lang-uk/recruitment-dataset-candidate-profiles-english huggingface dataset:
Position: QA Manager/Lead
Category: QA
Experience: 11 years | English: fluent

I am good at turning chaos into order.
I am good at establishing processes and procedures.
I can influence people.
1. 2020 - currently
QA Manager
- Lead QA services development, setup of QA/QC processes and rules for web and mobile projects in cooperation with other departments;
- Drive and enforce changes in approaches and tools for QA activities;
- People and resource management; manage and mentor all qa engineers, technical interviews, conduct semi-annual performance evaluations, help develop IDPs for team members, contribut to knowledge sharing; 
- Collaborate with other engineering manager to ensure consistency and alignment between engineering groups.

2. 2018 - 2020, Epam, e-commerce IBM WebSphere
QA Lead
- Setup of QA processes from scratch (introduce Test Plan/Test Strategy, kpi, metrics etc);
- Drive and enforce changes in approaches and tools for QA activities;
- Participate in the pre-sales activities of department-level services;
- Take part in performance evaluations
- Technical interviewer
- Mentor and Epam QA Lab

3. 2014 - 2018, Oracle, OFSC
QA engineer 

4. 2011 - 2012, Project Manager

- planning, estimating, scheduling, monitoring, controlling and tracking the progress of project
- development & implementation activities;
- managing and guiding the team members during the project;
- overseeing implementation of processes, managing change;
- allocating resources and setting up communication channels;
- handling client interaction; 
- managing and organizing of testing process, including direct involvement: functional, integration,     installation, smoke, regression, usability testing, test cases, test scenarios, check lists.
Like challenging tasks.
Position: QA Manager / Lead QA Automation
Category: QA Automation
Experience: 11 years | English: fluent

Experience managing distributed teams. Hiring and training up to 40-50 people for growing project. 
Setting up processes for team and cross team communication
Successful implementation of several projects with the great feedback from the customer

Designed advanced PageFactory pattern for UI testing, JavaScript approaches for test automation framework.
Test frameworks from the scratch (C#/Python)
7+ years experience in QA management.
- distributed teams
- process management
- communication with customers/products
- coaching/mentoring
.
Test automation design 
- UI web/desktop, WebAPI, SQL, Messaging queues(MSMQ, NServiceBus), networking

Languages: C#, Python, JavaScript, Delphi
Tools: Selenium Webdriver, Squish, JMeter, AutoIt, TeamCity, Jenkins, Docker, 

Also experienced in: DB architecture design, Performance testing, protocols (XMPP, BitTorrent , COM)
Position: QA Manager | Mobile & Web Testing Expert | QA Consultant
Category: QA
Experience: 10 years | English: fluent

ISTQB Certified;
Reduced costs for a client = 70k/y;
Retention rate = 100% for 2 years in a row ( twice in two different companies );
Created the testing process from scratch for the outsourcing company;
Became the first ISTQB silver partner company in Ukraine;
Created QA Academy inside of an outsourcing company;
I am a highly driven Quality Engineering Manager with 10 years of experience in the industry. 
My approach to work is simple, yet effective: "Get  sh#t Done."
My diverse project portfolio includes big names like Adidas, BlackBerry, and IBM, which have given me a thorough understanding of different industries and market dynamics.

With a proven track record of delivering high-quality products, I specialize in:

 Mobile and web testing, ensuring seamless user experiences across all platforms
 Automation testing using industry-leading tools and frameworks
 Load and performance testing to guarantee optimal system performance under stress
 Security testing to protect applications from vulnerabilities and threats
 Managing and mentoring multiple QA teams to foster a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration
Position: QA Manager | PM
Category: QA
Experience: 9 years | English: upper


- Experience in manual testing of desktop and web software
- Establishing Reporting process
- Communication with the customer
- Established Release Management on a program of 7 projects
- Scrum Master experience
- PM experience
- Communication with customers
- Project roadmap creation
- Creation of Test Plan
- Creation of Test Strategy
- Providing audits for different projects
- Participating in on-site discovery of new projects
- Participation in negotiations with customers
- Managing multiple QC\AQA teams
- Providing technical performance reviews
- Interviewing new employees
- Stuffing new projects from scratch
- Mentoring employees
- Worked with different RDBMS
- Bug Tracking Systems (Jira, Redmine)
- System control version: Mercurial, GIT
- Basic knowledge: JS, HTML, Cypress
- ICAgile Certified
- ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level
- ISTQB Certified Tester, Advanced Level, Test Manager
Currently looking for:
- Leading or Managing QA position
- PM position
- QA position with automation opportunities
- Position with relocation
Position: QA manager / Product manager / Project manager
Category: Product Manager
Experience: 5 years | English: pre


QA + BA 2020 - for now
- basic QA management
- GUI testing
- usability testing
- writing test scenarios
- "black box" testing
- regression testing
- functional testing
- planning the testing process
- writing test cases
- performing and coordinating test when upgrading
- identifying critical workflows and document these
- define test tools and test methodologies
- produce and maintain internal documentation (Test Procedures and Guides)
- definition of done
- tasks management
- team velocity; removing blockers
- planning and coordination
- building and promoting an open, trusting and respectful team environment; facilitating discussion, collaborative decision making and conflict resolution,
- collection and analysis of business requirements.
- full cycle of interaction with all participants in the process at all stages of the project
- formalization of requirements in the form of documentation
- negotiation of requirements with the business customer and the development team.
- ranking requirements and monitoring the timing of their implementation.
- control of compliance of the implemented software with requirements


Project Manager 2019-2020
- performing and coordinating test when upgrading
- identifying critical workflows and document these
- define test tools and test methodologies
- produce and maintain internal documentation (Test Procedures and Guides)
- definition of done
- tasks manegment
- team velocity; removing blockers
- planning and coordination
- building and promoting an open, trusting and respectful team environment; facilitating discussion, collaborative decision making and conflict resolution

Middle QA Engineer 2017-2019
- GUI testing
- usability testing
- writing test scenarios
- "black box" testing
- regression testing
- functional testing
- planning the testing process
- writing test cases
Position: QA Manager / Project Manager
Category: QA
Experience: 6 years | English: upper


Software Testing Quality Assurance Manager with 6+ years' experience in various high-load projects in healthcare and other industries. Managed several direct reports, strategic, goal-oriented, and motivational thought leader. Looking for a position in Software Quality Assurance.

Currently living in Zurich and have an S permit and can work in Switzerland
Position: QA Manager, Project Manager
Category: Project Manager
Experience: 10 years | English: fluent


Overall experience in IT 10 years, in management 3 years.
Experienced in international software development project management, from pre-sales to delivery.
Quick understanding and expanding stakeholders' ideas, needs, and expectations. Leading the project through the technical and business aspects of the project delivery. Happy to micromanage as well as be highly strategic. Thrive in issue resolution and am calm, methodical, and thorough under pressure.
Experienced in Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall software development processes. Attentive to details, stress-resistant, team player, responsible, well-organized, able and willing to learn and grow professionally, and good communication skills.
Position: QA Manager/Project Manager
Category: Project Manager
Experience: 9 years | English: upper


Senior Manager with more than 9 years of practical experience in IT-area including management activities. 
7 of 9 years - working with large-scale projects within distributed teams.
Analytical mindset applied to problem-solving and root cause identification.

Project management - Building quality-driven processes:
 Internal process creation, improvements, and adoption of best practices, including implementation of Shift-Left practice into the current workflow. 
 Defining, implementing, managing, and refining software development life cycle processes for the delivery of multiple and concurrent customer projects;
 Coordination of the release schedule and resources required depending upon defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates;
 Ensuring the adherence to organizationally defined technical practices and procedures through conducting regular engineering audits;
 Collaborating with other engineering managers to ensure consistency and alignment between engineering groups. 

Quality managegement:
 Building a proper testing pyramid for achieving higher quality and efficiency of the product; 
 Defining and enforcing standards and tools for QA activities;
 Setting up clear and achievable Quality KPIs across R&D; 
 Developing organizational-level goals and driving the technical and organizational quality roadmap;
 Ensuring quality by planning, monitoring, and appraising results.

People management:
 Managing and mentoring members of all seniority levels of distributed QA engineering team to build a highly professional and motivated group;
 Conduct semi-annual performance assessments, including SMART goals setting;
 Creating a solution-oriented and thinking culture in engineering;
 Contributing to knowledge sharing and other internal communication forums;
 Making decisions on engineers’ termination.

Resource management:
 Allocating engineers with the right skill set to client projects ensuring adequate project staffing;
 Collaborating with project and program/engagement managers to support the delivery of the projects on time, while meeting customer expectations.
Project Scale: Middle (200-500 employees)
Main Soft Requirements: Work/life balance, process oriented management team, methodological long-term release planning
Preferable Project sphere (not critical): Science, Finance, Medicine, Commerce
Work schedule: Flexible
Work from Home/Work from Office Policy: Remote/Hybrid
Position: QA Manager/Project Manager/Scrum Master/Product Owner
Category: Project Manager
Experience: 11 years | English: fluent

Managed QA team up to 9 people. Set up test processes from the scratch. Often played role of Scrum Master and PM at projects.
Seasoned QA Lead is looking for a Project Manager position
I’m looking for an enthusiastic team that is united by one great goal and that loves what they do.

Preferably full-time job, flexible hours (experienced in working remotely). Startups are welcome. Talented management. Don't like bureaucracy. Time-tracking only for planning not for salary.
Position: QA Manager/ QA Automation Lead
Category: QA Automation
Experience: 7 years | English: fluent

Established whole QA approach for any part of SDLC, proficient in research and troubleshooting, created test automation solution from scratch based on application development and maintenance.
>7 years of experience, 5 years in automation,  with background in Medical & Computer Sciences, with
experience in the medical, financial, logistics domains and leading Quality Assurance
through projects with Scrum (Agile), Waterfall, Kanban methodologies.
My growth as Quality Assurance was based on different domains under supervision of
extraordinary mentors who gave me a firm base. This helped me a lot in the future when working with
projects which needed manual and automation testing - I could develop my own test policy and
strategy for the organizations, plan test activities, analyze risks and provide appropriate metrics for
measuring test progress and evaluating the quality of the testing and the products. Working closely
with Automation testing I implemented best practices for creating new automation frameworks,
defined best tools appropriate for the project and performed refactoring of old test projects.
Looking for interesting projects with remote policy, residency Hong Kong or Kazakhstan
Position: QA Manager / QA Director / Project Manager
Category: QA
Experience: 11 years | English: fluent

•	from self-management to 100+ people QA laboratory
•	built QA processes on several projects / companies
•	worked with EU, USA and Korean customers
•	have an experience with negotiations with customers
- Working in QA since 2001
- Worked with embedded, desktop, web, and mobile applications, stand-alone and client-server, any purpose and complexity level
- Have an experience both in manual and automated testing
- Have an experience of managing local and remote teams
- From self-management to 100+ people QA laboratory
- Experienced in people development / trainings / etc.
- Experienced in managing rates and project finances
- Experienced both with hiring and dismissing people
- Project and people problems solving
- Worked with EU, USA and Korean customers
- Have an experience with negotiations with customers
- Familiar and experienced with Waterfall and Agile (mostly Scrum) methodologies
- Working in outsource, outstaff and product companies
- Experienced with planning, progress tracking, state reporting
- Documenting and support of full product lifecycle
I'm looking for a new challenges in building QA, or even full project teams.
Position: QA manager / QA lead
Category: Project Manager
Experience: 8 years | English: upper


QA Program Manager 
Responsibilities and Key Accomplishments:
- Monitoring and reporting the progress of program, detecting the potential direction of program development.
- Constant interaction and communication with stakeholders.
- Planning of projects and managing the program budget, controlling projects resources.
- Responsible for negotiations and preparing contracts.
- Ensuring the delivery of tested product or service of the appropriate quality, on time and within the project budget.
- Coordinating projects and teams by holding daily meetings and due to constant communication with team members and customers.
- Leading team members and ensuring the development of employees.
- Distributing and directing the scope of tasks to different departments and within the team members.
- People management, motivation and drawing up individual development plans
- Creation of training courses, programs and materials for employees of the direction.

QA Lead
Responsibilities and Key Accomplishments:
- Providing customers with effort estimations after analyzing business requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Due to strong understanding of software testing methodologies and processes, selecting
testing strategy and its adaption to different required context.
- Constant support and monitoring of QA team members (both manual and automation QA engineers).
- Updating Project Manager about the status of tasks and progress of testing procedure;
- Creating, maintaining and reviewing test documentation: test plans, checklists, test cases.
- Prioritization of tasks and issues according to requirements, specification and business goals.
- Analyzing potential issues by monitoring and detecting gaps in testing processes.

QA Engineer
Responsibilities and Key Accomplishments:
- Testing of web based and desktop applications, testing software of mobile devices;
- Creating Test Plans, Check Lists, Test Cases;
- Test data preparation, test environment needs discussion;
- Performing different types of testing: black box testing, functional testing, usability testing, requirements testing, end-to-end testing, installation testing, API testing, regression testing, compatibility testing;
- Test results reporting and analysis;
Position: QA manager/QA lead
Category: QA
Experience: 8 years | English: upper

ISTQB® Certificate, Foundation Level
8 years of professional experience, 5 as automation QA lead.
Managing a team of QA's ( up to 10 people)
Experience in both Agile/Scrum and waterfall development methodologies;
Expirience in building and maintenance automation frameworks from scratch;
Extensive knowledge of QA methodologies, procedures;
Proficient as Lead QA engineer in both manual and automation testing with java, Jmeter, Serenity etc.
Interview, hiring, training and mentoring  qa engineers

Infrastructure/Testing tools: Jira, Testlink, Spira, Bugzilla.
Subversion: SVN, Git;
Web: REST web services, SOAP, CSS, XPATH;
Languages: Java, python, SQL, HTML/XML;
Tools and Frameworks: CA LISA, Serenity, Robot Framework, 
JUnit, Jmeter, SoupUI, Hadoop Eco system
Interesting project, proffesional growth
Position: QA Manager / QA Lead
Category: QA Automation
Experience: 8 years | English: upper

Mentorship to help with career grow from Junior QA to QA Manager.
Participated in Center of Excellence to share best practices across the company, provide consulting in QA initiatives.
Maintained QA processes based on client needs and best practices.
Experience in managing and leading QA and AQA teams.
Excellent knowledge of QA process and best practices.
Experience in web-sites test automation using different frameworks  (Cypress, WDIO)
Programming language knowledge: JS.
Experience in maintaining of Continuous Integration from scratch.
Experience in communication with stakeholders as Product Manager.
Position: QA Manager / QA Lead
Category: QA
Experience: 6 years | English: intermediate

ISTQB Foundation Certified Tester
 ICAgile Certified Professional
 Stratoplan Management school 4.0
 Over two years experience in Manual Testing and Test Automation tutoring (over 120 students in total)
 Preparing to pass ISTQB Advanced Test Manager and Scaled Agile Framework Certifications this year
Last two years' acting as formal QA Lead with robust team
 Six years' overall QA experience

√ Establishing and adjusting of QA processes
√ Audit of project processes from QA perspective 
√ Managing local and remote Testing teams
√ Introduction of metrics, artifacts, and reporting 
√ Interviewing and profiling candidates
√ Direct communication with clients over teleconference and on-site
√ Experienced in test automation from scratch
√ Mentoring and coaching team members
√ Mobile, Web with SOAP, Restful API platforms
√ E-commerce, healthcare, and financial domains

 Jira, TFS, YouTrack, Confluence, Zephyr, TestRail, Java, C#, Selenium, Appium, SoapUI, ReadyAPI, HP LoadRunner, BDD, Allure, xUnit, Jenkins, Fiddler
Interested in challengeable projects with the friendly, goal-oriented team. Nice to see open to new ideas management. I see my goals to build reliable and transparent quality management process on the project. Do not look for short-term opportunities.
Position: QA Manager / QA Lead
Category: Project Manager
Experience: 7 years | English: fluent

I've led huge feature refactoring to success, which impact has affected more than 100 millions of unique users over the world.
My career path has been started more than 7 years ago as Software QA engineer, and since that time I’ve acquired solid experience in this profession (Web, BE, API, Mobile). I'm convinced that individual approach to each team member is the key to create the atmosphere of trust and mutual respect. These are the pillars to build high performance, autonomic and inspired team which drives to cohesively work. As certified Scrum master I’m responsible for delivering of the Agile principles and values to the team, managing Scrum based events throughout the entire development process. Developing test documentation and test strategies, as well as leading distributed (USA, Israel) QA teams is one of my routine tasks. Broad set of technical background and soft skills allow me to achieve comprehensive and consistent success within Team management.
Looking for interesting projects and opportunity to create dream-team from scratch
Position: QA Manager | QA Lead
Category: QA
Experience: 11 years | English: fluent

Re-established and rebooted the QA department. Stabilized release cycle and business process.
Methodical Quality Assurance Manager with superb problem-solving and analytical abilities. Able to keep meticulous records and identify and troubleshoot problems in a timely manner. Specialties include operational improvements, program implementation, and documentation. Talented QA Team Lead with 8 years of manufacturing experience setting and achieving demanding objectives in fast-paced settings. Able to optimize procedures and improve performance to maximize productivity.

- Produced and maintained consistent technical documentation.
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Proposed improvements to development and testing processes to positively impact usability, function and performance.
- Collaborated with developers and project managers to assess program capabilities, features and testing demands.
- Drove corrective and preventive actions at leadership level to accomplish project closure and recurrence control, providing necessary resources and clearing roadblocks.
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
- Trained and guided onsite and offshore team members in quality assurance standards, policies and procedures.
- Demonstrated new product features and functionality to clients, managers and team members.
- Studied and educated end-users on various uses of software and hardware and how to optimize general use.
- Prepared QA evaluation reports and submitted to management.
I'm Ok with work under tight deadlines and fast paced environment

I'm NOT Ok with non-adequate management with corrupted sense of reality
Position: QA Manager, QA Lead
Category: QA
Experience: 11 years | English: fluent

QA teams and processes establishing from scratch.
Goal oriented.
Full accountability for Product Quality thru R&D process.
Successfull representation of R&D in front of customer and during On-site abroad visits.
More than 15 years in Software industry in engineering and managerial roles
•	Strong technical background
•	Vast experience in people management and results delivery
•	Familiar with US/Israeli management style and standards
•	Big testing experience of client-server distributed web-applications
•	Technical skills:
-	Deep understanding of QA process and tools (Jira, HPE ALM, TestLink etc.)
-	Working according to Agile methodologies(Scrum, Kanban)
-	Databases: Oracle, MSSQL DB (Including clustered systems), MySQL. Installing configuring, administration. SQL scripting.
Data Model designing, stored procedure and triggers writing
-	MS Analysis Services for MS SQL
-	Basic Java and .Net knowledge. OOP understanding and programing skills
-	Selenium Java, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins stack for automation testing
-	Git and SVN for Version control systems
-	Web Servers(Apache, IIS)
-	*nix – Red Hat, SUSE, Linux etc.
-	Networking(OSI, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, HTTPS)