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Kristina Kolosovskaya

@kristinakolosovskaya

QA Team Lead building shift-left test automation to improve reliability in FinTech payments.

Belarus
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a QA leadership role where I can own end-to-end quality, modernize automation and release testing, and drive risk-based shift-left practices—while partnering closely with developers and product to improve reliability and reduce defects.

I’m a QA Team Lead with 6+ years in software testing, including 3 years leading end-to-end QA for FinTech products. I build test strategies, automation frameworks, and release processes that improve reliability across payment processing, transaction flows, and backend integrations.

I’m hands-on with JavaScript and modern test tooling such as Playwright and Cucumber, and I drive strong API testing using SOAP, REST, and GraphQL. I run tests in Dockerized environments and validate data and transactions with PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MySQL—so quality is measurable and repeatable.

Collaboration is central to how I work: I partner with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to make quality a shared responsibility. With risk-based testing and shift-left practices, I helped reduce post-release defects by 35%, while also improving team testing maturity through mentoring and coaching.

Beyond functional coverage, I extend quality to performance and real-world conditions using JMeter and cross-browser/platform validation with BrowserStack. From preparing the QA environment to delivering a ready release version, I focus on end-to-end testing discipline, integration confidence, and fast feedback.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

TE
Current

QA Team Lead

TECHNOLtd

Feb 2023 - Present (3 years 4 months)

Led end-to-end QA for core banking and payment platforms, validating payment processing, transaction lifecycles, backend integrations, and API contracts. Established risk-based and shift-left testing and improved release quality, reducing post-release defects by 35%.

AL

QA Engineer

AllianceSoft

Oct 2019 - Nov 2022 (3 years 1 month)

Performed full-cycle manual QA for a warehouse automation platform, covering UI/UX workflows, end-to-end user journeys, and cross-browser and platform testing. Authored reusable API collections (Postman/Swagger), executed performance tests (JMeter), and reported defects in Jira.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

MU

Minsk State Linguistic University

Bachelor of Computer Linguistics, Computer Linguistics

2008 - 2013

Bachelor of Computer Linguistics at Minsk State Linguistic University from 2008 to 2013.

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