# Oleg Konyk

> Staff Software Engineer in Test at Merit

Location: Charlotte Metro, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/olegkonyk

Experienced Software Development Engineer in Test with 10+ years of expertise in quality assurance, test automation, and software development. Proven track record of building scalable test frameworks and leading testing strategies for complex backend and frontend systems, delivering high-quality software at scale.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer in Test @ Merit
Jan 2020 – Present | Millbrae, California, United States
• Played a key role in building a backend platform that ingests, processes, and exposes data via REST APIs for verified digital credentialing, supporting millions of users.
• Leveraged AI-powered development tools including Claude Code, Gemini Code Assist, and OpenAI Codex to dramatically accelerate test automation development cycles and improve code quality of test frameworks.
• Built a scalable API testing framework with Playwright and TypeScript, achieving comprehensive endpoint coverage across multiple microservices.
• Led testing during the monolith-to-microservices platform migration, ensuring a smooth production rollout .
• Developed and integrated performance tests using Artillery.js to identify and resolve system bottlenecks.
• Implemented Pact-based contract tests in Go to ensure reliable service integrations.
• Automated the integration of functional and performance tests into CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions, reducing feedback loops and improving delivery speed.
• Implemented test result reporting and tracing with DataDog, enhancing monitoring and debugging capabilities.
• Built a data ingestion integrity and performance test suite for the distributed system, ensuring accurate and efficient data processing.
• Led the creation of comprehensive Postman collections, streamlining API testing and benefitting the entire engineering organization.

### Sr. Software Engineer in Test @ Red Ventures
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States
• Developed an end-to-end test automation framework with Cypress for several web applications in the healthcare domain.
• Established QA process with high reliance on test automation as part of continuous integration with CircleCI.
• Built API performance test suite with k6 and functional suite with Axios and Mocha.
• Implemented production monitoring with DataDog and VictorOps.

### Lead Software Engineer in Test (SDET) @ Apple
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Sunnyvale
• Led a team of 8 QA automation engineers to implement efficient and scalable UI and API test automation across multiple high-impact projects.
• Established robust development processes, including pull requests and code reviews, to improve the quality and maintainability of automation scripts.
• Fostered collaboration and knowledge sharing across projects, enhancing team efficiency and consistency.
• Designed and implemented a test machine management system, significantly reducing test flakiness and ensuring consistent results.

### Software Engineer In Test (SDET) @ Apple
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Sunnyvale
• Designed multiple data-driven automation frameworks to be used for large-scale web applications.
• Integrated the frameworks into continuous integration pipelines with Jenkins.
• Incorporated a custom reporting feature to increase usability and accessibility for test data analysts.
• Developed a custom project management system that significantly improved collaboration among multiple teams using Angular and Express.js.
• Designed an intuitive graphic interface using the latest Angular/Angular Material.
Implemented live data updates using web sockets.

### QA Automation Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Sunnyvale
• Developed an automated test management system with real-time remote machine control and data visualizations. 
• Led implementation and continuous improvement for data collection and interactive visualizations for issue tracking across multiple test automation systems.
• Implemented performance enhancements in the mobile test automation framework, reducing test run time from 12 hours to 2 hours.

### Software QA Automation Engineer @ Hightail
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Campbell
• Led the mobile client testing of a cloud storage and collaboration application on iOS and Android.
• Performed regression, feature, load and stress, and release acceptance testing. 
• Created cases for feature & end-to-end testing. Used TestRail to systematically execute test cases. 
• Developed, enhanced, and maintained automated test suites for the Android application.  
• Integrated the SOASTA automated test framework into Jenkins CI for load and stress testing.
• Automated the process of installing applications in test on Android devices using adb shell scripting.


## Education
### Web development
Suffolk County Community College
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013

### Mechanical Engineering
Novy Rozdilskyi Politehnikum
Jan 2003 – Jan 2007


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/olegkonyk
- Website: https://truejs.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22