Konstantin Pletenev

Head of QA

Test Automation Architect

QA Leader / Engineering Manager

Software Engineer in Test

About Me

QA leader focused on business impact, automation, and growth-minded teams

Head of QA / Test Automation Architect

QA leader with 12+ years of experience building scalable QA processes, leading high-performing teams, and delivering measurable business impact through automation and AI integration. Experienced across mobile, web, and backend platforms with a focus on reliable releases and continuous improvement.

Experience 12+ years
StatusMarried
Location Porto, Portugal
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LanguagesEnglish (fluent), Russian (fluent), Portuguese (basic), Latvian (basic)

What I Do

QA Strategy and Leadership

Build QA organizations, define testing strategy, and align quality goals with business outcomes.

Test Automation Architecture

End-to-end automation frameworks across unit, integration, contract, and E2E testing.

Mobile, Web, and Backend Quality

QA for iOS/Android, web, and backend systems with automation and monitoring.

AI-Driven QA

LLM-based tools for test case generation, requirement analysis, and faster feedback loops.

Testimonials

TBD

tbd

Clients

Fun Facts

Years in QA

12+

QA team size

CSAT improvement

80%

Max downtime

Resume

12+ Years of Experience

Experience

May 2025 - Present

Zencoder Porto, Portugal

Quality Assurance Team Lead

Focus: Leading QA strategy and automation for product teams, with emphasis on release readiness and fast feedback cycles.

Highlights: Scaling quality processes and mentoring engineers to improve reliability and delivery speed.

Jun 2024 - May 2025

Zing Coach Porto, Portugal

Head of Quality Assurance

Focus: QA leadership for AI fitness mobile app, web portal, and recommendation engine.

Highlights: Release train management, App Store / Google Play submissions, and automation with Appium, WebdriverIO, and TypeScript.

Mar 2022 - Jun 2024

WANNA (Farfetch Group) Porto, Portugal

Head of QA

Focus: Built QA team of 8 and integrated QA into CI/CD and release processes.

Highlights: Designed 3-level SLA support process, reduced downtime to max 2 hours, and improved customer satisfaction by 80%. Led QA for iOS/Android/Mobile Web and backend testing with Python automation.

Jun 2015 - Feb 2022

Accenture Latvia Latvia

Test Automation Lead / Architect

Focus: Led QA automation teams (2–10 engineers) for backend and Big Data systems.

Highlights: Designed automation frameworks across acceptance, functional, integration, contract, and E2E testing. Shifted testing model to a quality pyramid for better coverage and efficiency.

Oct 2012 - May 2015

Adicom Systems Russia

QA Engineer

Key QA in an Agile web development team working with public sector institutions.

Nov 2011 - Sep 2012

DEEP 2000 Russia

QA Engineer

Software testing for queue management systems (server and client software), defect analysis, and solution proposals.

Education

2019

ISTQB®

Certified Tester Advanced Level

Test Automation Engineering (ID: 19-CTAL-TAE-162484-06)

2011 - 2013

Russian State Technological University

Master's Degree in Computer Science

2007 - 2011

Russian State Technological University

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Test Automation Skills

QA Strategy & Leadership

95%

API & Backend Testing

90%

Mobile Testing

85%

Web Testing

85%

CI/CD Integration

70%

Automation Frameworks

100%

Test management skills

Test Strategy

85%

Release Management

100%

Quality Metrics

100%

Coding Skills

Java

85%

TypeScript

80%

Python

80%

REST APIs

75%

AWS

50%

SQL/HQL

50%

LLM Experience

Claude

90%

Codex

75%

Ollama

65%

Google Stack

60%

Language skills

English

90%

Russian

100%

Portuguese

30%

Latvian

30%

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