I’m a Quality Assurance Engineer with 8+ years of experience in both manual and automated testing across web, mobile, and desktop applications. I’ve worked in Agile/Scrum/ SAFe environments with cross-functional international teams(5-30 members), contributing as a QA Engineer, Scrum Master, mentor, and Testing Community Lead. 🔧 Core Skills & Tools Automation: Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Gerkin Manual Testing: Functional, Regression, Smoke, Exploratory, Usability Test Management & DevOps: Jira, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git Actions, Github, TestRail APIs & Infrastructure: Swagger, DBeaver, MongoDB, Kibana, Kubernetes, AWS Certifications: ISTQB Certified Tester 🧪 I develop and execute effective test strategies, plans, and cases, ensuring clear and actionable reporting. I maintain a strong focus on quality throughout the SDLC and actively promote QA best practices and team-wide knowledge sharing. 🚀 Industry Experience: E-commerce | E-learning | Pharma | Legal | Advertising | Automotive | SaaS 🌟 Key Highlights ✔️ Built and enhanced automated UI and API test suites for complex front-end applications. ✔️ Actively contributed to story refinement and business analysis ✔️ Supported internship programs, onboarding, and QA hiring ✔️ Mentored junior testers and led internal QA learning initiatives ✔️ Improved test infrastructure in cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, AWS) I’m passionate about delivering high-quality software and helping teams grow through mentorship, leadership, and technical excellence. Let’s connect if you're building strong QA teams or looking for someone who combines deep QA expertise, domain versatility, and a collaborative mindset.

Vlad Stegaru

I’m a Quality Assurance Engineer with 8+ years of experience in both manual and automated testing across web, mobile, and desktop applications. I’ve worked in Agile/Scrum/ SAFe environments with cross-functional international teams(5-30 members), contributing as a QA Engineer, Scrum Master, mentor, and Testing Community Lead. 🔧 Core Skills & Tools Automation: Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Gerkin Manual Testing: Functional, Regression, Smoke, Exploratory, Usability Test Management & DevOps: Jira, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git Actions, Github, TestRail APIs & Infrastructure: Swagger, DBeaver, MongoDB, Kibana, Kubernetes, AWS Certifications: ISTQB Certified Tester 🧪 I develop and execute effective test strategies, plans, and cases, ensuring clear and actionable reporting. I maintain a strong focus on quality throughout the SDLC and actively promote QA best practices and team-wide knowledge sharing. 🚀 Industry Experience: E-commerce | E-learning | Pharma | Legal | Advertising | Automotive | SaaS 🌟 Key Highlights ✔️ Built and enhanced automated UI and API test suites for complex front-end applications. ✔️ Actively contributed to story refinement and business analysis ✔️ Supported internship programs, onboarding, and QA hiring ✔️ Mentored junior testers and led internal QA learning initiatives ✔️ Improved test infrastructure in cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, AWS) I’m passionate about delivering high-quality software and helping teams grow through mentorship, leadership, and technical excellence. Let’s connect if you're building strong QA teams or looking for someone who combines deep QA expertise, domain versatility, and a collaborative mindset.

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I’m a Quality Assurance Engineer with 8+ years of experience in both manual and automated testing across web, mobile, and desktop applications. I’ve worked in Agile/Scrum/ SAFe environments with cross-functional international teams(5-30 members), contributing as a QA Engineer, Scrum Master, mentor, and Testing Community Lead.

🔧 Core Skills & Tools
Automation: Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Gerkin
Manual Testing: Functional, Regression, Smoke, Exploratory, Usability
Test Management & DevOps: Jira, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git Actions, Github, TestRail
APIs & Infrastructure: Swagger, DBeaver, MongoDB, Kibana, Kubernetes, AWS
Certifications: ISTQB Certified Tester

🧪 I develop and execute effective test strategies, plans, and cases, ensuring clear and actionable reporting. I maintain a strong focus on quality throughout the SDLC and actively promote QA best practices and team-wide knowledge sharing.

🚀 Industry Experience:
E-commerce | E-learning | Pharma | Legal | Advertising | Automotive | SaaS

🌟 Key Highlights
✔️ Built and enhanced automated UI and API test suites for complex front-end applications.
✔️ Actively contributed to story refinement and business analysis
✔️ Supported internship programs, onboarding, and QA hiring
✔️ Mentored junior testers and led internal QA learning initiatives
✔️ Improved test infrastructure in cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, AWS)

I’m passionate about delivering high-quality software and helping teams grow through mentorship, leadership, and technical excellence.

Let’s connect if you’re building strong QA teams or looking for someone who combines deep QA expertise, domain versatility, and a collaborative mindset.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

QA Engineer & Test Lead (Substitute) at Cognizant Mobility Romania
July 1, 2024 - November 27, 2025
Project: Automotive - Conducted comprehensive testing of Back-End services using REST API, DBeaver, Swagger, Kibana, Kubernetes, AWS, and other relevant tools. Managed, optimized, and expanded automated smoke and regression test suites to enhance test coverage and reliability (Java, Selenium, Github Actions). Developed and maintained detailed test documentation, including test cases, test sets, and test executions, ensuring consistency and completeness. Conducted reviews of test cases; implemented Agile Scrum practices; performed risk assessments; monitored progress with dashboards; acted as Test Lead when required; mentored junior testers and provided automation training; promoted continuous improvement.
QA Tester & Scrum Master at Yonder
May 1, 2024 - May 1, 2024
Projects: Pharma, Legal - Performed various manual testing (Smoke, Sanity, Regression); reported bugs via Jira/Azure DevOps; served as Scrum Master, leading ceremonies, tracking KPIs, and driving continuous improvement; collaborated with client for planning and delivery. Created Test Plans, Test Case Designs, and Test Reports; used Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and Oracle VirtualBox for test environment setup; gained Linux navigation, networking basics, and monitoring with Grafana/Prometheus. Also acted as Testing Community Lead, organized training sessions, mentored interns, and conducted automation courses.
QA Manual & Automation at youngculture
December 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021
Project: E-learning platform - Planned and delivered within an Agile SAFe team; performed manual testing (Smoke, Sanity, Regression); reported bugs via Jira; developed and implemented testing strategies; enhanced existing automation frameworks and implemented end-to-end automated tests using Java, Selenium, and Cucumber.
Manual Tester at Endava Software
July 1, 2019 - July 1, 2019
Project: Advertising - Manual web testing with test case development; performed Smoke, Sanity, and Regression; reported and tracked defects via Jira; implemented end-to-end automated tests using Protractor (AngularJS) and Jasmine; applied Page Object Framework for automation.
Quality Assurance Tester at Thinslices
April 1, 2018 - April 1, 2018
Project: Ecommerce (in-house product) - Manual testing for web and mobile; reported bugs via Jira; developed testing strategies; implemented automated tests using Katalon Studio with Java, Selenium, and Groovy.
Technical Support Engineer at IntelligentBee (SendGrid)
September 1, 2017 - September 1, 2017
Provided technical support to SendGrid clients focusing on email deliverability, API usage, and domain/IP reputation; configured domain/IP whitelabels; assisted with billing issues and integrated SMTP/API solutions for clients.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Management at Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2015
Automation Testing at Wantsome Automation Testing
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018
Software Quality Assurance at The Informal School of IT
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015

Qualifications

ISTQB Foundation Level
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, Retail

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