Location: Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany
Email: herr.alekseev.denis@gmail.com
GitHub: github.com/Denis-Alexeev
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/denis-alekseew
CV PDF Download: denis-alexeev.github.io/CV

Senior SDET with 7+ years of experience in designing test architectures, developing test frameworks and implementing end-to-end automated test scenarios.
Strong focus on full-stack test automation: from test strategy and scenario design to framework implementation, CI/CD integration and test infrastructure.
Author of a popular open-source testing plugin with almost 400k downloads.

Ingolstadt, Germany | Nov 2022 – Present

• Domain: Automotive Software
• Designed end-to-end test scenarios based on requirements, covering update, OTA, proxy and diagnostic subsystems
• Rewrote 2 testing frameworks from Robot Framework with Python and Pytest, reducing regression test time by 38%
• Designed and implemented a Kotlin-based testing framework, improving test automation efficiency by 30% and enabling faster regression cycles
• Built 5+ internal automation solutions (Python, Kotlin, Bash) to streamline testing workflows, improve test coverage, and detect bugs earlier in the development cycle.
• Built GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, enabling a team of 15+ engineers to deploy and test code more efficiently
• Mentored junior and middle QA engineers on automated testing best practices and framework usage

Saint Petersburg, Russia | Oct 2020 – Nov 2022

• Domain: Storage Hardware & Software
• Took full ownership of test scenario design, from requirements analysis to automated implementation and maintenance for storage hardware and software
• Acted as SDET: software engineering and QA, developing test frameworks, internal services and automation tooling
• Developed 2 Pytest-based frameworks adopted by the QA team, standardizing automated testing processes and improving maintainability of test scripts
• Developed internal automation services using Flask, Celery, and Redis, streamlining test reporting and reducing manual QA tasks by 60%
• Created custom Pytest plugins for internal QA processes, improving team productivity
• Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, accelerating deployment cycles

Saint Petersburg, Russia | Aug 2019 – Oct 2020

• Domain: Contact Center Software (Web Application)
• Implemented cross-platform test automation on Linux/Windows environments with scripts, ensuring consistent results across development and staging
• Collaborated with product and development teams to identify critical user scenarios, increasing test coverage for high-risk workflows
• Supported and extended existing Selenium/Nose test suites, improving test stability and reducing flaky tests in CI

• Programming and Scripting Languages: Python, Kotlin, bash
• Test Automation: Pytest, Selenium, Playwright, Robot Framework, Allure, JUnit, Kotest, Nose
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• Frameworks: Flask, Celery
• Infrastructure & OS: Linux, AOSP, Docker, QEMU, Nginx, Apache HTTP Server
• Datastores & Messaging: Redis, MongoDB

• German
• English
• Russian

• Test Scenario Design & Test Architecture
• Test Automation & Framework Design
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Test Infrastructure & Tooling
• Debugging & Root Cause Analysis
• Linux & Automation Scripting

• Problem Solving & Root Cause Analysis
• Analytical Thinking
• Ownership & Quality Mindset
• Cross-functional Team Collaboration
• Requirements Analysis
• Time Management & Prioritization
• Continuous Improvement Mindset
• Mentoring

M.Sc. in Engineering of Air Navigation
Saint-Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation, Russia
Graduated with Honors

• Author of an Open-source Test Automation Tooling: pytest-glamor-allure plugin
• Almost 400k downloads on PyPI, widely adopted by the QA automation community
• Designed and maintained the plugin, focusing on extensibility, usability, and CI integration
• GitHub: github.com/Denis-Alexeev/pytest-glamor-allure
• PyPI: pypi.org/project/pytest-glamor-allure