Ilia Vakhrushev

Ilia Vakhrushev has a diverse work experience in the field of quality assurance engineering. Ilia is currently working as a Lead QA Engineer at InvestEngine since March 2021. Prior to this, they worked at Exadel and held the positions of Lead Automation QA Engineer from April 2018 to March 2021 and Senior QA Automation Engineer from December 2012 to April 2018. At Exadel, they developed tools for web testing, performed load and stress testing, and developed automated test frameworks using technologies like QTP/Selenium, JMeter, and LoadRunner.

Before Exadel, Ilia worked at Quantros as a QA Automation professional from November 2014 to March 2021. During their tenure, they worked in a cross-functional team and contributed to developing products for healthcare providers. Ilia was involved in testing strategy elaboration, process improvements, developing testing frameworks using Java/C#/JS, establishing CI infrastructure, and code development in .NET, EF, and Vue.

Ilia began their career at NAUMEN in August 2008 as a Test Engineer. Ilia developed an automation testing framework, conducted application load testing, and established a Continuous Integration workflow. Ilia worked at NAUMEN until October 2012.

Overall, Ilia has extensive experience in QA engineering, specializing in automation, load testing, test framework development, and process improvements. Their work experience spans multiple industries including finance, IT consulting, and healthcare.

Ilia Vakhrushev completed their education at Ural Federal University, where they obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree in Mechanics from 2010 to 2012. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mechanics and Mathematics from Ural State University named after A.M.Gorky between 2006 and 2010. In addition to their academic achievements, Vakhrushev also holds several certifications related to software testing, including ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager, ISTQB Advanced Level Test Analyst, ISTQB Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst, and ISTQB Foundation Level. These certifications were obtained from GASQ in respective years as indicated in the certifications section above.