QA Engineer with 3.5+ years of experience in manual and API testing. Proven track record at EPAM Systems testing payment flows, financial integrations, and REST APIs for enterprise clients. Experienced with Postman, PostgreSQL, JIRA, and Agile collaboration across distributed teams. Background in Finance and Accounting provides deep understanding of payment domain concepts - authorisations, chargebacks, and transaction lifecycles. Familiar with Kafka-based event-driven architectures through project exposure. Actively developing Java automation skills (Selenium WebDriver, REST Assured, Cucumber).

Tetiana Plaksina

QA Engineer with 3.5+ years of experience in manual and API testing. Proven track record at EPAM Systems testing payment flows, financial integrations, and REST APIs for enterprise clients. Experienced with Postman, PostgreSQL, JIRA, and Agile collaboration across distributed teams. Background in Finance and Accounting provides deep understanding of payment domain concepts - authorisations, chargebacks, and transaction lifecycles. Familiar with Kafka-based event-driven architectures through project exposure. Actively developing Java automation skills (Selenium WebDriver, REST Assured, Cucumber).

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QA Engineer with 3.5+ years of experience in manual and API testing.
Proven track record at EPAM Systems testing payment flows, financial integrations, and REST APIs for enterprise clients. Experienced with Postman, PostgreSQL, JIRA, and Agile collaboration across distributed teams. Background in Finance and Accounting provides deep understanding of payment domain concepts - authorisations, chargebacks, and transaction lifecycles. Familiar with Kafka-based event-driven architectures through project exposure. Actively developing Java automation skills (Selenium WebDriver, REST Assured, Cucumber).

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
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Language

Ukrainian
Fluent
Russian
Fluent
English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Beginner

Work Experience

Freelance QA Tester (Part-time) at Independent QA Projects
November 1, 2024 - Present
Performed functional, exploratory, and regression testing for web applications through freelance and crowd testing engagements. Validated UI behaviour, user flows, and feature functionality across different environments. Strengthened practical testing routines and exploratory testing coverage across multiple independent projects.
Software Quality Engineer at EPAM Systems
April 1, 2021 - October 31, 2024
Delivered manual, API, and initial automation testing for enterprise clients in FinTech, Software & Hi-Tech, and Healthcare domains. Designed and executed functional, regression, smoke, integration, and acceptance test scenarios for web applications. Collaborated with Business Analysts, developers, and product teams to analyze requirements and clarify acceptance criteria. Performed REST API testing using Postman, including complex JSON and XML payload validation. Documented and tracked defects in JIRA. Contributed to Java automation testing using Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber (BDD), TestNG/JUnit, and CI/CD pipelines. Refactored legacy Selenium + Cucumber automated tests, improving test stability and increasing pass rate from 60% to 80%. Conducted pre-release accessibility testing (WCAG 2.2) identifying 25+ accessibility issues, contributing to ~80% compliance improvements. Implemented integration testing scripts in Katalon Studio for a microservices-based e-commerce transformation proje
Finance & Accounting Professional at Various Companies
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2020
Developed a business-oriented mindset, ensuring that features align with organizational objectives and user needs. Managed complex financial data, documentation, and reporting processes with a strong focus on accuracy, compliance, and data integrity. Built analytical and detail-oriented skills later leveraged in software quality assurance and data validation tasks.
Freelance QA Tester at Independent Projects
November 1, 2024 - Present
Performed functional, exploratory, and regression testing for web applications through crowdtesting engagements. Validated UI behaviour, user flows, and feature functionality across multiple environments and projects.

Education

Master's in Applied Mathematics at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
Master's in Finance at KROK University of Economics and Law, Ukraine
October 16, 2006 - April 30, 2009
Master's in Applied Mathematics at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
January 11, 2030 - April 27, 2026
Master's in Finance at KROK University of Economics and Law, Kyiv, Ukraine
January 11, 2030 - April 27, 2026

Qualifications

Cloud Digital Leader - Google Cloud
September 1, 2023 - September 1, 2026
Automated Testing Mentoring Program (Java) - EPA M Systems
January 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023
Functional Testing Lab - EPA M Systems
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Quality Assurance (Java Automation) - EPA M Systems
December 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
Cloud Digital Leader (Google Cloud)
September 1, 2023 - September 1, 2026
Accessibility Testing Extended - EPAM Systems
January 1, 2024 - April 27, 2026
Automated Testing Mentoring Program (Java) - EPAM Systems
January 1, 2023 - April 27, 2026
Functional Testing Laboratory - EPAM Systems
January 1, 2021 - April 27, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Healthcare, Professional Services, Other

Experience Level

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