Bulat Aleev

Summary

Results-driven SDET with over 8 years of experience in developing and optimizing automated testing frameworks for high-scale systems. Proven ability to reduce regression testing time by 40% and boost code coverage by 30% at Citi.
Well familiar with Java and Python, skilled in a variety of automation tools and dedicated to maintaining the highest software quality in fast-paced Agile environments.
Passionate about mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Strong communicator with a knack for problem-solving and a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions.

Experience

Citibank Tech Hub - SDET

March 2022 - Present (3 years 3 months) | Bahrain

Engaged in continuous quality assurance efforts, supporting dynamic project requirements.

BCS - Lead QA Automation Engineer

July 2021 - February 2022 (8 months) | Remote

Created a test automation framework from scratch with integrated REST API tests using Kotlin.
Developed test environment stubs with Java and Spring Boot.
Configured tests to run via GitLab CI and Docker-Compose locally.
Authored a comprehensive test cookbook and documentation for smooth team onboarding.

Usetech - Senior QA Automation Engineer

October 2019 - July 2021 (1 year 10 months)

Developed and enhanced QA processes and robust end-to-end tests using C#, Selenium, JavaScript, and Playwright.
Executed load testing with JMeter and integrated Slack and Telegram bots.
Significantly reduced production bugs and costs via automation and proactive notifications.

MTS IT - Senior QA Automation Engineer

February 2019 - October 2019 (9 months)

Established testing processes for a platform product from inception.
Conducted manual, automated, and web application security testing.
Integrated testing phases into CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with the open-source community.
Utilized technologies such as Java 8, Spring, Groovy, Spock, Kotlin, Selenium, Selenide, TestNG, Cucumber, RestAssured, PostgreSQL, ELK, Grafana, and Prometheus; environments included Docker and Kubernetes.
Implemented SRE practices (SLOs, SLAs, SLIs) to reduce bug-related costs and speed up time-to-market.

Sberbank-Technology - Performance Test Engineer

2017 - February 2019 (2 years)

Conducted performance testing and JVM tuning with detailed application profiling.
Developed scripts (Python, LoadRunner) and Java-based dummies to analyze performance bottlenecks.
Utilized a diverse toolset including HP Performance Center, HP LoadRunner, Oracle, *nix, Java, Spring, JMS, XML, Python, and Jenkins.

ABBYY Machine Learning Intern

June 2016 - August 2016 (3 months)

Annotated named entities for an ontological data system.
Leveraged machine learning models for text mining and data analysis with Python.
Utilized libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, and TensorFlow to achieve a 95% classification accuracy.
Ensured robust test coverage throughout the project.

Innopolis University Stem-Centre Java Teacher Assistant

February 2014 - January 2016 (2 years)

Conducted Java programming courses and assisted students in application development.
Developed comprehensive curricula, thematic plans, and supporting methodological materials.
Enhanced teaching competencies and professional skills through structured classroom sessions.

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