Software Engineer Api Testing

ILYA KULIKOV

Winter Garden, FL ***** 689-***-**** ****.*.*******@*****.*** GitLab

Software Engineer in Test

Software Engineer in Test with 15+ years of experience in automation, API testing, and cloud infrastructure. Deep expertise in UI/Mobile automation, API testing, and integration testing, with a strong grasp of SDLC and TDD methodologies. Skilled in designing scalable test frameworks, improving automation coverage, and enhancing CI/CD pipelines. Key Skills

Automation: Playwright, Selenium, Appium API Testing: Rest Assured, Postman, Axios Programming: Python, TypeScript, Node.js, Java Cloud & CI/CD: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker Testing Frameworks: JUnit, TestNG, Mocha, Chai Performance Testing: k6, Artillery Professional Experience

Caesars Entertainment – Remote

Senior Software Automation Engineer (09/2020 – 01/2025)

● Developed 100+ BDD test cases using Playwright + TypeScript, achieving 70% automation coverage and facilitating a TDD transition.

● Created a Python based framework for complex Integration Testing

● Built a scalable Appium + WDIO + BrowserStack framework, increasing mobile test automation coverage to 90%.

● Enhanced API testing with Java + JUnit + Rest Assured, designing reusable helper functions and improving test reliability.

● Configured GitLab CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes clusters, and AWS services

(Lambda, S3, EC2, DynamoDB) to streamline test execution.

● Conducted load testing using k6, ensuring product stability under heavy traffic.

● UI automation framework from scratch using Java + TestNG + Selenium EPAM / HCL Technologies – New York, NY

Senior Test Engineer (10/2015 – 08/2020)

● Designed a Selenium WebDriver + TestNG framework, enhancing UI test automation for internal tools.

● Led maintenance of WDIO + TypeScript automation for an Angular-based application.

● Developed an iFrame traversal solution using BFS algorithms, improving test stability.

● Created an accessibility testing solution using JAWS + JavaScript + HTML, ensuring WCAG compliance.

● Expanded API test coverage with Postman + Rest Assured for critical backend services.

ICC Lowe – Parsippany, NJ

QA Automation Engineer (11/2013 – 09/2015)

● Built a Selenium WebDriver + Java UI automation framework from scratch.

● Developed a screenshot-based validation framework for internal web applications.

● Automated native & hybrid mobile testing with Appium, Xcode, and Android Studio.

● Wrote complex SQL queries for data validation and backend testing. Earlier experience upon request

Technical Skills

● Automation: Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, WDIO, Appium

● API Testing: Rest Assured, Postman, Axios

● Programming: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Java, Kotlin, Swift

● Cloud & CI/CD: AWS (Lambda, S3, EC2, DynamoDB), Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins

● Testing Frameworks: JUnit, TestNG, Mocha, Chai, Cucumber, PyTest

● Performance & Monitoring: k6, Artillery.io, LoadRunner, Splunk, DataDog

● Databases: SQL, Cassandra, MongoDB

● Messaging & Infrastructure: Kafka, Azure Service Bus

● Algorithms & Data Structures: BFS/DFS, String & Matrix Processing Education & Certifications

● Bachelor’s Degree in Travel Management, State University, Moscow, Russia

● Docker certification by LinkedIn - 2025

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