I'm Alena Konyshaeva, a passionate QA Engineer with a strong focus on product quality, user experience, and continuous improvement. I bring experience across functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing, and I thrive in collaborative environments, driving QA culture across teams. Based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, I enjoy working closely with developers, designers, and product managers in Agile settings. I have hands-on Java automation (UI and API) using Selenium and Rest Assured, and I continuously improve QA processes, tools, and testing standards to boost efficiency and reduce defects.

Alena Konyshaeva

I'm Alena Konyshaeva, a passionate QA Engineer with a strong focus on product quality, user experience, and continuous improvement. I bring experience across functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing, and I thrive in collaborative environments, driving QA culture across teams. Based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, I enjoy working closely with developers, designers, and product managers in Agile settings. I have hands-on Java automation (UI and API) using Selenium and Rest Assured, and I continuously improve QA processes, tools, and testing standards to boost efficiency and reduce defects.

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I’m Alena Konyshaeva, a passionate QA Engineer with a strong focus on product quality, user experience, and continuous improvement. I bring experience across functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing, and I thrive in collaborative environments, driving QA culture across teams.

Based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, I enjoy working closely with developers, designers, and product managers in Agile settings. I have hands-on Java automation (UI and API) using Selenium and Rest Assured, and I continuously improve QA processes, tools, and testing standards to boost efficiency and reduce defects.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior QA Engineer
December 1, 2022 - Present
Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Integration, UI/UX, API testing. Designed and developed a full suite of test artifacts; collaborated with backend and frontend developers, UX designers and analysts (Agile team). Validating business logic. Bug reporting and tracking in Jira. Increased regression automation test coverage by 80%. Conducted comprehensive PR reviews using GitLab, ensuring code quality and alignment with project standards. Authored and continuously improved the team's QA processes and testing standards, which reduced regression test cycle times by 20%. Onboarded and trained program for new team members, mentoring the QA team.
Senior Test Engineer at Home Credit & Finance Bank
May 1, 2020 - December 1, 2022
Performed regression, UI and API testing for desktop applications. Tested web and mobile applications. Documented bugs and reported defects to developers (Jira). Documented processes using Confluence. Used logging systems Kibana, Graylog. Reduced regression bugs by 30% by implementing structured test cases and automated checks.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Analytical Chemistry at Institute of Atomic Technology
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2018

Qualifications

Master's degree in Materials Science
January 11, 2030 - January 15, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

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