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Anton Shpak

@anton_shpak

QA Automation / Fullstack QA Engineer (Java): UI and API test automation, 7 years in QA on a high-load sports betting platform

Thailand

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What I'm looking for

Remote QA Automation Engineer (Java) or Fullstack QA role: UI and API test automation, backend and microservices testing, CI/CD quality gates, plus manual and exploratory testing when needed. Based in Thailand (UTC+7), full overlap with Moscow or European business hours. Open to full-time employment or a B2B contract.

QA engineer automating UI (Selenide) and API (REST Assured) tests in Java since May 2024, with 7 years in QA on a high-load sports betting platform (microservices, REST, gRPC, Kafka).

At Liga Stavok I cut smoke testing from 1.5 days to 2 hours, built autotest coverage from scratch for 3 microservices (330 autotests, 80% API), and embedded autotests into the deployment pipeline as a quality gate, so no release reaches production without a passing smoke run. Together with manual QA engineers and developers, we raised the share of stable autotests from 75% to 95%.

Strongest in testing money calculations and sports data provider integrations: my tests caught a bug before release that inflated the odds on system bets. I trace failures and defects to root cause using logs (Kibana, Grafana) and database data (PostgreSQL, MS SQL), and I introduced team rules for AI assistants (Cursor, Claude) that are used by 6 QA engineers.

Also experienced in manual, exploratory, regression, and acceptance testing. ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL), 2022.

Based in Thailand (UTC+7), full overlap with Moscow or European business hours. Open to full-time employment or a B2B contract.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

QA Automation Engineer, QA Engineer

Liga Stavok

Sep 2019 - Nov 2026 (7 years 2 months)

Automation since May 2024. Smoke 1.5 days to 2 h, provider regression 4 days to 1 (wrote 90%+ of new provider autotests). 330 autotests from scratch for 3 microservices, 80% API. Autotests as auto-deploy quality gate in GitLab CI. Stable tests 75% to 95%. Caught an odds bug in settlement before release. Root cause via Kibana, Grafana, PostgreSQL, MS SQL. AI rules (Cursor, Claude) used by 6 QA.

Java Rest Assured Junit Gitlab CI PostgreSQL Kafka gRPC Postman Microsoft SQL Server

Project Development Team Lead

Ostec-Engineering

Apr 2013 - Aug 2019 (6 years 4 months)

Prepared pre-project solutions for instrument manufacturing plants (3D layouts, technical specifications, technical documentation). In parallel, manually tested an MES (manufacturing execution software), logged defects with improvement recommendations.

Process Engineer

NPF Flavit

Aug 2010 - Apr 2013 (2 years 8 months)

Automated technological processes, developed an equipment control system, and performed commissioning.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Software-Testing.Ru

Docker for Software Testers

Issued Apr 2023

GASQ

ISTQB Certified Tester

Issued Jun 2022

GeekBrains

Professional Certificate Program, Software Test Automation Engineering

2019 - 2019

Activities and societies: Practical assignments in manual and automated testing

10-month program (Feb–Dec 2019) in software test automation: manual testing, Java, Selenium WebDriver, API testing, SQL, Git, and CI basics

Pushchino State Institute of Natural Sciences

Master of Engineering and Technology, Biomedical Information and Measurement Systems and Technologies

2010 - 2012

Master's thesis: development and implementation of an automated control system for an extraction plant (completed in cooperation with NPF Flavit). The institute is now the Pushchino branch of the Russian Biotechnological University (ROSBIOTECH).