Nikolai Sandalov

Nikolai Sandalov is a seasoned QA Lead at JetBrains since July 2014, overseeing the Platform Core QA team and previously contributing as a Senior QA Engineer for the IntelliJ Platform and Core teams. Earlier roles include a Security Analyst responsible for managing security incidents and penetration testing at JetBrains, and a DevOps Engineer/QA at Genesys, where automated deployment of call center solutions was executed on AWS. Nikolai's career also features positions as a Senior QA Engineer at Exigen Services, where functional testing for a major bank's corporate actions system was conducted, and as a Test Lead at BCC Company, involved in testing IPTV solutions for a leading telecom operator in Russia. The professional journey began as a QA Engineer at Oberon Media, focusing on manual testing of ASP.NET websites. Nikolai holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Mfpu, earned between 2012 and 2016.