Liubov Panova

Acted as QA Expert, driving quality architecture for distributed systems across Web, Mobile, and API platforms.

💡 Primary Duties:

• Architected QA workflows from scratch, implementing strict DoR/DoD standards.

• Integrated AI validation in Jira to automatically enforce ticket DoR compliance.

• Led E2E testing for microservices, integrating release quality gates and regression suites.

• Shifted team culture toward Shift-Left defect prevention and risk management.

🛠 Core Competencies:

• QA Architecture & AI: Workflow automation and Jira AI enforcement.

• Cross-Platform QA: Simultaneous quality strategy for Web and iOS/Android.

• Risk Mitigation: Backend vulnerability isolation via API analysis and manual testing.

🎯 Key Achievements:

• Automated Jira DoR checks, cutting manual review overhead.

• Revamped regression suite, exposing 54 complex defects and 44+ legacy production issues.

• Intercepted 11+ critical bugs pre-production, preventing rollout failures.

Acted as QA Leader & Deputy Test Manager, driving QA transformation across Web, Mobile, and API.

💡 Primary Duties:

• Led QA/AQA teams (up to 14 specialists), managing planning and task allocation.

• Designed custom QA Strategy and Test Lifecycle, championing Shift-Left.

• Defined KPIs and metric reports for stakeholders to guide release decisions.

• Standardized QA workflows and built a centralized Confluence knowledge base.

🛠️ Core Competencies:

• Strategic Test Management: E2E QA strategies combining manual & automated testing.

• Data-Driven Quality: Tracking AQA ROI and KPIs to optimize test processes.

• Team Leadership: Mentoring 14 specialists, onboarding, and training POs.

🎯 Key Achievements:

• Efficiency: Cut manual testing by 23% and accelerated test cycles by 17%.

• Risk Mitigation: Cut critical prod bugs by 37% and release cycles by 12%.

• Team Growth: Boosted team competencies by 28% and cut bug recurrence by 31%.