I am Iliya Nuchev, a quality assurance professional with a background in commodity science. I specialise in manual and automated QA, including end-to-end testing of AI-driven investment platforms, API testing, and test automation using Playwright and TypeScript. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Commodity Science from the University of Economics - Varna and have completed courses in Product Management and CEH certification. I thrive in Agile teams, enjoy solving complex quality challenges, and continuously grow my skills in software testing, security, and cloud-based tools.

Iliya Nuchev

I am Iliya Nuchev, a quality assurance professional with a background in commodity science. I specialise in manual and automated QA, including end-to-end testing of AI-driven investment platforms, API testing, and test automation using Playwright and TypeScript. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Commodity Science from the University of Economics - Varna and have completed courses in Product Management and CEH certification. I thrive in Agile teams, enjoy solving complex quality challenges, and continuously grow my skills in software testing, security, and cloud-based tools.

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I am Iliya Nuchev, a quality assurance professional with a background in commodity science. I specialise in manual and automated QA, including end-to-end testing of AI-driven investment platforms, API testing, and test automation using Playwright and TypeScript.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Commodity Science from the University of Economics - Varna and have completed courses in Product Management and CEH certification. I thrive in Agile teams, enjoy solving complex quality challenges, and continuously grow my skills in software testing, security, and cloud-based tools.

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Language

Bulgarian
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Automation (manual) QA Engineer at Prime Holding Bulgaria
December 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025
Testing AI chat bot integrated over investment platform; API testing; Automation end-to-end testing using Playwright/TypeScript; Azure DevOps QC activities.
QA – Engineer at SoftServe Bulgaria – Cisco Project
June 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Black-box testing; Non-functional testing; Digital communications project - web security (NDA).
QA – Engineer at VMware Bulgaria (contractor)
May 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023
Working in Agile-Scrum QA team; Writing automation E2E tests using Cypress; Migrating Protractor/Cucumber tests to Playwright; Creating test plans and test cases.
QA – Engineer at Resolve Systems Ltd.
May 1, 2019 - February 1, 2022
Overall quality assurance of product across SDLC; Exploratory testing; Functional and non-functional testing; Working within Scrum and ScrumBan.
QA – Engineer at Musala Soft
February 1, 2018 - March 1, 2019
Participates in the full software development lifecycle; test design; automation focus; potential client communications; implements modules as required.
QA – Engineer – Intern at Axway Ltd
December 1, 2016 - December 1, 2017
Manual testing; executing automation tests with TestNG; defect logging; verification of fixes.
Diplomatic Security Member at U.S. Embassy Sofia
August 1, 2013 - October 1, 2016
Security role; NDA constraints; details not disclosed.
Warehouse Supervisor at Nestle Ice Cream – Bulgaria
July 1, 2013 - September 1, 2013
Warehouse operations, shipping documentation; SAP usage; storage compliance and reporting.
Airport Security Officer at Fraport Twin Star Airport Management AD
May 1, 2011 - September 1, 2012
Airport security duties; general operations.
Manager at INAD ltd. - retail trade
August 1, 2008 - October 1, 2009
Overall organization, staff management, onboarding; computer infrastructure and data management.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Commodity Science at University of Economics - Varna
September 1, 2007 - July 1, 2012
Public Communications of Security and Staff at National Defence Academy "Georgi Stoykov Rakovski"
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025
Management of Security and Staff at National Defence Academy "Georgi Stoykov Rakovski"
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025

Qualifications

Product management – Pragmatic Academy
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025
Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) - Credential ID: 598064
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025
Automation Software Quality Assurance with Selenium WebDriver – JAVA
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025
DBMS Administration – MSSQL
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025
Manual Software Quality Assurance
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025
Linux system administration
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025
Introduction to Computer Networking – Udemy
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025
.NET/C#
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment, Other

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
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Intermediate
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