Senior QA Automation Lead / SDET with 9+ years of experience specializing in:

• Building robust test automation frameworks from scratch
• Implementing TestOps and CI/CD pipelines
• Leading QA teams and driving shift-left testing approaches
• Creating specialized automation tools for computer vision testing
• Transforming legacy infrastructure to modern cloud solutions

Based in Kyiv, Ukraine, I blend technical excellence with leadership vision to optimize testing processes and increase delivery speed without sacrificing quality.

skills = {
    "Languages": ["Python (Expert)", "JavaScript/TypeScript", "C# (Basic)"],
    "Test Tools": ["Playwright", "Pytest", "Selenium", "OpenCV", "TestRail", "Jira"],
    "CI/CD & DevOps": ["GitHub Actions", "GitLab CI", "Jenkins", "Docker", "AWS CodePipeline"],
    "Cloud": ["AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, Device Farm, ECS, ECR, CloudFormation)", "OpenShift", "Kubernetes"],
    "Web & APIs": ["Flask", "Django", "RESTful APIs", "GraphQL", "Postman", "Swagger"],
    "Databases": ["PostgreSQL", "MySQL", "MongoDB", "SQL", "NoSQL"],
    "Monitoring": ["Grafana", "Kibana", "Elasticsearch"]
}

I believe QA Automation is not just about writing tests but optimizing the entire development cycle:

1. Engineer First, Not Just Tester: I approach QA as a software engineering discipline
2. Shift-Left Testing: Catch issues early in the development cycle
3. Everything Can Be Automated: Finding creative solutions for complex testing challenges
4. TestOps Over Manual Validation: Implementing metrics, monitoring, and CI/CD pipelines
5. T-Shape Skills: Deep QA expertise with broad knowledge of adjacent domains
6. Reduce Manual Work: Eliminating repetitive tasks through automation

I'm writing and rewriting a comprehensive manifesto on modern QA Automation that covers:

• SDET principles and TestOps approaches
• BDD done right (or not at all)
• Test Cases as Code philosophy
• Shift-left methodologies
• TestOps metrics and monitoring
• The ideal of "QA who fulfilled their mission can move forward"

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