Hi, I’m Razvan Mihai Gaina, a Senior Quality Assurance Software Tester with over 10 years of hands-on experience in manual testing, QA leadership, and agile environments. I’m ISTQB Foundation certified and started my career after studies in law, spending several years in video game testing before moving into broader software QA challenges. I enjoy turning complex QA problems into solid, repeatable processes and delivering value early in project lifecycles. Throughout my career I’ve led QA initiatives, mentored teammates, and contributed to recruitment and retention efforts. I’m passionate about expanding knowledge, improving tools, and fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software deliverables.

Razvan Mihai Gaina

Hi, I’m Razvan Mihai Gaina, a Senior Quality Assurance Software Tester with over 10 years of hands-on experience in manual testing, QA leadership, and agile environments. I’m ISTQB Foundation certified and started my career after studies in law, spending several years in video game testing before moving into broader software QA challenges. I enjoy turning complex QA problems into solid, repeatable processes and delivering value early in project lifecycles. Throughout my career I’ve led QA initiatives, mentored teammates, and contributed to recruitment and retention efforts. I’m passionate about expanding knowledge, improving tools, and fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software deliverables.

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Hi, I’m Razvan Mihai Gaina, a Senior Quality Assurance Software Tester with over 10 years of hands-on experience in manual testing, QA leadership, and agile environments. I’m ISTQB Foundation certified and started my career after studies in law, spending several years in video game testing before moving into broader software QA challenges. I enjoy turning complex QA problems into solid, repeatable processes and delivering value early in project lifecycles.

Throughout my career I’ve led QA initiatives, mentored teammates, and contributed to recruitment and retention efforts. I’m passionate about expanding knowledge, improving tools, and fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software deliverables.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Fluent
English
Advanced
Italian
Intermediate

Work Experience

Quality Assurance Software Tester | Lead at Freelancer (Remote)
July 1, 2025 - Present
Quality Assurance Software Tester and Lead focusing on testing new website creation and admin/dashboard pages for UI/UX, functionality and API implementation (Swagger/Postman); conducting checks across Desktop and Mobile devices using real devices or emulators; participating in onboarding meetings and daily standups; contributing to QA planning and risk assessment to support project onboarding and timely delivery.
Quality Assurance Specialist at Ateliere Creative Technologies
October 1, 2019 - June 30, 2025
Smoke, regression, performance and load testing on media/tech projects; updating and writing test cases in TestRail; running and analysing automation suites using GitHub and Cypress; organizing work tasks and participating in Agile ceremonies; learning media domain topics (IMF, codecs, media files) and contributing to backlog grooming and knowledge sharing.
QA Analyst at Unicredit Services (Mobile Banking Team) via Sparkware Technologies
August 1, 2019 - September 1, 2019
Outsourced QA Analyst for a banking mobile app; tested login flows, permissions, payments and multilingual support; authored test cases and ensured mobile app quality.
Quality Assurance Team Lead at Sparkware Technologies
August 1, 2017 - June 1, 2019
Team Lead for a team of 10 QA Web Testers; supported daily tasks, resolved project issues, improved backlog grooming, participated in recruitment and onboarding, and contributed to processes to enable team growth and higher quality delivery.
DevTester
April 1, 2014 - August 1, 2017
QA-focused development tester role including bug reporting in JIRA, coordinating with producers and programmers, daily/weekly team meetings, mentoring new members, creating daily test-cases, and aiding cross-team communication.
Quality Control
January 1, 2013 - June 1, 2013
Video Game Tester duties including testing Ubisoft titles across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC; creating and updating test cases; reporting bugs; collaborating with developers to ensure build stability and quality.
Baili
January 1, 2013 - June 1, 2013
Administrative role supporting archives, meetings, client communications, debt collection reminders and document handling.

Education

Bachelor's degree at University of Bucharest
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012
High School at Alexandru Ioan Cuza High School
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2008

Qualifications

ISTQB Foundation Level Certification
January 11, 2030 - April 28, 2026
Audio to Text to Audio Language Converter - Hackathon (SEETB Projects)
October 1, 2024 - October 1, 2024

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

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