Sofia Shikalova
Старший Специалист По Тестированию at АО "АЛЬФА-БАНК"
St Petersburg, St Petersburg City, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolSofia Shikalova is a QA Automation Engineer and Senior Test Specialist with a strong analytical background from ITMO and over two years of focused automation experience within large tech teams like Luxoft and Alfa-Bank. She excels in Python, Selenium, Jenkins/Groovy, and test design, and has repeatedly improved CI pipelines, release systems, and reporting infrastructure to streamline testing operations. Early training in data analysis and machine learning informs her methodical approach to debugging and test optimization, making her adept at turning complex problems into reliable, automated checks. Colleagues rely on her skill for refactoring and maintaining robust autotest suites and building internal tools that reduce operational friction. She brings a problem-solver’s pride and curiosity to QA work, pairing technical depth with a habit of finding elegant, measurable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Intelligent Systems in Humanities, Bachelor of Science - BS, Intelligent Systems in Humanities at Университет ИТМО
English
Github Skills (2)
javascript5
python2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Sofshik/cs102
Sep 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:2 reviews, 14 PRs, 67 pushes in 9 months
Sofshik/WordSS
Jan 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 10 months
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