Summary
Nikolai Shegai is a Software Development Engineer in Test with 11 years of experience based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specialized in building enterprise-scale QA automation and modernizing processes through AI. He architects hybrid test frameworks and end-to-end automation in Python and JavaScript—leveraging WebdriverIO, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress and CI/CD on AWS—to deliver measurable reductions in manual effort and faster release cycles. At WPP Production he’s pioneering AI-augmented QA using Claude Code and Gemini agents for intelligent test generation and workflow automation, and he previously contributed QA expertise at Apple and Google on large, mission-critical products. Nikolai pairs full-stack development skills (React, TypeScript, Flask, FastAPI) with deep testing domain knowledge to create internal dashboards, tools, and actionable failure analysis that bridge Dev and QA. A quick adopter of emerging tech, he blends hands-on engineering with mentoring and advisory work, helping teams adopt AI-assisted testing practices that improve maintainability and speed.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI"
Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design, Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design at Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
English, Russian