Summary
Vitalii Sotnichenko is a Test Automation Engineer and DevTestOps practitioner with over a decade of experience building resilient test automation for web, API, and mobile systems across e-commerce, finance, blockchain and video streaming domains. He designs and implements frameworks using Playwright, TypeScript, Java, Python and Selenium, and embeds automated tests into CI/CD pipelines powered by Jenkins, CircleCI, Spinnaker, Docker and Kubernetes. ISTQB-certified at advanced levels, he combines deep test design, risk analysis and QA strategy skills with hands-on expertise in mobile automation (Appium), message-queue validation, and monitoring with Grafana and Sentry. Comfortable in both scripting and infrastructure-as-code contexts (Ansible, Terraform), he’s known for creating scalable test execution environments (Selenoid, Moon, Selenium Grid) and turning QA metrics into actionable delivery improvements. Based in Luxembourg, he brings a rare mix of system-programming academic background and practical fintech/blockchain project experience that helps bridge engineering, operations and product quality goals.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree HR Management and Labour Economics, Master's degree HR Management and Labour Economics at Kiev National Economic University
Slavic Studies, Slavic Studies at Slavic gymnasium
Junior Specialist Production of optical and opto-medical devices, Junior Specialist Production of optical and opto-medical devices at Kiev optical-mechanic college
Master's degree System Programming, Master's degree System Programming at Kiev International University of Civil Aviation
Russian, English, Ukrainian, German, French