Software Development Engineer
Resume:
ZHANSAYA KAIYRBEKOVA
Green Card Holder
************@*****.***
linkedin.com/in/zhansayakaiyrbekova
BAY AREA, SF, California
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Results-driven and detail-oriented Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 4 years of ex- perience in the financial industry, specializing in trading systems and algorithmic testing. Proven ex- pertise in designing, developing, and implementing robust automated testing frameworks to ensure the timely quality and reliability of trading applications. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize software performance and enhance the overall efficiency of trading platforms. Have a strong leadership and communication skills. Skills: JAVA, Jira, Cucumber, Jenkins, Gherkin, BDD/TDD, Relational Databases: My SQL, Oracle Database, Mongo, Postman, JUnit, TestNG, MAVEN, Control-M, Tidal, Putty, WinSCP, Git, Github. WORK EXPERIENCE
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER IN
TEST
JULY 2021 – PRESENT
ICE (Intercontinental Exchange)
Chicago,IL
• Performed in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC): participated in agile software development environment and Scrum team meetings such as Dai- ly Stand Up, involved in Sprint Planning, Grooming Meetings estimating efforts and identifying acceptance criteria for user stories, Sprint Demo, and Code Review meetings.
• Conducted UI testing, Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, End-to-End Test- ing, Ad-Hoc Testing, Back End Testing, API Testing, and verifying the results with expected re- sults, which should complain about the predefined requirements.
• Spearheaded the development and maintenance of automated test frameworks for trading al- gorithms, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and adherence to industry standards.
• Collaborated with software developers and quantitative analysts to identify and address poten- tial issues in algorithmic trading strategies.
• Conducted performance testing to evaluate system scalability and optimize algorithm execution times, resulting in a 20% improvement in trader’s reports.
• Implemented continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to stream- line the testing process and facilitate faster release cycles.
• Led a team of testing professionals in executing test cases, analyzing results, and providing ac- tionable feedback to the development team.
• Contributed to the creation and execution of regression test suites, reducing software defects by 80% and improving overall system stability.
• Collaborated with developers and QA team to identify and resolve software defects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products.
• Conducted regular code reviews and provided mentorship to junior team members to improve coding standards and automation skills.
• Performed data accuracy, data validation, and data integrity testing by querying the database using SQL queries verifying the data tables on our database server.
• Parallel testing: Integrated smoke test suite and regression test suite execution with Jenkins. Experienced with cross-browser testing, cross-platform testing, and cross-device testing in vir- tual servers or multiple servers with Jenkins integration. Installed, configured, and integrated automation scripts on Continuous Integration Tools (CI/CD) like Jenkins for nightly test suite execution.
• Test Documentation and Reporting: Wrote and executed detailed test cases that exercise all aspects of the system under test. Performed test planning, test design, test strategy, and test execution with JIRA. Generated Cucumber JSON / HTML, Serenity test reports in detailed re- sults with screenshots.
• Managed and Executed Test Cases and logged bugs in bug reporting tool JIRA.
• Involved in Knowledge Transfer, Group Discussion, and training sessions. EDUCATION
Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering, Karaganda State Technical University (Kazakhstan) - 09/2011 - 05/2015,
ESL classes, Taylor Business Institute, (Chicago, IL) / Zoni, (New York, NY) - 02/2016 - 12/2019,
World Legacy, Leadership Training, (Durham, NC)- 12/2019 - 06/2020, Cydeo Bootcamp, Java SDET course, (online) — 09/2020 - 05/2021, Devx Bootcamp, Advanced Programming course, (online) - 02/2022-05/2022, Growth Hungry Academy - Basic of Programming, (online) - 03/2023 - now.
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