environment.
  • Designed, developed, and maintained automated UI and API test suites using Java, Selenide, TestNG, and REST Assured.
  • Executed functional, regression, smoke, sanity, exploratory, and end-to-end testing throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Performed API testing and validation using Postman and Swagger/OpenAPI documentation.
  • Analyzed business and technical requirements, reviewed specifications, and provided feedback to improve feature implementation, usability, and overall product quality.
  • Collaborated closely with developers, designers, business analysts, and QA engineers to ensure high-quality product delivery.
  • Participated in sprint planning, backlog refinement, task estimation, and release planning in an Agile environment.
  • Tested integrations with external systems and third-party services, ensuring reliable data exchange and business process execution.
  • Investigated defects, analyzed application logs, identified root causes, and prepared detailed bug reports to support efficient issue resolution.
  • Monitored application health and analyzed logs, metrics, and event flows using Grafana and Apache Kafka to support troubleshooting and validate system behavior.
  • Designed, maintained, and executed test cases and regression test suites to ensure product stability after changes.
  • Validated UI implementation against design specifications, ensuring pixel-perfect compliance and a consistent user experience.
  • Contributed throughout the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from requirements analysis and planning to testing, release validation, and continuous quality improvement.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

Odesа Polytechnic National University
Odesa, Ukraine
2023.09 -

QA Manual - Manual QA

Hillel IT School
Odesa, Ukraine
2022.07 - 2022.11

Free online-course - QA Engineer

G5 Games
Online
2022.05 - 2022.06

Junior Specialist - Ship Handling on Sea Lanes

Maritime Transport Professional College
Odesa, Ukraine
2018.09 - 2022.05

Skills

  • Programming: Java, OOP
  • Build & Automation: Maven, TestNG, Selenide, REST Assured
  • API & Web Services: REST API Testing, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, JSON, XML
  • Testing: Functional Testing, API Testing, UI Testing, Web Testing, Mobile Testing, Manual Testing, Automated Testing, E2E Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing, Exploratory Testing, Performance Testing (JMeter), Pixel-Perfect UI Validation
  • Databases: SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • Tools: Git, Jira, Xray, TestRail, Confluence, Trello, IntelliJ IDEA, Grafana, Apache Kafka
  • Test Design & Documentation: Test Case Design, Checklist Design, Bug Reporting, Requirements Analysis
  • Development Process: Agile (Scrum), SDLC, Root Cause Analysis, Log Monitoring

LANGUAGES

1. English
Upper intermediate (B2)
2. Ukrainian
Native
3. Russian
Native
4. Romanian
Elementary (A2)

Timeline

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

Odesа Polytechnic National University
2023.09 -

QA engineer

Neobank
2023.07 - 2026.07

QA Manual - Manual QA

Hillel IT School
2022.07 - 2022.11

Free online-course - QA Engineer

G5 Games
2022.05 - 2022.06

Junior Specialist - Ship Handling on Sea Lanes

Maritime Transport Professional College
2018.09 - 2022.05
YURII GREKALO