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KSENIIA
SERIAPINA

▶ LEAD QA ENGINEER

14+ years in QA and 7+ years leading QA teams. Experience across iOS, Android, web and backend in e-commerce, fintech and iGaming.
I develop teams, improve QA processes, prioritise coverage by product risk and coordinate testing from requirements to post-release monitoring.
I apply AI-first approaches to everyday QA work and develop an internal QA Kit together with the team.

14+Years in QA
7+Years as Lead
8Current team
AIFirst approach
Skill Tree

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

QA LEADERSHIP

Leading teams of 4 and 8 QA engineers. Hiring, onboarding, mentoring, 1:1 meetings and performance reviews.

TEST AUTOMATION

Prioritising critical scenarios and gaps in coverage. Coordinating Playwright automation with Allure TestOps and working with existing test frameworks.

CROSS-PLATFORM

Native iOS and Android apps, web, backend and REST APIs. Testing client-server behaviour, integrations and user journeys across platforms.

PROCESS DESIGN

Early requirements review, QA workflows in Jira, regression planning and release coordination. Working with product, development and support teams.

QA METRICS

Tracking regression duration, defect causes and areas of release risk. Using dashboards, production logs and crash reporting to investigate quality issues.

AI-FIRST QA

Using AI for requirements analysis, coverage reviews, change assessment and test preparation. Developing an internal QA Kit with the team and checking AI outputs against source materials.

Experience Log

XP HISTORY

Jul 2024 — Now
WINLINE
Lead QA
Jan 2019 — Jun 2024
JOOM
Lead QA
Apr 2017 — Jan 2019
65APPS
Senior QA Mobile
Jul 2016 — Apr 2017
LANIT
Senior QA
May 2014 — Jul 2016
DirectumRX
QA Engineer
2013 — 2014
BSS
QA Engineer
2012 — 2013
PERF LAB
QA Engineer
WINLINE
LEAD QA ENGINEER
July 2024 — Present · Moscow
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Leading a team of 8 QA engineers on a B2C iGaming platform. Developing QA processes, coordinating manual testing and automation priorities, and supporting releases and post-release monitoring.

  • ■Built QA onboarding and learning materials; the team grew from 2 to 8 engineers, including outstaff specialists. Conducted 1:1 meetings and performance reviews.
  • ■Embedded QA in planning and grooming. Introduced a dedicated QA workflow in Jira, task templates and testing guidelines.
  • ■Defined automation priorities based on product risk and gaps in coverage. Coordinated work with automation engineers using Playwright and Allure TestOps.
  • ■Introduced QA metrics and dashboards for regression duration, defect causes and areas of release risk.
  • ■Established a production incident workflow between L3 support, QA and development, with a shared reporting format and agreed handoffs.
  • ■Supported production rollouts and post-release monitoring; coordinated error investigation with support and development.
  • ■Developing an internal QA Kit together with the team. Applying AI-first approaches to analysis and test preparation, with QA engineers reviewing the results.
  • ■Built a central QA knowledge base in Confluence and helped develop internal tools for test data and everyday QA tasks.
Tech Stack
PlaywrightAllure TestOpsVue.jsNuxt.jsTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLRabbitMQKubernetesDockerOpenSearchKibanaGrafanaSentryPostman
JOOM
LEAD QA ENGINEER
January 2019 — June 2024 · 5.5 years
[+]

Led a team of 4 QA engineers in the Customer domain of an international B2C marketplace. Coordinated testing across native iOS and Android apps, web, backend and REST APIs in a microservices architecture.

  • ■Participated in hiring, mentored QA engineers and supported their professional development.
  • ■Organised cross-platform testing, including integrations with payments, logistics, search and ranking systems.
  • ■Designed a documentation system in Notion that was adopted across the team.
  • ■Managed test data in MongoDB and monitored message flows through Kafka.
  • ■Monitored releases and investigated errors through Firebase. Ran feature demos and worked closely with engineering and product teams.
Tech Stack
iOSAndroidWebREST APIMongoDBRedisCassandraApache KafkaFirebaseTestRailAllureNotionJira
65APPS
SENIOR QA (MOBILE)
April 2017 — January 2019 · Izhevsk · 1 year 10 months
[+]

Mobile QA for enterprise clients across retail, e-commerce and service platforms.

  • ■Hoff, Adamas, Detsky Mir, Burger King, Sweet Life apps
  • ■QA for Yandex Traffic Fines SDK functionality and integrations
  • ■UI, UX, functional, regression, smoke and exploratory testing
  • ■Network traffic analysis using Charles Proxy and Wireshark
Tech Stack
iOSAndroidCharles ProxyWiresharkJiraConfluence
LANIT
SENIOR QA ENGINEER
July 2016 — April 2017 · Moscow · 10 months
[+]

Testing of GIS Housing and Utilities System — a large-scale national government platform for managing housing services across Russia.

  • ■Functional and regression testing of government web services
  • ■Test environment administration and test data management
  • ■Mentoring QA interns and junior engineers
  • ■Participating in release deployments and production rollouts
Tech Stack
Web TestingSQLJiraHP Quality Center
НПО КОМПЬЮТЕР · DIRECTUMRX
QA ENGINEER
May 2014 — July 2016 · Izhevsk · 2 years 3 months
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Testing platform and application layers of enterprise ECM system DirectumRX, including integrations with external enterprise systems.

  • ■Functional and regression testing of DirectumRX ECM
  • ■Integration testing with external services and 1C
  • ■Designing and maintaining test cases and checklists
  • ■Passed two internal certification rounds — grade promotions
  • ■🏆 Recognised as Best Junior Specialist
Tech Stack
DirectumRXECM1C IntegrationSQLOracle DB
BSS
QA ENGINEER
April 2013 — May 2014 · Almaty
[+]

Testing of banking and financial systems at BSS — one of Russia's leading providers of remote banking services.

  • ■Functional testing of remote banking software
  • ■Regression and integration testing
  • ■Bug reporting and test case maintenance
Tech Stack
Web TestingSQLJira
PERFORMANCE LAB
QA ENGINEER
2012 — 2013 · Moscow
[+]

QA Engineer at one of Russia's leading QA and testing consultancies. Worked across multiple client projects.

  • ■Functional and regression testing across client projects
  • ■Test documentation: test cases, checklists, reports
  • ■Collaboration with development teams on defect resolution
Tech Stack
Web TestingSQLHP Quality CenterJira
Achievements

CERTS & COURSES

ISTQB CTFL

Certified Tester Foundation Level — ISTQB® · 2018

AUTOMATION IN JAVA

Java automation basics and working with test frameworks — Yandex Practicum · 2024

APACHE KAFKA

Message brokers & event streaming — Stepik · 2024

DATA-DRIVEN PM

Go Practice Simulator — GoPractice · 2020

BIZ COMMUNICATION

Professional communication — Yandex Practicum · 2020

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OPEN TO NEW QUESTS

Open to QA leadership roles where I can develop teams, improve testing processes and introduce practical automation and AI-first approaches.

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