Karina Faizullina

About Karina Faizullina

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at C.H. Robinson, I lead end-to-end testing, both manual and automated, for various software applications. I have 5 years of experience in software testing and test automation, with a strong foundation in Java programming and a wide range of testing frameworks, including Selenium, Cucumber, Maven, and Jenkins. I graduated from Chelyabinsk State University with a bachelor\'s degree in PR and Communication, which helped me develop effective communication and collaboration skills. My passion lies in ensuring software quality and efficiency throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC). Some of my achievements include reducing test execution time by 30%, increasing test coverage by 20%, integrating tests with CI/CD, ensuring cross-browser compatibility, resolving data-related issues, and implementing scalable cloud testing. I consistently meet tight deadlines in Agile sprints, delivering stable software on schedule.

Experience

1. Software Development Engineer in Test

   C.H. Robinson

   May 2020 — Present

   Led automated and manual testing for C.H. Robinson\'s Navisphere application, improving test coverage by 30%-Developed a BDD framework using Cucumber/Gherkin, enhancing test organization and readability-Automated UI testing, boosting testing speed by 40% with Selenium WebDriver, Java, JUnit, and Cucumber-Reduced code duplication and improved test maintenance through the implementation of the Page Object Model (POM) with Maven-Generated informative test reports, increasing result analysis efficiency by 20%-Conducted diverse testing types, ensuring software quality across Functional, Regression, Smoke, Integration, and End-to-End tests-Integrated testing into the CI pipeline via Jenkins for automated execution upon code changes-Ensured data integrity through Restful API testing with Postman and Rest-Assured-Proactively identified and resolved data-related issues by conducting database testing using SQL queries and JDBC-Scaled cloud testing with Selenium Grid on AWS EC2 for web applications-Improved Cross-Browser and compatibility testing by 35% through parallel testing using Selenium GRID-Utilized Jira for efficient task tracking and issue management.

Education

• Chelyabinsk State University

  Bachelor's degree in PR and Communication

  2015 — 2019