oleksii@engineering:~
$ champion profile.json
{
  "name": "Oleksii Liulka",
  "experience": "10+ years",
  "location": "Chicago, IL",
  "domains": ["Financial", "SaaS", "E-commerce"],
  "skills": ["Automation", "AI", "Leadership"]
  "companies": ["Morningstar", "Milliman", "Sprout Social", "CNA"],
}
$ whoami
Lead Software Development Engineer in Test
Product Org Award Winner 2024

// About Me

I'm a Senior-to-Lead Software Development Engineer in Test with over 10 years of experience building robust testing solutions for financial, SaaS, and e-commerce platforms. My passion lies in creating scalable automation frameworks that reduce deployment risks while accelerating delivery cycles.

Currently leading a team of 10 engineers at CNA Financial, I specialize in implementing industry-standard testing practices while incorporating the latest AI-tooling and approaches. My expertise spans across both front-end and back-end automation, using a variety of approaches to CI/CD integration.

01 class Engineer {
02   constructor() {
03     this.passion = "automation";
04     this.experience = 10;
05     this.efficiency = 85; // %
06   }
07 }

I'm passionate about integrating AI-driven testing methodologies and cloud-native solutions that align quality engineering with modern DevOps practices. My approach combines technical excellence with mentorship, helping teams adopt best practices that deliver measurable results.

📊 Performance Metrics
Years Experience 10+
Testing Efficiency 85% ↑
Hotfix Reduction 25% ↓
Team Size Managed 1-20 people
Codebases Improved 35+
Current Status 🟢 Available

// Technical Stack

Testing & Automation

Playwright Cypress Selenium Postman JMeter Appium Cucumber TestNG JUnit

AI & Innovation

GitHub Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Claude.AI Chat GPT AI Analytics LLM Testing

Programming Languages

Java JavaScript C# Python

Cloud & DevOps

Azure DevOps AWS GCP GitHub Actions Jenkins Docker CI/CD

Data & Analytics

SQL Server MongoDB MySQL Splunk Test Analytics

Project Management

Jira Azure Boards TestRail SAFe Agile Scrum

// Career Timeline

CNA
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
April 2025 - Present
Managing automation team of 10 engineers, implementing industry-standard Test Automation practices across 8 codebases, and driving GenAI-based testing innovations in cloud-native environments.
Sprout Social
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
March 2022 - November 2024
Led QA initiatives across multiple projects, designed scalable automation solutions with AI-based test prioritization, reducing production hotfixes by 25% while mentoring team members.
Milliman
Senior Software Test Engineer
July 2019 - March 2022
Spearheaded QA efforts for the Reconciler application, designed back-end automation framework reducing manual testing by 85%, and configured Azure DevOps pipelines.
Morningstar
Software Development Engineer in Test
February 2016 - July 2019
Developed robust automation frameworks for the Retirement Manager platform, introduced structured API automation projects, reducing regression testing time by 82%.

// Connect With Me

Let's meet in person!

Chicago, IL 60640

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