I'm a QA engineer with over 5 years of experience across telecommunications, insurance, and fintech. I’ve worked in Agile teams and have a solid understanding of SDLC and STLC, with a strong focus on shifting testing left to catch defects earlier and deliver high-quality software. I specialize in designing robust test strategies, writing clear test cases, and building automated UI tests with TypeScript and Playwright. I also have hands-on experience with API testing (Postman), SQL data validation, and CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions to keep feedback cycles fast and reliable.

Akbarali Farkhodov

I'm a QA engineer with over 5 years of experience across telecommunications, insurance, and fintech. I’ve worked in Agile teams and have a solid understanding of SDLC and STLC, with a strong focus on shifting testing left to catch defects earlier and deliver high-quality software. I specialize in designing robust test strategies, writing clear test cases, and building automated UI tests with TypeScript and Playwright. I also have hands-on experience with API testing (Postman), SQL data validation, and CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions to keep feedback cycles fast and reliable.

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I’m a QA engineer with over 5 years of experience across telecommunications, insurance, and fintech. I’ve worked in Agile teams and have a solid understanding of SDLC and STLC, with a strong focus on shifting testing left to catch defects earlier and deliver high-quality software.

I specialize in designing robust test strategies, writing clear test cases, and building automated UI tests with TypeScript and Playwright. I also have hands-on experience with API testing (Postman), SQL data validation, and CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions to keep feedback cycles fast and reliable.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

QA Engineer at Interactive Brokers
June 1, 2024 - Present
Support the QA lifecycle within an Agile equity trading team by analyzing requirements, designing test cases, and validating equity trading functionality across the SDLC. Develop and maintain end-to-end automated test suites using Playwright and TypeScript (POM) and execute them via GitHub Actions. Conduct smoke, sanity, positive, negative, backend, end-to-end, and regression testing; perform API testing with Postman; analyze FIX logs; write SQL queries for backend validation; collaborate with product and development teams to refine requirements and close gaps.
QA Analyst at GEICO
June 1, 2022 - May 1, 2024
Contributed to fast-paced Scrum sprints by refining requirements, creating detailed test plans, and executing functional, backend, API, and regression testing. Performed SQL data validation and REST API testing using Postman; managed defects through Jira, matching QA with stakeholders; advanced shift-left practices to catch defects early; documented test progress and incidents for monthly reviews; supported QA process improvements.
Junior QA Analyst at T-Mobile
December 1, 2020 - May 1, 2022
Performed various manual testing across e-commerce and account management modules; participated in Agile ceremonies; developed test plans for new features; collaborated with developers to identify and validate test scenarios; tracked defects in JIRA and contributed to improving the testing lifecycle; performed exploratory, GUI, and end-to-end testing.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Psychology at CUNY Queens College
January 11, 2030 - May 17, 2026
Bachelor's degree in Psychology at CUNY Queens College
January 11, 2030 - May 17, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Telecommunications