Summary
Sergei Ilin is a QA Automation Engineer with nine years in software and five years focused on Python-based test automation, currently driving quality at Wildberries. He builds end-to-end frameworks (UI and API) with CI/CD, parallelization, and test isolation, and has repeatedly cut maintenance costs and increased test stability through pragmatic engineering changes like adding test_ids and modular configuration. Sergei blends practical QA leadership—code reviews, team processes, and occasional team lead duties—with hands-on development of AI-driven services and microservices for time-series stock scoring (MOEX hackathon, 3rd place). A published speaker at Heisenbug 2024, he explores the intersection of manual and automated testing and actively introduces AI/ML into testing pipelines. Based in Georgia, he pairs a background in economics with a developer’s curiosity (his GitHub persona: "free as the wind") and a habit of shipping small tools such as Telegram bots to solve operational problems.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Commerce Economics, Bachelor of Commerce Economics at Mariy state university