pavel popov

Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

YADRO

YADRO is a Russian technology company that develops and manufactures enterprise IT infrastructure, including servers, storage systems, and telecom equipment.

Builds Android test automation and fuzz-testing workflows, and supports LLM analysis of static-analysis reports. Developing a workflow from requirements to product validation.

• Joined YADRO as a QA Automation Engineer in 2023. Alongside my engineering work, I completed a Master's degree in Data Science at MIPT in 2026. I am now expanding my focus into LLM integration and engineering workflow automation while continuing my QA automation responsibilities. • Currently developing an LLM-powered workflow that uses Jira tasks and Confluence specifications to generate test plans and manual test cases, produce automated tests, and execute checks against the product. The goal is to automate the process from requirements to product validation.

QA Automation Engineer

Yappy

Yappy is a Russian social video platform and mobile app for creating, sharing, and watching short-form videos, with a focus on creator content.

Automated backend and mobile testing for the Yappy app, and integrated regression testing and reporting into GitLab CI/CD.

• Automated backend testing for the Yappy app using Python and Pytest, integrating API testing with PostgreSQL. • Collaborated with manual testers utilizing a BDD approach. • Transitioned to mobile testing (Android and iOS) using Airtest, enabling cross-platform scripting. • Accelerated test execution with tools like MITMProxy and integrated GitLab CI/CD for regression testing and reporting via TestIt.

Data Analyst

Promsvyazbank

Promsvyazbank is a major Russian bank serving corporate and retail customers and operating across the country's financial sector.

Built sales funnels and A/B test samples, checked database data quality, and maintained scripts and reporting uploads.

• I made sales funnels and formed samples for A/B testing. • Automated an Excel template for uploads to managers in MS SQL and checked the quality of data tables in the database. • Maintained scripts for building uploads and delivered uploads on demand using Power BI.

Economist

Sberbank

Sberbank is one of Russia's largest banks, with extensive retail and corporate banking operations and a broad range of digital services.

Tested a profitability calculator for corporate clients, prepared test documentation, managed bugs, and automated test cases.

• Testing the profitability calculator for corporate clients. • Created documentation, test plans, checklists, and test cases. • Participated in developing technical requirements and specifications for tasks. • Managed the full bug cycle and automated test cases.

Engineer

OKBM Afrikantov

OKBM Afrikantov is a Russian nuclear engineering company that designs equipment and reactor systems for nuclear power plants.

Completed an engineering internship, producing pump equipment drawings and designing an improvement to a main circulation pump.

• Did an internship. I made design drawings of pump equipment for nuclear power plants. • Designed the improvement of the main circulation pump.

Master's Degree, Data Science

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev