Vladimir Shvets
@vladimirshvets
QA Automation Lead at a product company who unified UI automation around Playwright across multiple product teams.
PolandWhat I'm looking for
At a product company under NDA, I developed and maintained UI and API automation across multiple product teams, and drove department-wide adoption of Playwright to replace most legacy UI automation solutions.
At DATAART, working with METRO MARKETS, I supported quality practices across autonomous product teams by defining testing strategies, quality gates, and release-readiness practices. I also coached teams in test design, Cypress, unit testing, and mutation testing.
At EPAM SYSTEMS, I led a release QA team and applied risk-based regression and impact analysis to fit full regression scope into two-week release windows. I also built automation capability for a telecommunications engagement and supported an e-commerce platform transition.
At EIS GROUP, I designed and developed a shared Java/Selenium automation framework adopted across product teams. I also built CI/CD pipelines and automated release validation, reducing validation cycles from two to three weeks to approximately 24–36 hours.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
QA Automation Lead
Product Company (Under NDA)
Dec 2023 - Present (2 years 10 months)
Developed and maintained UI and API automation across multiple product teams using TypeScript, Java, and Python with WebdriverIO, Karate, Selenium WebDriver, and Playwright. Introduced department-wide adoption of Playwright and developed Azure DevOps pipelines for automated test execution and release validation.
Acted as the primary quality specialist across 5–7 autonomous product teams, defining team-level testing strategies, quality gates, and release-readiness practices. Led workshops and hands-on coaching in test design, automation, Cypress, unit testing, and mutation testing.
Led a 6–7 person release QA team supporting multiple product teams, applying risk-based regression and impact analysis to reduce regression scope and provide release-readiness assessments. Built automation capability for a telecommunications engagement and led QA knowledge transfer during an e-commerce platform transition.
Lead QA Automation Engineer
EIS Group
Mar 2016 - Oct 2019 (3 years 7 months)
Grew and led a distributed automation team of up to 14 engineers, with responsibility for hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and mentoring. Designed and developed a shared Java/Selenium automation framework and built CI/CD pipelines that reduced validation cycles from 2–3 weeks to ~24–36 hours.
Developed and executed automated UI and backend tests for an AI-powered business process automation platform. Maintained test automation infrastructure and Jenkins-based CI processes.
QA Automation Engineer
BitSoftWorks
Dec 2014 - Sep 2015 (9 months)
Developed and maintained automated test suites for a chemical management platform. Implemented test reporting and CI automation using TeamCity.
QA Engineer
Klika-Tech
Jul 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 5 months)
Performed functional and regression testing of web and mobile applications. Participated in requirements analysis and test design activities.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Belarussian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
Master's degree, Information Technologies in Automated Systems
2006 - 2011
Earned a Master's degree in Information Technologies in Automated Systems from 2006 to 2011.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
PolandAuthorized to work in
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