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Alex Khazov

Software Developer in Test

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About & Track Record

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5+ Years

QA & Automation Expertise

Results-driven QA with 5+ years' experience designing and scaling automation frameworks for backend and frontend systems. Cut production bugs by 40% and expanded test coverage by 75% in enterprise logistics environments. Proficient with AI-assisted testing tools (GitHub Copilot, Applitools, Testim, Claude) to accelerate test generation and build self-healing suites.

Core Skills

Java Selenium / Selenide Rest Assured SQL Cucumber GitHub Copilot Claude JMeter Kibana / Elastic / Kafka Git Jira Docker REST / SOAP APIs Postman
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Education & Certifications

  • Bachelor of Commodity Research (Commodity Engineering), Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg — 2017–2021
  • Professional Retraining Diploma, Software Development — Oct 2023–Oct 2024
  • QA Automation, University of Minnesota (Coursera) — Jan 2024
  • SQL & Spring Framework, Udemy — Dec 2021

SDET Engineer

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services · Haifa, Israel May 2023 – Present
  • Engineered 250+ automated tests across backend (REST APIs) and frontend (Selenium)
  • Expanded test coverage by 75% via load, functional, and contract testing (JMeter)
  • Drove a 40% reduction in production bugs over 2 years through shift-left practices
  • Accelerated test generation and documentation using GitHub Copilot and AI assistants (Claude)
Java Selenium REST API JMeter GitHub Copilot Claude Agile / Scrum

QA Engineer (Manual + Automation)

BLEND Localization · Tel Aviv, Israel May 2022 – May 2023
  • Analysed 300+ Jira bug reports, achieving a 25% drop in customer-reported bugs in 3 months
  • Automated UI regression with Selenium/Selenide (Java), from near-zero to 60% of critical user journeys
  • REST & SOAP API testing via Postman; surfaced 20+ critical API contract violations
  • Complex SQL across MySQL/Oracle/PostgreSQL; reduced defect leakage to production by 30%
Selenium Selenide Java Postman SQL Jira

QA Analyst

RS Imperial Jewelry House · St. Petersburg, Russia Feb 2021 – Feb 2022
  • Performed functional manual UI and platform configuration testing using 1C ERP
  • Created and modified integration platform configurations to enhance system reliability
1C ERP Manual Testing
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Projects

Project 1

Selenide Project

Project 2

Rest Assured Project

Project 3

Project Three

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khazey3@gmail.com

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