Larisa Bondar
@larisabondar
Senior QA leader specializing in API, regression, and defect triage.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst with 14+ years of experience, recently promoted, and I lead offshore QA teams while driving quality planning each sprint. I run bi-weekly defect triage with devs and PMs, focusing on manual testing, test case design, and release readiness.
At ForeFlight, I’ve owned regression coverage and a reusable test-case library, built an AI-assisted test case workflow adopted between teams, and strengthened API validation using Postman and REST. I’ve also used SQL, logs, and monitoring tools like Sentry and Datadog to prevent safety-critical issues, while bringing deep domain expertise across FAA, HIPAA, and GLI.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led offshore QA with ~10 testers, driving manual testing, test case design, and bi-weekly defect triage with developers and product managers. Owned regression coverage and released readiness, including API testing (Postman/REST), SQL/database validation, and monitoring-based release blocking.
Served as Weather SME for FlightDeck Pro across iOS and Windows, authoring a majority of weather-related test cases. Compared UI, API responses, and backend data to support defect investigations and communicated directly with pilots to understand issues.
Delivered 20+ Agile releases and verified 500+ defects using Jira. Performed QA work including tracking branches, commits, and merged pull requests.
Tested slot machine software against GLI regulations and managed the defect lifecycle with cross-functional teams. Used Jira for defect tracking and coordination.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Moovweb
Dec 2014 - Aug 2015 (8 months)
Worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer at Moovweb.
Performed functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing. Ran existing Selenium and SoapUI scripts in Jenkins.
Worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer on contract at Adobe.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
ISTQB
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level, Software Testing
Earned the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certification in 2026.
City College of San Francisco
Associate of Arts
Completed an Associate of Arts at City College of San Francisco in 2012.
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