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Hi, I’m Marlen, a QA Automation Engineer focused on building reliable software for fintech. Over 8+ years I’ve tested and automated across major U.S. banks and fintech platforms, including iCapital, Bank of America, and Capital One. I enjoy designing and maintaining scalable test frameworks, improving CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with DevOps to reduce regressions and boost product confidence. I’m always eager to mentor teammates and learn new testing techniques to keep delivering high-quality software.…Hi, I’m Marlen, a QA Automation Engineer focused on building reliable software for fintech. Over 8+ years I’ve tested and automated across major U.S. banks and fintech platforms, including iCapital, Bank of America, and Capital One. I enjoy designing and maintaining scalable test frameworks, improving CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with DevOps to reduce regressions and boost product confidence. I’m always eager to mentor teammates and learn new testing techniques to keep delivering high-quality software.

Marlen Zhakypov

QA Engineer, DevOps Developer, Data Scientist, +2

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Hi, I’m Marlen, a QA Automation Engineer focused on building reliable software for fintech. Over 8+ years I’ve tested and automated across major U.S. banks and fintech platforms, including iCapital, Bank of America, and Capital One. I enjoy designing and maintaining scalable test frameworks, improving CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with DevOps to reduce regressions and boost product confidence. I’m always eager to mentor teammates and learn new testing techniques to keep delivering high-quality software.…Hi, I’m Marlen, a QA Automation Engineer focused on building reliable software for fintech. Over 8+ years I’ve tested and automated across major U.S. banks and fintech platforms, including iCapital, Bank of America, and Capital One. I enjoy designing and maintaining scalable test frameworks, improving CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with DevOps to reduce regressions and boost product confidence. I’m always eager to mentor teammates and learn new testing techniques to keep delivering high-quality software.

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Hi, I’m Marlen, a QA Automation Engineer focused on building reliable software for fintech. Over 8+ years I’ve tested and automated across major U.S. banks and fintech platforms, including iCapital, Bank of America, and Capital One.
I enjoy designing and maintaining scalable test frameworks, improving CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with DevOps to reduce regressions and boost product confidence. I’m always eager to mentor teammates and learn new testing techniques to keep delivering high-quality software.

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Work Experience

Senior QA Automation Engineer at iCapital

December 1, 2023 - Present

Designed and maintained two large-scale BDD automation frameworks (Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG, Java) across four external-facing projects supporting institutional investors. Developed 496 automated UI test cases (324 + 172 per project) and integrated them into Azure DevOps pipelines with bi-weekly regression cycles. Improved CI/CD stability and release reliability through optimized pipelines and SonarQube integration. Implemented accessibility and visual testing across desktop and mobile environments to ensure component consistency.

QA Automation Engineer at Bank of America

July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2023

Engineered and maintained 250+ Cypress UI automation tests for the enterprise FinTech Dashboard (FSD) used by thousands of bankers daily. Achieved 70-75% REST API coverage using Karate; reduced regression runtime by ~40% through parallel test execution in Jenkins pipelines. Integrated UI/API test suites into CI/CD with nightly automated runs, improving release stability and enabling early defect detection. Collaborated with Dev, QA, and DevOps teams (9 members) in Agile sprints to diagnose flaky issues and refine testing strategy.

QA Engineer at Capital One

August 1, 2017 - July 31, 2020

Developed a BDD automation framework (Selenium, Cucumber, JUnit, Java) following Page Object Model, delivering a maintainable automation suite within 2 months. Automated 120+ UI test cases, cutting manual regression effort by ~50% and improving release validation time across key account modules. Integrated Oracle SQL/JDBC backend tests for data integrity across interconnected systems. Led cross-functional testing of three simultaneous feature releases, including mobile automation with Appium to validate critical customer transactions.