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SYMBAT KALYS

QA Engineer | 8+ Years Ensuring Quality at Scale

Specializing in Automation Frameworks, API Testing, and Agile DevOps.

About Me

I’m a QA Engineer with 8 years of delivering high-quality software across Google, Apple, and Paramount. My background spans manual testing, test automation, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to ship reliable products in fast-paced environments. Currently expanding my skills in software development and actively transitioning into a Software Engineering role, where I can combine my quality mindset with hands-on coding to build robust, user-focused solutions.

Experience

QA Engineer – 24/7 Talent

March 2025 – November 2025

Led end-to-end UI integrity for a global streaming application, managing the QA pipeline and technical triage across 40+ international locales.

Analytics QA Engineer – Paramount

August 2022 – October 2024

Automated web testing and validated data pipelines for web, mobile, and OTT applications, reducing regression cycles by 30% and speeding up release delivery.

Software QA Engineer – Google via HCL America

December 2021 – August 2022

Spearheaded mobile QA for Google Meet, managing full-lifecycle functional and regression testing to ensure UI consistency and application stability.

Test Engineer – Apple via ADVANTIS Global

June 2020 – December 2021

Conducted end-to-end verification and technical triage for Apple’s mission-critical POS systems, leveraging back-end log analysis and SQL validation to ensure seamless functionality and data integrity.

QA Tester – Google via HCL Technologies

June 2018 – June 2020

Cross-platform functional testing for Google Maps, utilizing Android and iOS developer tools to identify UI defects and automate bug-reporting pipelines for accessibility feature releases.

Skills

Manual Testing Test Automation Playwright Selenium Python Java CI/CD API Testing Agile / Scrum

Personal Projects

Automation Framework
Build Status
Playwright Python Pytest GitHub Actions CI/CD

UI Automation Framework

A Page Object Model framework demo with GitHub Actions and automated HTML reporting.

REST ASSURED
Pipeline Status
Rest Assured REST API Java TestNG Maven

Rest Assured API Testing

API automation framework built with Java and REST Assured. It utilizes a structured Maven setup and TestNG.

Python API Testing
Pipeline Status
Python API Github Actions

Python API Testing

Python-based API automation with GitHub Actions CI.

Interests

Photography

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