DENIS KRUPCHENKOAutomation QA
Available for Senior / Staff Automation QA roles

Senior Automation QA Engineer

Denis Krupchenko

Playwright Architect • AI‑Driven QA • CI/CD Automation

I design scalable Playwright-based test architectures and AI-driven QA systems.

Portrait of Denis Krupchenko
  • 10+ years in automation and manual testing
  • Playwright architecture for UI + API systems
  • AI-assisted QA workflows and prompt engineering
  • CI/CD quality gates and team mentoring

Professional Journey

Senior roles across product and enterprise teams, focused on automation architecture and delivery.

Oct 2025 - Present

Senior Automation QA Engineer — HotCode

  • • Built Playwright framework from scratch
  • • Designed CI/CD automation pipelines
  • • Integrated UI + API testing

Stack: Playwright · TypeScript · CI/CD

Feb 2024 - Jul 2025

Senior Automation QA Engineer — MindK (TLN)

  • • Improved framework quality and structure
  • • Expanded UI + API automation coverage
  • • Mentored client-side QA engineers

Stack: Playwright · Codecept.io · API testing

Jun 2022 - Jan 2024

Automation QA Engineer — ICL (Agmatix)

  • • Enhanced UI automation coverage
  • • Developed API framework and tests
  • • Contributed to visual and performance checks

Stack: JavaScript/TypeScript · UI/API · Performance

Dec 2020 - Jun 2022

Automation QA Engineer — SoftServe

  • • Delivered regression and E2E coverage
  • • Built frameworks for retail and healthcare apps
  • • Supported release quality at scale

Stack: Protractor · Cypress · Jasmine · Mocha

Jun 2019 - Dec 2020

Automation QA Engineer — Cloudbeds

  • • Built API and E2E automation suites
  • • Improved coverage for core hospitality workflows

Stack: Cucumber · Gherkin · Puppeteer · Jest

Sep 2015 - Jun 2019

Manual/Automation QA Engineer — uCoz (uKit)

  • • Delivered functional and regression testing
  • • Built E2E automation architecture
  • • Maintained test documentation and process quality

Stack: NightwatchJS · CodeceptJS · WebdriverIO · Selenium

What I Do Best

Core capabilities in architecture, automation, and quality enablement.

Playwright & Modern Test Architectures

  • • UI + API frameworks
  • • Clean abstractions and fixtures
  • • Deterministic test design

Playwright · TypeScript · API testing

AI‑Assisted Test Development

  • • Copilot and MCP-assisted workflows
  • • Prompt patterns for reliable output
  • • Faster test authoring with guardrails

Copilot · MCP · Prompt engineering

CI/CD & Automation Pipelines

  • • PR feedback and release quality gates
  • • Reliable nightly and regression runs
  • • Pipeline-first QA strategy

Jenkins · Docker · Git workflows

Quality Strategy & Mentorship

  • • QA strategy aligned with product delivery
  • • Mentoring for QA and engineering teams
  • • Test design and code review standards

Mentoring · Reviews · Test strategy

Selected Automation Work

Open-source frameworks and toolkits focused on practical engineering outcomes.

Playwright Boilerplate

UI + API Automation Framework

Playwright starter framework with production-ready structure for UI and API automation.

Stack: Playwright · TypeScript · REST API

GitHub

AI‑Driven Playwright Demo

Copilot + MCP Workflows

Demo of AI-generated Playwright tests with practical guardrails for consistent output.

Stack: Playwright · TypeScript · Copilot · MCP

Cypress Automation Framework

UI Automation Starter

Cypress framework template focused on readability, maintainability, and fast onboarding.

Stack: Cypress · JavaScript/TypeScript · UI testing

GitHub

WebdriverIO + Selenium Stack

UI & API in Docker

Containerized setup for stable UI and API automation in reproducible environments.

Stack: WebdriverIO · Selenium · Mocha · Axios · Docker

GitHub

Postman + Newman API Toolkit

API Collections for CI

API validation toolkit designed for CI-friendly execution and clear failure signals.

Stack: Postman · Newman · CI integration

GitHub

QA Education & Modern Practices

QA YouTube channel focused on practical automation engineering.

Focused on modern automation engineering and AI-driven QA.

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Channel Focus

  • Playwright architecture and test design
  • AI-assisted QA workflows with practical examples
  • CI/CD automation patterns for real teams

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