Julia Hristova-Popova
QA Engineer
Sofia
Summary
QA Software Engineer with 5 years of experience in full software development lifecycle of a web app for automated invoice processing, offering real-time fraud/error detection and two-way ERP sync. Skilled in test case creation, sanity, functional, regression, and deep testing, bug verification, test data generation (MYOB), and manual database manipulation. Basic experience in automation and API testing.
Previously worked 11 years as a Medical Physicist in Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Therapy, focusing on QA of medical procedures, development and performance of QC/dosimetry methods, national surveys on medical exposure, radiation protection training, regulatory document development, and radiotherapy treatment planning and QA.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Quality Assurance Software Engineer
Astea Solutions
09.2020 - 02.2025
- Collaborated with the team to understand the features to carry out testing with better efficiency.
- Documented and reported bugs in JIRA with attempt to determine the root cause, verified bug reports.
- Documented the tested new functionalities in the corresponding tickets (users stories) in JIRA, providing information for the current behavior, validating the software and providing suggestions for improvement to the client.
- Updated and maintaining automated tests using WebdriverIO with TypeScript.
- Performed API testing (Swagger, Postman)
Junior Quality Assurance Software Engineer
Astea Solutions
03.2020 - 09.2020
- Documented and reported bugs to development team
- Performed positive and negative tests, conducted regression testing
- Automated testing using WebdriverIO with JavaScript, based on knowledge provided from the intern program
QA Intern
Astea Solutions
11.2019 - 03.2020
- Established fundamental of manual and automation software testing
- Practical trainings on JavaScript, WebdriverIO, Git, CI/CD, Bug Tracking systems, API testing
Medical Physicist
Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
10.2017 - 10.2019
Physicist
National Centre of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection
01.2008 - 10.2017
Education
Postgraduate education - Medical Radiation Physics
Medical University
09.2012 - 12.2016
Master's degree - Medical physics
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
10.2007 - 10.2008
Bachelor's degree - Physics; Physics Teacher Education
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
10.2003 - 07.2007
High School - Computer Systems Technology/Microprocessor Technology
UKTC MTT - Technical School of Computer Science
09.1998 - 07.2003
Skills
Software Testing Fundamentals
Software Bugs and Bug Tracking
Test Cases and Test Scenarios
Exploratory Testing
Mobile Testing- basics
Functional Testing (Black Box Techniques)
Regression testing
Web Services Testing- basics (Swagger, Postman)
Analytical and critical thinking
Thoroughness and attention to detail
SDLC
Kanban
JIRA
Git (Github, Gitlab)
Chrome DevTools
PostgreSql (pgAdmin)
WebDriverIO
NodeJS
JavaScript/TypeScript
Sumo Logic
Google Cloud
Personal Information
Nationality: Bulgarian
Certification
Software Testing (Foundation Level) - Pragmatic IT Learning & Outsourcing Center
Timeline
Quality Assurance Software Engineer
Astea Solutions
09.2020 - 02.2025
Junior Quality Assurance Software Engineer
Astea Solutions
03.2020 - 09.2020
QA Intern
Astea Solutions
11.2019 - 03.2020
Software Testing (Foundation Level) - Pragmatic IT Learning & Outsourcing Center
07-2019
Medical Physicist
Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
10.2017 - 10.2019
Postgraduate education - Medical Radiation Physics
Medical University
09.2012 - 12.2016
Physicist
National Centre of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection
01.2008 - 10.2017
Master's degree - Medical physics
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
10.2007 - 10.2008
Bachelor's degree - Physics; Physics Teacher Education
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
10.2003 - 07.2007
High School - Computer Systems Technology/Microprocessor Technology
UKTC MTT - Technical School of Computer Science
09.1998 - 07.2003