For over a decade, Ilia has managed a variety of quality assurance functions, including strategy, test execution, UI, API testing frameworks, and reporting tools that provide results for stakeholders in start-ups, small, and large companies. He has a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and the critical importance that high quality plays to the success of a project. His skills bring an added advantage to any project requiring in-depth analysis and skilful QA.
Wrote UI tests with advanced waiting techniques using Selenium and Python for a React app.
Wrote REST API tests using Requests (Python) and Behave.
Integrated UI and API tests to Jenkins continuous integration.
Maintained existing automated test scripts, updating scripts according to new test flows and making scripts more resilient to random and timing failures.
Collaborated with developers to improve application testability.
Managed all quality assurance functions including planning, strategy, test execution, and tools.
Collaborated with developers to improve application testability.
Architected and built web UI test automation tools from scratch using Selenium and PHP.
Automated 80% of regression test cases for web and mobile applications. The execution time was reduced from five hours (manual execution) to 20 minutes.
Integrated UI tests to the Forge continuous deployment process.
Integrated unit tests to the GitLab continuous integration process.
Established an automated visual testing process with Applitools and Selenium.
Collaborated with the project manager and lead developer to improve product quality in an agile environment.
Prioritized QA issues and facilitated the best solutions.
Developed, executed, and maintained test cases, test plans, and manuals in an agile environment.
Maintained existing automated test scripts for web applications (Angular) using Selenium and C#.
Maintained existing automated test scripts for desktop applications using Coded UI Tests and C#.
Acted as the head of the Vista QA guild–The internal organization with over 30 people whose goal was to improve the entire company's QA process through education and the learning of new technologies.
I was the QA lead for a startup team. We made an app for the farming industry. Agrigate is a clever software tool for New Zealand farmers that makes it easy to connect and share farm data. I am proud of the reliable quality assurance process I built with the help of my teammates. This enabled us to deliver important updates to our customers several times a day.
As part of the startup team, I managed all quality assurance aspects in the organization and ensured the successful release of the beta version. We built an amazing app that provides a unique opportunity for a user to manage all health-related activities in one place and share it with doctors or other organizations. After nearly eight years, this software is still available for pharmacy and clinic groups in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and France.
As the technical lead, I drove the development of UI automation tools. This solution had unique features that were specific to the organization's application under test. For example, we implemented advanced event-based waiting for elements on the page (no waiting in seconds), this dramatically reduced test complexity. Another excellent feature was related to the very smooth integration with the company's CI\CD tools, which reduced the load on the DevOps team.
The unique feature of this framework was the unusual implementation of Page Object strategy. This organization was using a 3rd-party web form builder and had around 160 forms. All elements, such as text fields, tables, and buttons on every page, were the same, just with a different text label. I implemented an additional layer with a detailed description of all shared page elements; this reduced page object code dramatically and even enabled some teams to write tests without using page objects at all.
Education
Master’s Degree in Microelectronics and Semi-conductors
