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About
Hi there! My name is Oleksandr Romanov. I am Software Engineer in Test / Software Engineer from Dnipro, Ukraine.
With over 13+ years of experience in testing and test automation, I have honed my skills in building and leading test automation processes. My work has spanned across various industries, including banking apps, payment services, CMS systems, and mobile games.
Now, I am responsible for building and testing complex blockchain and blockchain-based applications.
For detailed work experience - refer to my CV
What do I do
I love to share my knowledge in many forms:
- I do talks on testing
- I am a co-host of “Testing Minutes” podcast and occasional host at “This Week in Testing” by Ministry of Testing
- I write articles: XRay, Ministry of Testing
- I collect useful materials on blockchain testing
- I do mentoring, consulting and technical interview services
My areas of interest
Test engineering, distributed systems, blockchain, cryptography, learning, developer productivity, technical education and mentoring
Skills & Technologies
- Programming languages: Rust, Python, Bash, Java;
- Test Automation: pytest, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, JUnit, Scalatest, Selenium Grid, Selenoid;
- CICD: GitHub CI, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Buildkite;
- Frameworks: Substrate, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Contract, Cucumber, Serenity, Gauge;
- Dev Tools: PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, MariaDB, Aerospike, Grafana, Kibana; Docker, AWS (S3, EC2);