Nikita Malenko
QA Engineer
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
QA Engineer with 6+ years of experience in fintech and marketing systems from Kyiv, Ukraine.
Strong background in manual and API testing, with hands-on experience in Java, RestAssured, Selenide, SQL, Postman, Swagger, and Azure DevOps. Experienced in test design, defect analysis, database testing, and test automation.
Focused on quality, risk-based testing, and continuous improvement of QA processes.
I am currently expanding my engineering skills, focusing on Python development and practical automation, while also adopting an AI-first approach.
Strong background in manual and API testing, with hands-on experience in Java, RestAssured, Selenide, SQL, Postman, Swagger, and Azure DevOps. Experienced in test design, defect analysis, database testing, and test automation.
Focused on quality, risk-based testing, and continuous improvement of QA processes.
I am currently expanding my engineering skills, focusing on Python development and practical automation, while also adopting an AI-first approach.
- Total experience - 6+ years in QA (manual + API testing), including 1+ year with hands-on test automation (Java, RestAssured, Selenide etc)
- QA fundamentals: SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, API testing, Dev tools section, requirements analysis, test planning and estimation, test case and checklist design, functional and non-functional testing, regression, integration, system, smoke, sanity, exploratory and end-to-end testing, positive/negative testing, test design techniques, defect lifecycle and management, severity/priority assessment, risk-based testing, test coverage, traceability, root cause analysis, and QA metrics.
- Automation/Engineering: Java 7/8, Selenium, Selenide, REST Assured, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, REST API, Gradle, Maven, Allure, JMeter, Python (core syntax, control flow, functions, OOP basics, working with files, and small automation/scripting projects)
- API testing skills: Postman, Swagger
- JetBrains products: Youtrack, Intellij IDEA, TeamCity
- Mobile IDE: XCode, Android Studio
- Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, stored procedures/functions
- Other tools: Camunda Cockpit, Kibana, Confluence, Trello, Azure DevOps
- Environments: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Amazon Workspaces
- AI Tools: Claude Code, Azure MCP, Github Copilot, ChatGPT
- English - Upper-Intermediate
- Ukrainian - Fluent
