Hi, I'm Bekzat Baylarbekov, a detail-oriented QA Automation Engineer with over 5 years of experience, spanning manual and automated testing. I design automation frameworks, implement CI/CD pipelines, and optimize release processes across web and API platforms. I've led transitions from legacy testing tools to modern Playwright-based solutions, improving test stability and maintainability. I thrive in collaborative environments and partner with developers, product managers, and QA leads to ensure high-quality releases.

Bekzat Baylarbekov

Hi, I'm Bekzat Baylarbekov, a detail-oriented QA Automation Engineer with over 5 years of experience, spanning manual and automated testing. I design automation frameworks, implement CI/CD pipelines, and optimize release processes across web and API platforms. I've led transitions from legacy testing tools to modern Playwright-based solutions, improving test stability and maintainability. I thrive in collaborative environments and partner with developers, product managers, and QA leads to ensure high-quality releases.

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Hi, I’m Bekzat Baylarbekov, a detail-oriented QA Automation Engineer with over 5 years of experience, spanning manual and automated testing. I design automation frameworks, implement CI/CD pipelines, and optimize release processes across web and API platforms.

I’ve led transitions from legacy testing tools to modern Playwright-based solutions, improving test stability and maintainability. I thrive in collaborative environments and partner with developers, product managers, and QA leads to ensure high-quality releases.

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Experience Level

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Work Experience

QA Automation Engineer at Carter’s Inc.
October 1, 2024 - Present
Led the transition from OpenTest to a Playwright-based test automation framework, built from scratch in JavaScript with CircleCI-based CI/CD, and integrated automated reporting via TestRail with real-time notifications using Microsoft Teams and email. Improved test stability, reduced execution time, and increased visibility; collaborated with developers, product managers, and QA leads; performed root-cause analysis for flaky tests and implemented retries to improve pass rates.
QA Automation Analyst at Carter’s Inc.
February 1, 2023 - October 1, 2024
Contributed to QA automation initiatives, maintained test plans and cases, performed manual and automated testing across web platforms, and supported API validation using Postman; collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure quality releases.
Software QA Engineer at Kodeploy
April 1, 2020 - February 1, 2023
Participated in Agile development processes; authored and maintained test plans, test cases, and bug reports in JIRA and Confluence; performed manual and automated testing of UI and workflows; built and managed Postman collections for API testing; developed Selenium-based test scripts with TestNG for automated regression testing.

Education

Software QA Engineering Bootcamp at Siberian Federal University
November 1, 2019 - April 1, 2020

Qualifications

Management of Commercial Organization
September 1, 2007 - May 1, 2012
Software QA Engineering Bootcamp
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Retail, Media & Entertainment