# Никита User

Никита User is a remote worker on Himalayas, Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer at VEPAY, based in Georgia.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@user245

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Senior QA Automation Engineer at VEPAY who built a Python test framework that increased coverage by 35%.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Georgia |
| Authorized to work in | Georgia |
| Salary expectations | 60k+ USD |
| Job categories | QA Automation Engineer, SDET |
| Skills | Testing Automation, QA Automation, Python, Pytest, Playwright, API Testing, Web Testing, Mobile Testing, CI CD, Performance Testing, Load Testing, Test Architecture, Contract Testing, Manual Testing, Test Strategy |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/nikita-vikulin-03b855210 |

## What I'm looking for

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I'm looking for a Senior QA Automation or SDET role where I can own test strategy end-to-end, not just execute it.
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## About

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At VEPAY, I built a Python test framework for a FinTech payment gateway spanning Web, Mobile, and API testing. It increased test coverage by 35%.

I integrated CI/CD with GitLab, Allure, and Telegram alerts, cutting test-result analysis time by 40%. I also introduced Locust load testing to catch bottlenecks before production.

At IT Bastion, I built a Pytest framework for an InfoSec platform and integrated CI/CD with GitLab and Jenkins. I also introduced performance testing and increased frontend automation coverage.

At NTC UES Information Complexes, I migrated UI automation from Robot Framework to Playwright, making pipeline execution 40% faster. Earlier, at LANIT-PARTNER, I worked on QA for an electronic document management system, including API testing, SQL validation, and test documentation.
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## Experience

### Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

VEPAY. Dec 2024 - Aug 2026

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Test automation architecture owner for a FinTech payment gateway, building a Python framework that increased test coverage by 35% and integrating CI/CD with Allure and Telegram alerts to speed up result analysis by 40%.
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Skills: Python, Pytest, Playwright, requests, Kafka, Locust, Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab-CI, PostgreSQL, Grafana, Graylog

### Middle Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

IT Bastion. Nov 2023 - Dec 2024

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Framework owner for InfoSec platform test automation, building a Pytest framework from scratch and integrating CI/CD with GitLab, Jenkins, and Allure to shorten feedback loops.
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Skills: Python, Pytest, Selenium, Allure, Gitlab-CI, Jenkins, Locust, PostgreSQL, Docker, Linux

### Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

NTC UES Information Complexes. Feb 2023 - Nov 2023

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Led migration of UI automation to Playwright for an energy-sector platform, achieving 40% faster pipeline execution and rolling out TestIT test management for higher coverage.
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Skills: Python, Pytest, Playwright, Allure, Gitlab-CI, Jenkins, JMeter, Swagger, Postman, PostgreSQL, TestIT

### QA Engineer

LANIT-PARTNER. Mar 2021 - Feb 2023

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Owned QA for an electronic document management system, performing API testing with Postman/Swagger and SQL validation, and applying test design techniques to increase defect detection.
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Skills: Postman, Swagger, DevTools, MySQL, Jira, Confluence, TestIT

## Education

### Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Master's Degree, Management. 2014 - 2016

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Master's Degree in Management from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration from 2014 to 2016.
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### Moscow City University (MGPU)

Specialist Degree, Mass Communications. 2006 - 2011

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Specialist Degree in Mass Communications from Moscow City University from 2006 to 2011.
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## Tech stack

- Postman
- Selenium
- GitLab
- Kubernetes
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Jira
- Python
- Locust
- Graylog
- Kafka
- Grafana
- Linux
- Confluence
- pytest
- Robot Framework
- Docker
- SQL
- Playwright

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