Yana Makogon

Summary

Passionate and results-oriented Senior Automation QA engineer with almost 10 years of experience in software quality assurance, including hands-on automation, strategic QA leadership, and team mentorship.

Core Skill Set:

Leadership: QA ownership, team mentoring, process guidance
Automation: Built frameworks with Playwright, NUnit, C#; reduced manual testing
Test Strategy & CI/CD: Defined test plans; integrated tests into CI/CD
Collaboration: Worked closely with dev, product, and business teams
Defect Management: Tracked bugs, performed root cause analysis, reported clearly
BDD: Used Gherkin/Cucumber to align QA with business needs
Data & Environments: Wrote SQL for backend checks; used Docker for stable test setups

Employment History

Lead/Senior Automation QA Engineer – MacQuality

February 2021 — Present

Key Achievements

Increased customer satisfaction through improved product quality and feedback
Migrated QA workflows from Excel to Xray for better traceability and collaboration
Built and led a high-performing manual + automation QA team
Improved UI test coverage to 98% via tailored automation strategy
Cut regression time from 5 days to 1.5 hours using Playwright + C#
Integrated automation into Azure DevOps CI/CD for faster, safer releases
Enhanced defect tracking and RCA, reducing production issues
Mentored QA team in automation, boosting technical autonomy
Ensured early-stage quality via strong cross-team collaboration
Delivered business value through automation, risk reduction, and product quality

Key Clients:

Billennium PL (Swedish automotive project)
SmartKyc – KYC due diligence automation platform
Pandora – Danish jewellery brand (world’s largest)
TransferRoom – Global football transfers platform

Middle QA Engineer – Luxoft (Financial project), Kraków, Poland

September 2018 — September 2020

Implemented full test process for web application

QA Engineer – PDFfiller (API Team), Kyiv, Ukraine

September 2017 — August 2018

QA Engineer – StartIT, Kyiv, Ukraine

November 2016 — September 2017

Education

.NET Developer – CyberBionic Systematics
March 2024 — October 2024
Bachelor of Software Development – IU International University of Applied Sciences
October 2022 — Present
Master of Law – Donetsk National University, Economics and Law Faculty, Ukraine
September 2006 — June 2011

Tools

Languages: Java, C# (.NET)
UI Testing: Selenium, Playwright
API Testing: RestAssured, Postman, SoapUI
BDD: Gherkin, Cucumber
Test Frameworks: TestNG, JUnit, NUnit
Build & CI/CD: Maven, Jenkins, Azure DevOps
VC & DevOps: Git, GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps
Test Management: Jira (Xray), Zephyr, HP ALM/QC
Database: SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Languages

Ukrainian – Native
English – Advanced
Polish – Speaking

After work

Volunteer supporting an intensive care unit at the IPOG of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
Passionate about learning new technologies and growing as an engineer
Enjoy spending quality time with family and traveling
Play the piano and explore diverse cultures
Practice Qi Gong for relaxation and emotional balance
Proud mother of a 9-year-old daughter