Test Automation Architecture
Frameworks from scratch in TypeScript or Python — Playwright, Selenium, pytest. UI/API/E2E coverage, reusable fixtures, test data, reporting, and CI/CD integration.
API/UI/Integration · Test Architecture · CI/CD · AI Assurance
Dmytro Pogribnyy
Senior SDET · Senior Test Automation Engineer · Legal & Regulatory · PhD in Business Law
Building reliable software through automation architecture, risk-based quality engineering, and AI assurance.
Bratislava, Slovakia · EU-based B2B Contractor · Available Immediately · Remote Worldwide · Bratislava Hybrid/Onsite
Senior SDET / Test Automation first · also open to AI Assurance, Technology Risk & Legal Tech · EU B2B
Curriculum Vitae
Two focused CVs present the same factual career history from different angles: an engineering-first SDET / Test Automation profile, and a cross-disciplinary Tech & Legal profile emphasizing AI Assurance, Technology Risk, Legal Tech, and legal/regulatory experience.
Services & Consulting
Available for long-term B2B engagements, fractional QA automation support, focused audits, and release-readiness work.
Framework Modernization & Stabilization
Flaky-test analysis, suite reliability, and maintenance reduction. Risk-prioritized framework migrations — including a Selenium-to-Playwright move that cut flakiness from ~30% to below 5%.
QA Audit & Release Readiness
Risk-based review, coverage gaps, CI feedback loops, layered failure diagnostics, prioritized findings, and practical remediation planning.
AI Assurance & Quality Engineering
LLM evaluation, reliability controls, evidence-based validation, human oversight, and testing of AI-assisted applications — grounded in senior engineering review.
Tech Stack
Automation & Code
API & Data
CI/CD & Cloud
Diagnostics & Reporting
AI Assurance & Controls
Experience Highlights
EPAM Systems
Senior Software Test Automation Engineer
Pharmaceutical and retail e-commerce platforms in regulated environments. Built a Playwright + TypeScript framework covering approximately 80% of the regression suite across distributed microservices. Improved pipeline feedback time by approximately 35% through parallel execution in Azure DevOps. Diagnosed failures layer by layer — Playwright Trace Viewer, API responses, CloudWatch logs, and SQL database state — reporting defects with the failing layer already identified. Authored business-readable BDD scenarios in Gherkin, aligned with PO/BA requirements. Validated data integrity for 100+ critical business flows using PostgreSQL and MySQL queries. Reduced test-authoring effort by approximately 40% with AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Nov 2024 – Present
AI QA Factory / ARK
Independent AI/LLM Project
Built a production-oriented Python AI QA platform using the OpenAI API and LiteLLM for OpenAI/Claude routing, bounded agents, persisted workflows, MCP tool calling, custom LLM evaluation, deterministic validation, model fallbacks, and human-in-the-loop safeguards.
May 2026 – Present
N-iX
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Threat intelligence SaaS platform. Led a Selenium-to-Playwright (TypeScript) migration, reduced flaky failures from approximately 30% to below 5%, maintained a CI pass rate above 95%, and reduced manual regression effort by approximately 60%.
Apr 2022 – Oct 2024
4Team — SyncGene
QA Test Lead
Led QA for the SyncGene cross-platform synchronization product and defined test strategy across web and desktop applications, including compatibility coverage across supported platforms and versions. Contributed to C# automation and integration testing for cross-platform synchronization workflows. Worked as a B2B contractor and relocated to Slovakia during this engagement.
Oct 2021 – Apr 2022
Dev.Pro
Automation QA Engineer
Financial services and payments platform. Built a Selenium + Python framework, increased automation coverage by approximately 40%, and reduced the regression cycle from approximately three days to less than one day.
Sep 2020 – Sep 2021
Freelance / Independent Projects
QA & Automation Engineer
Delivered QA for SaaS platforms, including SQL-based data validation. Transitioned into test automation through hands-on Selenium and Python development.
Jan 2018 – Sep 2020
Selected Work
Public repositories covering automation architecture, framework migration, and AI-assisted quality engineering.
Featured AI QA Factory Guided QA automation workbench with controlled execution and evidence workflows.
Northstar Commerce Quality Framework
Commerce release assurance and Cypress-to-Playwright migration.
Moxymind Quality Automation
Playwright UI/API framework with typed contracts and CI evidence.
Darrow Code Insight
Independently developed AI-assisted product and engineering case study.
Excel Online Automation
Focused iframe, canvas, and clipboard automation case.
Credentials & Background
ISTQB Certified Tester — Foundation Level2021
EPAM AI-Assisted Development Training2024–25
Software Testing Diploma — IT STEP Academy2018
PhD — Business Law · Dissertation on State Corporate RightsPhD
Master’s Degree in Legal Sciences2002
Associate Professor (Docent) — Commercial / Economic Law2013
Advanced TESOL Certificate — 120-Hour Program2017
English C1 · Ukrainian Native · Russian Native · Slovak B1Languages
Legal Practice & Regulatory Research
A complementary professional track alongside my current technology career — relevant to Legal Tech, technology-focused legal/regulatory work, AI governance, technology risk, and emerging-technology regulation.
Licensed Attorney / Independent Legal Practice — Ukraine2004–2018
Private Notary — Kharkiv City Notarial District2005–12 · 2014–20
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University — Academic & Legal Research Career2001–2020
Research focus: Corporate Rights · Technology Transfer · Cryptocurrency · Blockchain · Virtual AssetsResearch
Selected Legal & Regulatory Research
Published work includes state corporate rights, technology-transfer and innovation regulation, adaptation of corporate law to EU standards, the legal status of cryptocurrencies, and legal regulation of blockchain technology and virtual assets.
Contact
For Senior SDET / Test Automation roles and selective AI Assurance, Technology Risk, Legal Tech, or technology-focused legal/regulatory opportunities. Available immediately as an EU-based B2B contractor (IČO registered in Slovakia).
Also available via Upwork for smaller B2B engagements.