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Axana SkinderAS

Axana Skinder

QA Team Lead | QA Leadership & Strategy

€125/day
Warsaw, PL
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Axana

Lead QA Engineer | QA Strategy • Process Improvement • Product quality assessment • Web, Mobile & API Testing

I'm a Lead QA Engineer with extensive experience in designing and executing effective QA strategies across web, mobile, and API-based products. I specialize in test planning and execution, QA process, product quality audits, and continuous improvements to ensure smooth releases.

What I bring to the table:
- Development and implementation of QA strategies
- QA process audits to identify bottlenecks and improve product quality
- Product quality assessments with actionable recommendations
- Hands-on experience in Web, Mobile, and API testing
- Strong focus on risk-based testing and clear reporting

I work closely with cross-functional teams to align quality efforts with business goals and help products reach their full potential — faster and with confidence.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • AiboHealth
    QA Manager
    HEALTH AND WELLNESS
    January 2019 - October 2023 (4 years and 9 months)
    At AiboHealth I
    • Configured and administered the Electronic Quality Management System (based on the Matrix Requirements QMS platform)
    • Built the team of business analysts, technical writes and quality assurance engineers
    ◦ Created and maintained all necessary documentation for FDA 510K clearance
    ◦ Assured the quality of the software medical products by establishing best practices (shift-left approach, unit testing, code and test reviews, requirements analysis and comprehensive testing)
    • Led the quality team, planned activities and built professional growth of the quality team.
    • Built the testing strategy and quality assurance process, test plans and schedules according to needs and goals of the project
    • Performed functional testing (positive and negative testing, end-to-end testing, API testing)
    • Performed non-functional testing (security testing, data volume testing)
    • Reported about the product quality, test execution status, documenting progress to stakeholders and all interested parties
    Team management QA testing
  • etouches
    Test Manager
    January 2008 - January 2012 (4 years)
    At etouches, I:

    Set up the testing process and developed the overall quality assurance strategy

    Created and introduced the Test Automation strategy for the project using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, and Serenity

    Designed the testing strategy for both web and mobile applications, including test plans, test cases, and test charters

    Led a distributed QA team across the USA, India, Bulgaria, and Belarus; onboarded new team members and conducted knowledge sharing and training sessions for mid- and senior-level QA engineers

    Performed mobile testing of native iOS and Android applications, including functional testing, compliance testing, installation testing, compatibility testing, interruption testing, and connectivity testing

    Conducted functional testing of the web application using end-to-end, risk-based, and exploratory testing approaches

    Performed API testing
  • Opentext
    QA Lead
    January 2010 - January 2012 (2 years)
    Team Leadership & Planning:

    • Interviewed and hired QA engineers to expand and strengthen the team
    • Coached junior QA engineers and organized knowledge transfer sessions
    • Planned QA activities for each release and iteration, following the Scrum methodology
    • Estimated testing efforts and resource requirements
    • Identified product and testing risks and implemented mitigation strategies

    Testing Activities:

    • Installed and configured products in test environments
    • Participated in requirements elicitation and their validation through testing
    • Performed functional testing (grey-box), installation testing, user-based testing, cross-browser testing, internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) testing, mobile testing, and acceptance testing
    • Supervised non-functional testing processes
    • Authored, executed, reviewed, and updated test cases and checklists
    • Analyzed results of functional test runs to ensure product quality

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Education

  • Bachelor Degree
    Belarussian State Pedagogical University
    2005
    Bachelor Degree

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