Summary
Mikhail Holovaty is a Test Automation Engineer based in Amsterdam with 11 years of hands-on experience delivering robust QA and automation solutions for low-latency trading and web platforms. He combines deep Python and Java expertise with a background in C++, Cython and network tooling to design integration, functional and performance test suites in continuous delivery environments. At Flow Traders and Optiver he automated testing for high-frequency trading systems and middleware, while earlier roles saw him architect WebDriver-based frameworks and scale test runs to thousands of scripts. He has a practical systems background—starting in sysadmin and network support—which informs his ability to bridge tooling, infrastructure and test design. Known for building testing processes from scratch in startups and contributing early innovations around Selenium/WebDriver, he brings both startup agility and enterprise-grade rigor. Fluent in turning complex, message-oriented systems into reliable, testable platforms, he focuses on making automation maintainable and performant.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
master, ship engineering, master, ship engineering at Odessa State Maritime University
English, Russian, Ukrainian