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Registration: 04.08.2026

Igor Vovchynskyi

Specialization: Quality Assurance Engineer
— QA Engineer with 5+ years of experience in web, mobile, and backend testing in FinTech (Banking) and Capital Markets (FIX Protocol). — Specializes in system, integration, regression, exploratory, API, and UI/UX testing of complex enterprise applications. — Designs test documentation, test plans, and feature specifications based on requirements and acceptance criteria. — Experienced with SAFe: PI planning, feature readiness tracking, and regular demos for teams and stakeholders. — Proficient in test automation with Robot Framework, Python, and Bash scripting for process optimization. — Strong analytical background from 9 years of academic research (PhD in Computational Chemistry). — Advocates Shift-Left approach and routine tasks automation to reduce manual bottlenecks.
— QA Engineer with 5+ years of experience in web, mobile, and backend testing in FinTech (Banking) and Capital Markets (FIX Protocol). — Specializes in system, integration, regression, exploratory, API, and UI/UX testing of complex enterprise applications. — Designs test documentation, test plans, and feature specifications based on requirements and acceptance criteria. — Experienced with SAFe: PI planning, feature readiness tracking, and regular demos for teams and stakeholders. — Proficient in test automation with Robot Framework, Python, and Bash scripting for process optimization. — Strong analytical background from 9 years of academic research (PhD in Computational Chemistry). — Advocates Shift-Left approach and routine tasks automation to reduce manual bottlenecks.

Skills

Manual Testing
Backend Testing
API Testing
Regression Testing
Integration Testing
Exploratory Testing
FIX Protocol
Test Documentation
SQL
Postman
Jira
Confluence
Robot Framework
Python
Bash
Linux
Grafana
Kibana
Zephyr
BDD
Gherkin
Web Testing
Mobile Testing
UI/UX Testing
RCA
Defect Reporting
Octopus Deploy
Git
SAFe
Log Analysis

Work experience

Backend QA Engineer
07.2025 - 07.2026 |DASH Financial Technologies
FIX Protocol, Linux, Bash, Python, Grafana, Kibana, Octopus Deploy, Confluence
● Tested backend infrastructure and transaction flows for capital markets systems (Options, Equities, OMS). ● Analyzed distributed server logs in Linux environments to identify root causes of failures. ● Executed regression tests to ensure system stability during production deployments. ● Investigated system behavior from order placement to execution to catch logic bugs. ● Verified integration between backend services and web platforms for feature consistency. ● Used LLM and AI assistants in QA daily tasks to accelerate requirements analysis and test documentation. ● Configured custom Enterprise ChatGPT agent to recognize and format FIX protocol tags, eliminating a manual bottleneck. ● Developed custom Bash and Python scripts to automate routine log parsing and analysis.
QA Engineer
08.2021 - 07.2025 |Access Softek
FinTech, Banking, Symitar, Keystone, SQL, Kibana, Postman, Octopus Deploy, Jira, Confluence, Zephyr, BDD, Gherkin, Robot Framework
● Executed functional, web, mobile, exploratory, regression, and system testing for digital banking solutions. ● Reviewed user stories and analyzed Acceptance Criteria to design test documentation and feature specifications. ● Investigated logs and databases to resolve client inquiries and support RCA. ● Created test cases using BDD and Gherkin; collaborated with SDETs for automation coverage. ● Applied Robot Framework automation for written tests. ● Managed test environments via Octopus Deploy and participated in release validation. ● Reduced regression cycle from 10 to 7 days by implementing a traceability matrix and test pyramid. ● Automated user creation in the banking core using Python, halving data preparation time. ● Initiated an internal tool for scheduling configurations that reduced internal support requests by 3x.
Technical Support Specialist
02.2020 - 08.2021 |Teamwork Commerce
POS Systems, SQL, Jira, Confluence, Looker, LogicMonitor, Cisco Meraki
● Troubleshot complex platform issues for B2B clients, distinguishing configuration errors from actual system bugs. ● Performed technical analysis to isolate root causes and authored structured bug reports for the engineering team. ● Managed POS system setups and configurations. ● Triaged incoming issues and maintained communication between clients and development teams.
Academic researcher / Senior Teacher
09.2013 - 09.2022 |V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Python, Bash, Linux
● Managed research projects and delivered academic lectures. ● Leveraged Python and Bash for data parsing and statistical analysis. ● Performed large-scale computations on Linux clusters. ● Published articles in international journals and presented at international conferences.

Educational background

Chemistry (PhD)
2013 - 2016
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Chemistry (Masters Degree)
2008 - 2013
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Languages

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