Alexander Barashkov

Leading backend/API automation, distributed systems, CI/CD quality gates, release validation, and AI agents. Cut release validation time by 80% and reduced production incidents by 40% by expanding critical-path E2E smoke coverage and implementing reusable UI/API automation with CI quality gates.

Rebuilt the TypeScript/Playwright framework from scratch with AI agents, reducing new-feature automation effort by 60%. Introduced API-driven test data and service virtualization, cutting integration testing time by 70%.

Accelerated delivery of legal-product updates by reducing regression cycles from 2–3 weeks to one through risk-based UI/API testing. Built an automated comparer for AI-powered legal workflows, cutting manual result-comparison effort by two-thirds.

Built JavaScript/Cypress coverage for critical user journeys, reducing post-release defects by 70% and shortening E2E validation time by 65%. Uncovered 18 high-impact data-consistency defects before release.

Built Java integration tests for AI microservices, reducing integration defects escaping production by 56%. Migrated SoapUI suites to data-driven Postman collections, halving API integration validation time.

Completed Playwright JS/TS Automation Testing certification covering end-to-end test development, framework design, API/UI testing, CI/CD integration, and AI-assisted testing.

Completed Python Development certification covering core programming concepts, OOP, scripting, modules, APIs, and AI development.

ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level (Syllabus 2018).

Bachelor's degree in Pedagogical Education with two areas of specialization, WES-approved.