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I'm Michael Zykov, a Senior QA Engineer based in Alicante, Spain. I bring a proven track record of designing and leading end-to-end testing for complex, mission-critical software, guiding cross-functional teams of manual and automated testers, and collaborating across product, engineering, and DevOps to ensure quality aligns with business goals. I’m passionate about continuous learning, QA process improvement, and embedding quality into agile development. I mentor peers, advocate for best practices, and enjoy turning challenging requirements into clear test strategies and reliable release quality.…I'm Michael Zykov, a Senior QA Engineer based in Alicante, Spain. I bring a proven track record of designing and leading end-to-end testing for complex, mission-critical software, guiding cross-functional teams of manual and automated testers, and collaborating across product, engineering, and DevOps to ensure quality aligns with business goals. I’m passionate about continuous learning, QA process improvement, and embedding quality into agile development. I mentor peers, advocate for best practices, and enjoy turning challenging requirements into clear test strategies and reliable release quality.

Michael Zykov

QA Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, +1

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I'm Michael Zykov, a Senior QA Engineer based in Alicante, Spain. I bring a proven track record of designing and leading end-to-end testing for complex, mission-critical software, guiding cross-functional teams of manual and automated testers, and collaborating across product, engineering, and DevOps to ensure quality aligns with business goals. I’m passionate about continuous learning, QA process improvement, and embedding quality into agile development. I mentor peers, advocate for best practices, and enjoy turning challenging requirements into clear test strategies and reliable release quality.…I'm Michael Zykov, a Senior QA Engineer based in Alicante, Spain. I bring a proven track record of designing and leading end-to-end testing for complex, mission-critical software, guiding cross-functional teams of manual and automated testers, and collaborating across product, engineering, and DevOps to ensure quality aligns with business goals. I’m passionate about continuous learning, QA process improvement, and embedding quality into agile development. I mentor peers, advocate for best practices, and enjoy turning challenging requirements into clear test strategies and reliable release quality.

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I’m Michael Zykov, a Senior QA Engineer based in Alicante, Spain. I bring a proven track record of designing and leading end-to-end testing for complex, mission-critical software, guiding cross-functional teams of manual and automated testers, and collaborating across product, engineering, and DevOps to ensure quality aligns with business goals.

I’m passionate about continuous learning, QA process improvement, and embedding quality into agile development. I mentor peers, advocate for best practices, and enjoy turning challenging requirements into clear test strategies and reliable release quality.

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Work Experience

Senior QA Engineer at Trust Wallet

June 1, 2025 - Present

Design, build, and evolve robust automation frameworks to validate complex end-to-end workflows and mission-critical system behavior. Develop and execute test strategies aligned with quality objectives, ensure high coverage of vital business rules, and monitor release reliability and performance. Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for frequent deployments and collaborate with product, development and DevOps teams to drive quality improvements.

Senior QA Automation Engineer at Safe

May 1, 2023 - October 13, 2025

Lead automation initiatives for blockchain applications, designing robust test frameworks to improve reliability, catch issues early, and accelerate development cycles. Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, set up metrics to drive continuous quality improvement, and mentor QA engineers while collaborating with development and DevOps teams.

Senior QA Engineer at Vodafone project, KlarGedacht

August 1, 2023 - October 13, 2025

Built and scaled QA functions, hiring and training new team members while fostering a high-performance testing culture. Developed and executed comprehensive test strategies and plans to ensure software quality, coordinated test activities and maintained test data and scripts. Implemented automated testing frameworks and tools to improve coverage and reliability.

QA Automation Engineer at Snap Engage

November 1, 2020 - October 13, 2025

Led end-to-end automated testing, including integration, functional, smoke, and regression testing across web apps. Created high-quality QA documentation, coordinated cross-browser and cross-platform testing to ensure consistent user experiences, and promoted collaboration between QA, development, and DevOps teams.

QA Engineer at Coya

January 1, 2020 - October 13, 2025

Initiated and established automation projects from scratch, building front-end and back-end testing frameworks using Selenium WebDriver (Java), REST Assured, and JSON payloads; authored comprehensive test data and end-to-end tests to improve coverage and reliability.

QA Engineer at Axonify

February 1, 2019 - October 13, 2025

Developed comprehensive test plans and scalable automated frameworks, configured testing environments, managed test data and reporting. Executed smoke, regression, integration and end-to-end testing to validate training software.