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Anton Borodko

@antonborodko1

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Senior QA Automation Engineer modernizing test strategy and CI/CD for reliable web and enterprise products.

Germany

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can lead QA automation and modernize CI/CD—turning test strategy into measurable reliability, reducing build times, and embedding quality practices across engineering teams.

I’m a Senior QA Automation Engineer and DevOps consultant with 15+ years of experience defining test strategy, building automation frameworks, and modernizing CI/CD infrastructure for web and enterprise products. I focus on deciding what to verify and where—unit, integration, and end-to-end—using a risk-based approach to balance coverage against cost.

In my recent work, I’ve led migrations across CI platforms (including Jenkins → GitHub Actions and Earthly → Dagger) and embedded quality practices across engineering teams. I also architect reusable CI pipeline libraries that standardize end-to-end workflows from linting through deploy, reducing per-repository setup overhead.

My automation strengths include Python and Java test engineering, plus BDD and E2E testing with tools like Pytest, Playwright, and Cypress. I’ve delivered containerized, locally reproducible pipelines and improved build times by baking expensive steps into images, along with dependency-install optimization.

I enjoy tackling quality at both the code and delivery levels—designing testable components, creating robust E2E suites, and building CI gates that catch environment and runtime breakages before merge. I’m drawn to teams that value engineering discipline, practical automation, and measurable reliability.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior QA & DevOps Consultant

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Slash-m GmbH

Feb 2022 - Present (4 years 4 months)

Defined test strategy across client projects, selecting the right verification level (unit, integration, and Playwright/Cypress E2E) to balance coverage and cost. Architected and standardized reusable GitLab CI pipelines across 30+ Python repos, migrated CI orchestration to Earthly then Dagger, and reduced build time by cutting a ~12-minute zeroc-ice build step to near-zero while improving depende

Gitlab CI Earthly Dagger Docker Kubernetes Playwright Cypress Poetry AWS ECR

QA Automation Engineer

Smart Reporting GmbH

Jul 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 6 months)

Built and maintained TypeScript BDD test suites using Gherkin scenarios and step definitions, running them through GitLab CI. Developed a Svelte-based reporter that converted BDD results into formatted DOCX evidence for a regulated medical-software domain.

TypeScript Gherkin Cucumber Gitlab CI Svelte DOCX Reporting Step Definitions Test Automation

QA Automation & DevOps

Via Transportation

Sep 2018 - Jul 2020 (1 year 10 months)

Owned automated test suites and the CI/CD infrastructure (Jenkins on AWS), stabilizing flaky pipelines by containerizing builds with Docker. Migrated to GitHub Actions on isolated runners and built a Kubernetes-deployed internal Rust + Scala.js tool that plotted customer issues on a Google Maps interface for triage.

Jenkins AWS Docker GitHub Actions Kubernetes Rust Scala CI CD Test Automation

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Perfecto (Perforce)

Apr 2016 - Aug 2018 (2 years 4 months)

Served as automation developer and technical lead, designing and implementing automated Java test frameworks. Built and maintained Jenkins-based CI infrastructure on AWS (EC2 and S3).

Java Testing Frameworks Jenkins AWS EC2 AWS S3 CI CD Test Automation

QA Automation Engineer

Cisco

Jan 2015 - Mar 2016 (1 year 2 months)

Wrote Ruby automation tests for both GUI and REST APIs using RSpec and Watir WebDriver. Ran tests across multiple browsers (IE, Chrome, Firefox) and extended test infrastructure while researching automation improvements.

Ruby RSpec Watir REST API Testing Cross Browser Testing Test Automation

Java Automation Developer

Thomson Reuters

Mar 2012 - Dec 2014 (2 years 9 months)

Built, maintained, and executed complex automated Java tests for the company’s flagship product and other systems. Delivered ongoing test automation improvements through active test development and maintenance.

Java Test Automation Automated Testing Test Execution

QA Automation Developer

Cellcom

Aug 2008 - Feb 2012 (3 years 6 months)

Created and executed automated QTP test scripts for the CRM application, website, and other company systems. Designed and implemented internal software projects for both company clients and the QA team.

Automated Testing CRM Testing Web Application Testing Software QA