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Nikola Rilak

Verified Expert in Engineering

Automation Developer

Location

Belgrade, Serbia

Toptal Member Since

March 5, 2024

Nikola is a .NET automation QA engineer with around five years of professional experience. Leveraging C#, he has implemented and maintained automation testing frameworks from scratch for UI and API tests. Besides automation, Nikola has also focused on manual testing to expand his rich skill set.

API Testing REST API Automation UI Testing Postman Swagger C#.NET Selenium SQL QA Automation C#.NET Automation REST APIs MSTest

Portfolio

Paycor

API Testing, C#, Automation, Manual Testing, Postman, MSTest, Microsoft Azure

Wireless Media

Selenium, REST API Automation, Postman, Manual Testing, Automation...

Experience

Postman - 5 years API Testing - 5 years Manual Testing - 5 years C#.NET - 4 years MSTest - 3 years REST API Automation - 3 years SQL - 3 years Selenium - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

C#.NET, Postman, Microsoft Azure, Swagger, API Testing, UI Testing, MSTest, Selenium, SQL, C#, .NET

The most amazing...

...automation framework I've implemented and maintained served more than 500 tests for applications that were widely used by more than 10,000 users.

Work Experience

Software Engineer in Test

2022 - PRESENT

Paycor

Implemented a C# automation testing framework for API testing for widely used APIs.
Engaged in dual roles as a back-end developer and automation QA specialist, implementing REST APIs in C#.
Mentored the QA interns in my team and imparted knowledge about the project and QA automation.

Technologies: API Testing, C#, Automation, Manual Testing, Postman, MSTest, Microsoft Azure

Automation QA Engineer

2019 - 2022

Wireless Media

Implemented an automation testing framework for UI and API tests that was later widely used in the company.
Educated other colleagues so they could start writing automation tests.
Collaborated on many business decisions within internal projects.

Technologies: Selenium, REST API Automation, Postman, Manual Testing, Automation, QA Automation

Experience

Platform for Changing Jobs

This project involved working on a C#-based application for changing jobs. I handled C# back-end development and automation QA at the same time. I learned how to implement REST APIs and how to connect an automation project with an SQL database, table storage, or any other external source of data.

Skills

Libraries/APIs

REST APIs

Tools

Postman, MSTest

Languages

C#.NET, SQL, C#

Frameworks

Swagger, Selenium, .NET

Paradigms

Manual Testing, Automation

Other

API Testing, REST API Automation, UI Testing, Microsoft Azure, QA Automation

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