Dariia Yemelianova
London
Summary
Experienced QA Engineer with keen analytical mindset and passion for ensuring software excellence. Demonstrates strong problem-solving abilities and effective communication skills. Committed to enhancing product quality and driving continuous improvement.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
QA Engineer
Englyn Ltd
City of London
2025.11 - 2026.04
- Testing online gambling products (Casino games and Sportsbook)
- Managed defect tracking system, streamlining bug identification and resolution process.
- Manual testing of web applications
- API testing using Postman
- REST Assured Java library for the API automation testing.
SDET
DERIVCO SPORTS Ltd
London
2022.02 - 2025.05
- Ensure product quality through collaboration with developers and product owners.
- Identify software defects and optimize testing strategies.
- Review business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Develop automated test scenarios and manual test plans as required.
- Track and manage defects using designated tools.
- Work closely with Sports Traders to maintain product quality.
- Worked on Derivco's internal trading platform, built on Microsoft Azure cloud technology.
Mid-Level Technical QA
DERIVCO SPORTS Ltd
London
2019.04 - 2022.02
- Collaborated with developers to validate cloud services and infrastructure.
- Reviewed business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Designed and executed automated and manual test scenarios.
- Logged and tracked defects using designated tools.
- Maintained a strong working relationship with Sports Traders to ensure product quality.
- Advocated for best testing practices and agile processes.
- Worked on Derivco's internal trading platform, built on Microsoft Azure cloud technology.
Automation Test Analyst Level 2
Derivco Ipswich Ltd
IPSWICH
2017.04 - 2019.04
- Developed automation tests on C# using Selenium Web Driver.
- Experience with API Testing. Experience with mobile Android, IOS, Native testing and cross browser testing.
- Requirement gathering, test scenarios, test script creation and execution of test cases in TestRail tool.
- I was working for Derivco, one of the largest multinational suppliers of online sports-betting and casino gaming technology.
QA Automation Engineer
CIKLUM
Kyiv
2016.02 - 2017.02
- Developed automation tests on C# using Selenium Web Driver.
- Assuring products' quality on different stages of development. Elaborating requirements, working on testing strategies, test automation and manual testing.
- Working with the main web application. Test planning and test design, creating use cases, developing scenarios.
- Performing different kinds of testing: smoke, exploratory, black- and white-box, regression.
- I was working for SBTech project, one of the modern online gaming services to deliver high quality and scalable products and solutions in multiple jurisdictions for various B2B operators.
QA Engineer
Golden Planet
Kyiv
2012.08 - 2016.01
- Perform system, integration, acceptance, regression, load and functional testing on dozens of applications using different testing methods.
- Created test cases by understanding and analyzing business, functional, technical and UI requirements of the release.
- Responsible for configuring test jobs and dashboards on Jenkins, monitoring test automation results.
- Supported releases by deploying the new versions of software.
- I was working for Scandinavian company called Golden Planet, for a large e-commerce platform.
Education
MSc - Computer Science
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev
2013.09 - 2015.05
BSc - Computer Science
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev
2009.09 - 2013.05
Skills
- Automation
- Integration
- API
- Functional
- System
- Regression
- Exploratory Testing
- MS Visual Studio
- Git
- Azure DevOps
- Splunk
- Kibana
- TeamCity
- Jenkins
- JIRA
- Trello
- Confluence
- Slack
- ChatGPT
- Selenium
- Playwright
- CI/CD
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Agile - (Scrum, Kanban)
- Bug tracking tools
- Regression testing
- Collaborating with developers
Certification
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certified, 2019-01-01
- ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing, 2018-01-01
Additional Information
Full UK driving license, own vehicle, willing to commute to work sites if required
Personal Information
- Title: QA Engineer/QA Lead
- Availability: Immediate
Interests
- Gym sessions
- Yoga
- Playing golf
- Cycling
- Travelling
- Music
- Films
Timeline
QA Engineer
Englyn Ltd
2025.11 - 2026.04
SDET
DERIVCO SPORTS Ltd
2022.02 - 2025.05
Mid-Level Technical QA
DERIVCO SPORTS Ltd
2019.04 - 2022.02
Automation Test Analyst Level 2
Derivco Ipswich Ltd
2017.04 - 2019.04
QA Automation Engineer
CIKLUM
2016.02 - 2017.02
MSc - Computer Science
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev
2013.09 - 2015.05
QA Engineer
Golden Planet
2012.08 - 2016.01
BSc - Computer Science
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev
2009.09 - 2013.05