Natalia · Senior Manual QA Engineer (ISTQB Advanced)
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Senior Manual QA Engineer with 7 years of experience and a rare background: before moving into tech, Natallia spent 6 years as an Economist and Treasury specialist in banking — which gives her a genuine edge when testing financial platforms. ISTQB certified at both Foundation and Advanced (Test Analyst) levels. Currently at Israeli AI startup (Tel Aviv, $175M raised), serving 1,200+ finance teams worldwide. Has tested across Fitness Management, Manufacturing ERP, and a market-leading Forex Trading platform. Strong in API, end-to-end, integration, regression, and exploratory testing. Reliable, analytical, and a natural mentor.
Manual Testing, REST API, SOAP API, SQL, JIRA, Confluence, TestRail, Xray for Jira, Zephyr, Postman, Swagger, SoapUI, Chrome DevTools, Charles, Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, Cassandra, Kibana, Grafana, Apache Kafka, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, BrowserStack, Auth0, HP ALM, WinSCP, Filezilla
- Currently at Datarails — Israeli AI startup serving 1,200+ finance teams worldwide (Tel Aviv, $175M raised)
- Led a QA team of 6 Manual QA Engineers at Exadel — full ownership of quality processes
- Tested an industry-leading Fitness Management platform with analytics & reporting (Exadel)
- Tested an ERP system for Manufacturing and Supply Chain management (Exadel)
- QA on a market-leading Forex Trading desktop platform — roles & permissions, install-rollback, post-trading XML/HTML documentation (Allied Testing)
- Owned full release management — planned, supported and executed release cycles end-to-end
- Authored complete test documentation from scratch: test plans, strategies, checklists, test cases
- Trained a group of 4 Junior QAs in a structured 2-week programme
- ISTQB Foundation (2021) + ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst (2023) — both GASQ certified
- 6 years in banking before QA — Treasury, Forex, Money Market deals, CRM testing at Bank BelVEB and Belarusbank
- Completed 6 QA and automation courses including REST API testing, automation with Python, SQL
Bachelor, Law (2010–2014); Bachelor, Banking and Finance (2002–2007) · Belarusian State Economic University. ISTQB Foundation + Advanced Test Analyst (GASQ).
Natallia brings a rare combination of analytical precision and human reliability. Having led a QA team of 6 and personally trained junior engineers, she knows how to communicate clearly, set expectations, and keep quality high without micromanagement. Her background as a banking economist shaped her into someone who is exceptionally structured, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with complex financial logic - she doesn't just test features, she understands the business behind them. Having worked in distributed international teams across multiple time zones, she adapts quickly to new environments, tools, and processes - and gets up to speed faster than most. Natallia is known for being genuinely responsible: she owns her work end-to-end, from test planning to release. Easy to work with, proactive, and always ready to go the extra mile - she's the kind of person a team relies on without having to ask twice.