Natalia Pozhidaeva
Automation Test Lead
Valparaíso, Valparaiso Region, Chile
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Top SchoolNatalia Pozhidaeva is an Automation Test Lead with 8 years of hands-on experience designing and delivering test automation across fintech and enterprise projects, currently leading automation efforts at EPAM Systems. With a Master’s in Physics from Novosibirsk State University, she brings a research-driven, analytical approach to QA engineering and test architecture. Her career spans senior automation roles at major organizations like Sberbank-Technology and Yandex.Money, where she advanced from developer and systems work to shaping scalable test strategies. Natalia is comfortable bridging development, system administration and test automation, having built e-learning platforms and managed Windows server environments earlier in her career. Known as an AQA-focused engineer on GitHub, she combines scientific rigor with practical leadership to reduce risk and accelerate delivery in complex, regulated domains. Based in Valparaíso, Chile, she thrives on translating deep technical detail into reliable, production-ready test suites.
7 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Physics, Master, Physics at Novosibirsk State University (NSU)
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (109)
cohesion10
pmd10
testng10
testing10
effort10
oop-principles10
automation10
automation-testing10
maven10
jdi10
webdriver10
automation-ui10
test-automation10
oop10
selenium-webdriver10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jdi-templates/jdi-light-selenoid-template
Aug 2021 - Sep 2023
Contributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years
automated-testingjdiautomation-uijdi-lightallure
jdi-templates/jdi-light-testng-template
Aug 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:2 reviews, 128 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 2 months
automated-testingjdiautomation-uijdi-lightallure
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