Vache Stepanyan
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Quality Assurance

Breaking things on purpose, since 2018.

More than five years testing web and mobile applications and mobile games. Strong background in manual testing, API testing with basic expertise in automation and CI/CD. Happiest when a release goes out quiet.

Open to opportunities
Toolbelt

What I test with

Basic Automation
JavaKotlinSelenium WebDriverAppium
API
REST AssuredPostmanCharles ProxyProxyman
Performance
JMeter
CI/CD & version control
JenkinsGitHubGitLab
Test management
TestRailJiraTest plansRelease reports
Networking
OSI modelDHCPDNS
AI-assisted
Claude CodeOpenAI CodexChatGPT
03 — Experience

Where I’ve done it

Jul 2025 — PresentYerevan, Armenia

Rockbite Games

Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Took ownership of quality for assigned features and releases, coordinating testing through release sign-off.
  • Worked closely with game designers, developers and artists across the development lifecycle.
  • Reviewed feature requirements and gave early feedback to improve testability.
  • Created and maintained test plans, checklists and release reports.
  • Mentored QA interns — methodologies, bug report reviews, onboarding.
  • Helped prioritise defects by impact, severity and release priorities.
  • Used AI agents to investigate defects, implement fixes and prepare pull requests.
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Idle OutpostSiteiOSAndroid
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RepopulationAndroid
Apr 2021 — Jul 2025Yerevan, Armenia

Picsart

Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Designed, created, executed and maintained test cases in TestRail.
  • Performed manual regression and sanity testing on web and mobile applications.
  • Automated nearly 100 test cases with Selenium WebDriver (Java, Kotlin) — cutting regression from one day to one hour.
  • Monitored daily automation runs in Jenkins, investigated failures, maintained scripts.
  • Conducted API testing using Postman, Charles Proxy and Proxyman.
  • Implemented mobile test automation with Appium.
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Sep 2021 — Mar 2022Contract

Yerevan Ride

Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Conducted smoke and regression testing for the Android and iOS applications.
  • Collaborated with the development team to validate new feature implementations.
  • Ensured software quality through manual verification of new features.
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YerevanRideiOSAndroid
Feb 2019 — Apr 2021Yerevan, Armenia

Ucom

Troubleshooting Specialist

  • Investigated and resolved mobile network issues at second-level support tier.
  • Analysed and provided solutions for critical technical complaints.
  • Coordinated with external organisations on network-related incidents.
  • Ran training sessions for non-technical staff on troubleshooting practices.
Aug 2018 — Feb 2019Yerevan, Armenia

Ucom

Technical Support Specialist

  • Provided technical support by phone, resolving issues on first contact.
  • Escalated complex problems to the appropriate departments.
  • Assisted customers with network troubleshooting and connectivity.
  • Documented and reported technical issues to improve service efficiency.