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Galina Kovalenko

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Senior QA Engineer at NDP Health testing HIPAA-sensitive RAG workflows and AWS microservice integrations.

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At NDP Health, I validate HIPAA-sensitive document ingestion and PHI/PII handling in RCM pipelines. I test REST API responses and AWS microservice integrations for a GPT-based RAG system, using LLMs to expand test scenarios and edge-case coverage.

At Insignia Group, I owned testing for VISA Direct and MS Dynamics 365 payment integrations, including APIs and financial reports. I resolved a critical production transaction defect and reduced regression testing time by 30% through migration from Jira Zephyr to Allure TestOps.

At Colnect, I built the QA function from scratch, defining KPIs that reduced development task downtime from 7+ days to 2. Earlier, I created Python/Pytest integration suites and API automation at Tochka Bank and VTB Bank, and established QA processes at King Bird Studio.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior QA Engineer

Current

NDP Health

Feb 2026 - Present (8 months)

Validated HIPAA-sensitive document ingestion workflows and PHI/PII handling in RCM pipelines. Tested REST API responses and AWS microservice integrations for a GPT-based RAG system, and used LLMs to expand test scenarios and edge-case coverage.

REST APIs AWS GPT RAG LLM HIPAA PHI PII RCM

Senior QA Engineer

Insignia Group

Nov 2025 - Aug 2026 (9 months)

Owned testing for client-server integrations with VISA Direct and MS Dynamics 365 payment systems, including API endpoints and financial report generation. Resolved a critical production defect in transaction logic, coordinated the hotfix path, and reduced regression testing time by 30% through migration from Jira Zephyr to Allure TestOps.

Visa Direct Microsoft Dynamics 365 API Testing Regression Testing Jira Zephyr AllureTestOps

QA Engineer

Colnect

Sep 2023 - Nov 2025 (2 years 2 months)

Built the QA function from scratch and defined KPIs that reduced development task downtime from 7+ days to 2. Owned QA for the launch of 12 product categories and delivered a training program for 18 interns while maintaining individual workload delivery.

QA KPIs Training Product Launch

QA Engineer

Tochka Bank

May 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 4 months)

Created 4 Postman collections and 16 Python/Pytest integration suites for a crowdlending platform, improving payment-processing reliability. Optimized Scrum ceremonies to reduce meeting time by 66% and free ~4 hours per developer per sprint.

Postman Python Pytest Integration Testing Scrum

Software QA Engineer

VTB Bank

Apr 2020 - Mar 2022 (1 year 11 months)

Built API autotests in Python/Pytest for 8 third-party microservices and integrated them into Jenkins CI/CD for early bug detection. Created the QA knowledge base, reducing onboarding time by an estimated 50%, and handled a critical payment card migration incident affecting ~8,000 users.

Python Pytest API Testing Jenkins CI CD Microservices Knowledge Base

Software Test Engineer

Aplana Software Inc.

Dec 2018 - Oct 2019 (10 months)

Performed manual functional, UI, acceptance, and security testing for a client banking portal across web, ATMs, iOS, and Android. Also tested a public procurement anti-corruption system.

Manual Testing Functional Testing UI Testing Acceptance Testing Security Testing Web Mobile iOS Android

Software QA Team Lead / Software Test Engineer

King Bird Studio

Jun 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year 5 months)

As Team Lead, managed 2 QA engineers across up to 24 concurrent projects, established formal QA processes in Confluence and Postman, and cut team idle time from over 30% to under 10%. As a Software Test Engineer, handled web, mobile, and REST API testing for 17 client websites and applications and managed the bug lifecycle in Jira with 10+ developers.