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Hire NikitaNikita Bohonko
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Quality Assurance (QA) Developer
Location
Riga, Latvia
Toptal Member Since
March 2, 2021
Nikita is an engineer with ten years of QA experience as a manual, automation, and performance tester focused on digital and fintech projects. He has worked in the GUI (web, application), API, and mobile areas. He has configured test automation and performance solutions from scratch, written stories, and worked as the test lead in projects with ten to 500 professionals.
Portfolio
Precision Drilling
Manual QA, Quality Assurance (QA), Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution...
28Stone Consulting
Agile, Scrum, Selenium, Jenkins, REST, Postman, SQL...
AirLift LLC
Quality Assurance (QA), API Testing, Kanban, Manual QA, QA Leadership...
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Windows, Selenium, Java, REST, Cucumber, Apache Maven, Agile, Jenkins, Functional Testing, Manual Testing
The most amazing...
...achievement of mine was refactoring a vast automation solution to a new version with the addition of parallelization and integration of performance tests.
Work Experience
Manual QA Engineer
2021 - PRESENT
Precision Drilling
- Participated in developing an app to monitor and visualize rig performance, actions, and metrics.
- Worked as the sole QA engineer responsible for story management, test planning, test case preparation, test case execution, test results reporting, and regression testing.
- Contributed to launching web and mobile versions of the app, which is used by a few hundred unique users daily.
- Participated in continuous development and improvement of the existing app based on client and user feedback.
- Worked in a local environment, building the code from the developers to quicken the feedback loop.
Technologies: Manual QA, Quality Assurance (QA), Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Case Development, Test Cases, Data Visualization, Agile, Scrum, E2E Testing
Senior Test Automation Engineer
2019 - 2022
28Stone Consulting
- Improved the existing automation framework and added a parallelization solution.
- Coached the client on test automation and performance testing.
- Constructed a performance testing solution from scratch and integrated it into CI.
- Drove the automation process by making decisions, performing code reviews, and leading a team of three engineers to deliver high-quality and high-reusability test automation code.
Technologies: Agile, Scrum, Selenium, Jenkins, REST, Postman, SQL, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Deployment, Coaching, Parallel Testing, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Cucumber, Apache Maven, Gradle, Allure Testing Framework, Apache JMeter, Bitbucket, Git, Swagger, BlazeMeter, QA Automation, Automated Testing, API Testing, Quality Assurance (QA), REST API Automation, Manual QA, Linux, Selenium WebDriver, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Cases, Data Visualization, Jira, Functional Testing, Web App Testing, GitHub Actions, Test Automation
Lead QA Expert
2021 - 2021
AirLift LLC
- Contributed to launching a prototype of a social network application.
- Performed manual testing of the app on multiple platforms (IOS, Android, Windows, and MacOS).
- Managed a team of four QA engineers, distributed tasks, educated, worked with management, and closely worked with the developers to fix failures.
- Took part in the hiring process, prepared job adverts, reviewed applications, and conducted interviews.
Technologies: Quality Assurance (QA), API Testing, Kanban, Manual QA, QA Leadership, Social Networks, Hiring, E2E Testing
Test Lead
2017 - 2019
Accenture Latvia
- Led a team of nine people consisting of manual, automation, and performance testing engineers, to maintain high product quality on all development levels.
- Participated in requirements analysis, Jira stories creation, sprint planning leading, sprint review leading, spring grooming leading, meeting with the client, and scope discussion.
- Built automation and performance testing solutions from scratch.
- Configured continuous integration in GitLab using Docker.
- Conducted numerous interviews for various quality assurance positions.
Technologies: Test Management, Agile, Waterfall Methodology, Requirements Analysis, CodeceptJS, Selenium WebDriver, GitLab, Docker, Apache JMeter, Groovy, Swagger, PuTTY, Jira, Project Management, QA Automation, Automated Testing, API Testing, Quality Assurance (QA), REST API Automation, Manual QA, Zephyr, Coaching, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Git, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Cases, Data Visualization, Regression Testing, Functional Testing, Manual Testing, Web App Testing, GitHub Actions, E2E Testing, Test Automation
Test Automation Engineer
2016 - 2017
Accenture Latvia
- Performed as a QA consultant in a 500 heads onsite project.
- Led a team dedicated to E2E scenarios automation.
- Contributed to automation framework improvement, prepared a T24 response parser, and wrote guidelines for code format.
- Participated in brown bag sessions as a speaker.
- Performed code reviews to various test automation engineers daily.
Technologies: C#, LeanFT, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), T24, Bitbucket, Scrum, Kanban, QA Automation, Automated Testing, API Testing, Quality Assurance (QA), REST API Automation, Manual QA, Linux, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Git, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Cases, Data Visualization, Functional Testing, Manual Testing, Web App Testing, GitHub Actions, Test Automation
Middle Test Engineer
2015 - 2016
Accenture Latvia
- Covered web functionality with automated tests written in Java using Selenium and Cucumber frameworks.
- Covered API functionality with automated tests written in PHP using the Codeception framework.
- Guided a team of three members, performing manual testing tasks and high-level automation activities (results analysis, code adjustment).
Technologies: Java, Selenium, PHP, Codeception, Git, Cucumber, QA Automation, Automated Testing, API Testing, Quality Assurance (QA), REST API Automation, Mobile Device QA Automation, Appium, Manual QA, Linux, Jenkins, PuTTY, Selenium WebDriver, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Cases, Data Visualization, Functional Testing, Manual Testing, Web App Testing, E2E Testing, Test Automation
Junior Test Engineer
2014 - 2015
Accenture Latvia
- Performed manual testing of web and mobile applications, consisting of GUI and API validations, as part of an Agile Scrum team.
- Tested sprint stories, reported and validated bugs, and demonstrated the demo to the client.
- Participated in weekly release regression testing activities.
Technologies: Quality Assurance (QA), Web, REST, Postman, Agile, Scrum, Regression Testing, Reporting, Jira, TestLink, API Testing, Mobile Device QA Automation, Manual QA, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Cases, Functional Testing, Manual Testing, Web App Testing
Experience
Gradle Selenide Example Project
https://github.com/nbohonko/veloceA solution containing a web UI and API test automation framework prepared to try Gradle technology and Selenide. It was built using Java, Selenium Webdriver, Selenide, Gradle, Cucumber, Rest Assured, and Allure. It contains an automation test plan and a BUR report example.
Education
2012 - 2015
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
Riga Technical University - Riga, Latvia
Certifications
APRIL 2018 - PRESENT
ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level Extension, Agile Tester
iSQI GmbH
SEPTEMBER 2017 - PRESENT
ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level
iSQI GmbH
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Selenium WebDriver
Tools
Jira, Cucumber, Apache Maven, Git, Jenkins, Zephyr, Postman, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Bitbucket, GitLab, Apache JMeter, PuTTY, Gradle
Paradigms
Agile, Scrum, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Automated Testing, Functional Testing, Manual Testing, E2E Testing, REST, Kanban, Requirements Analysis, Test Automation
Languages
Java, C#, HTML, SQL, PHP, JavaScript, Groovy
Frameworks
Selenium, Appium, Codeception, CodeceptJS, Swagger, Allure Testing Framework, Selenide
Storage
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Platforms
Windows, Web, TestLink, Docker, Linux
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Other
Quality Assurance (QA), Teamwork, Regression Testing, Reporting, Manual QA, Mobile Device QA Automation, REST API Automation, API Testing, QA Automation, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Cases, Web App Testing, GitHub Actions, Waterfall Methodology, Test Management, Coaching, Data Visualization, SAP, LeanFT, T24, Deployment, Parallel Testing, BlazeMeter, QA Leadership, Social Networks, Hiring, Test Case Development
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