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I'm Vikenty Plakhov, a QA Software Engineer based in Brooklyn, NY, with 5+ years of experience in the software development lifecycle and a focus on Java-Selenium frameworks for streaming platforms. I excel at integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines to speed up feature delivery and enable frequent releases. I collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to design robust test strategies, accelerate defect detection, and improve product quality through data-driven testing and scalable automation.…I'm Vikenty Plakhov, a QA Software Engineer based in Brooklyn, NY, with 5+ years of experience in the software development lifecycle and a focus on Java-Selenium frameworks for streaming platforms. I excel at integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines to speed up feature delivery and enable frequent releases. I collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to design robust test strategies, accelerate defect detection, and improve product quality through data-driven testing and scalable automation.

Vikenty Plakhov

QA Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, +4

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I'm Vikenty Plakhov, a QA Software Engineer based in Brooklyn, NY, with 5+ years of experience in the software development lifecycle and a focus on Java-Selenium frameworks for streaming platforms. I excel at integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines to speed up feature delivery and enable frequent releases. I collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to design robust test strategies, accelerate defect detection, and improve product quality through data-driven testing and scalable automation.…I'm Vikenty Plakhov, a QA Software Engineer based in Brooklyn, NY, with 5+ years of experience in the software development lifecycle and a focus on Java-Selenium frameworks for streaming platforms. I excel at integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines to speed up feature delivery and enable frequent releases. I collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to design robust test strategies, accelerate defect detection, and improve product quality through data-driven testing and scalable automation.

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I’m Vikenty Plakhov, a QA Software Engineer based in Brooklyn, NY, with 5+ years of experience in the software development lifecycle and a focus on Java-Selenium frameworks for streaming platforms. I excel at integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines to speed up feature delivery and enable frequent releases.

I collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to design robust test strategies, accelerate defect detection, and improve product quality through data-driven testing and scalable automation.

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Work Experience

QA Engineer at Quicklyn Inc

April 1, 2022 - September 30, 2024

Technology consulting with $20M annual revenue delivering QA solutions for enterprise clients like Peacock (NBC Universal's streaming platform) and Primerica (financial services leader). Implemented automated error screenshots during testing using JavaScriptExecutor and Robot class; accelerated bug reporting and contextual documentation. Developed API testing framework from scratch using Java, TestNG, and RestAssured, reducing smoke and regression execution time by 17%. Wrote API automated tests using Postman CLI and Newman. Collaborated with development leads to implement pre-QA unit testing standards that reduced initial defect density by 40% and shortened test cycles by 3 days per sprint.

QA Engineer at Institute of Industrial Engineering

February 1, 2019 - March 31, 2022

Leading engineering consulting firm with 500+ employees and 50+ years of expertise in urban infrastructure projects. Established comprehensive QA processes for a mission-critical project estimation tool handling $30M+ in annual project quotas, reducing calculation errors by 35% and saving approximately $600K in potential cost miscalculations. Developed 20+ complex Oracle SQL validation scripts that automatically verified data integrity across 3 systems, detecting critical financial discrepancies that would have impacted client billing.

QA Manual Tester at Institute of Industrial Engineering

February 1, 2019 - March 31, 2022

Tested and populated databases, and tested the company’s website and its mobile version across devices and operating systems. Collaborated with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand requirements in the banking sector and develop test plans. Evolved from basic testing to creating 30+ complex SQL queries for database verification, becoming the team’s go-to Oracle database testing specialist and training three colleagues in database validation techniques. Identified 85+ critical defects in enterprise database systems within the first 3 months, preventing potential data corruption for 50+ major clients.