Profile - Natalia Szprega 🧑🏼💻
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About 🎙
I am from Poland, where I have finished my studies and also took my first steps in IT. All science subjects like math, physics and chemistry, were always my passion and led me to study the field of biomedical engineering. There, I had my first contact with programming. I found it very interesting and as a next step, I have started a second degree: computer science.
While studying I found my first job as a software tester. Since then, I have worked in a couple of different industries: microfinance, banking, aviation and logistics and in three different countries: Poland, Austria and Switzerland. For most of my career, I was working as a software tester, but also shortly as a Java developer. I am a big fan of Agile methodology, where in small iterations, I can gain a really deep knowledge of the product. This helps in better testing, which makes the product more reliable and competitive on the market.
Testing brings trust into the brand and allows me to experiment with the product, without the risk of failing. I simply cannot imagine myself doing anything else but testing. I really love the versatility and flexibility that the IT industry gives. It is never boring!
In my free time you can find me outside: skiing, running, climbing, swimming, biking, hiking… I could list probably every kind of activity, especially if camping is involved. I love mountains, so Switzerland sounds like the perfect place for me. I’m an outdoor person and for me, there is no bad weather (especially in winter). When I need to rest, I am reading popular science books or cooking.
Professional Activity 🤺
| Jun 2021 - Present |
House of Test GmbH |
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Test Engineer |
| Assignment 1 (2021-today): |
Healthcare |
| Dec 2017 - May 2021 |
UBS, Switzerland |
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Test engineer and scrum master |
| Jan 2016 — Nov 2017 |
inet-logistics, Austria |
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QA Engineer |
| Apr 2014 — Dec 2015 |
Smart4Aviation, Poland |
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Java Fullstack Web Developer |
| Nov 2013 — Feb 2014 |
DC S.A., Poland |
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Internship Java Developer |
| Aug 2013 — Nov 2013 |
Horde Technology, Poland |
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QA Engineer |
| Feb 2012 — Jul 2013 |
Soldevelo, Poland |
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QA Engineer |
Achievements 🎬
Set up automation framework from scratch and help companies to drive a change in testing to be more flexible and deliver fasten and higher quality product
Education 📚
| Feb 2013 - Oct 2014 |
Gdansk University of Technology |
| Department: Electronic, Telecommunication and Informatics |
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| Computer science, Master |
Specialization: Distributed Applications and Internet |
| Sep 2009 - Feb 2013 |
Gdansk University of Technology |
| Department: Electronic, Telecommunication and Informatics |
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| Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor |
Specialization: Informatics in medicine |
What is important to me 💁
- Freedom and openess for change
- Team work
- Ability to work remotely
| Tech Stack |
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C#, Java, Gherkin, SQL |
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Junit, Kotlin, REST-Assured, Bash |
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CSS, HTML |
| Tools |
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Confluence, git, GitHub, GitLab, IntelliJ/JetBrains, Jira, Maven, ReadyAPI, Selenium WebDriver, SoapUI, Testcomplete, Visual Studio, X-Ray, Zephyr |
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Eclipse, Jenkins, Postman, TeamCity, Vim |
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Gradle, Swagger |
| Testing Skills |
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Agile Testing, BDD, API-testing, Black Box, Context-Driven Testing, Exploratory Testing, Release Management, TDD, Test Design, Test Management, User Acceptance Testing, White Box |
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Risk Analysis |
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Non-Functional Testing |
| Human Languages |
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Polish, English |
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German |
Certificates and Testimonials 📝
- SAFe 5 Practitioner Certification - 2022
- Professional Scrum Maste - March 2018
- ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level - 2016
- Kainos – Test Automation Academy - June 2013
- Goethe Certificate - German B2
More about me on 🌐
Fan of long distance running, hiking, cycling and non-fiction books
