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SERGEY USTINOV

Astana

Summary

Junior Java Backend Developer with hands-on experience developing Java backend components, REST endpoints, business logic, persistence layers, and PostgreSQL integrations. Skilled in Java Core, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, SQL, Git, Maven/Gradle, Docker, and CI/CD fundamentals. Professional QA experience strengthens requirements analysis, defect investigation, fix verification, and application reliability.

Overview

2027
2027
years of professional experience

Work History

Manual QA Engineer

Appulse App Quality, Inc.
01.2023 - Current
  • Performed regression testing after deployments to test environments, validating critical functionality and identifying regressions before release.
  • Validated changes associated with pull requests against requirements and assessed their impact on existing functionality.
  • Reproduced and documented defects in detailed bug reports, including reproduction steps, expected and actual results, environment details, and supporting evidence.
  • Retested resolved defects and confirmed that implemented fixes were ready for release.

Junior Java Backend Developer

Yandex
2025 - Current

• Develop and maintain Java backend components and web application features.

• Implement REST endpoints, business logic, persistence layers, and database integrations.

• Use Java, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, SQL/PostgreSQL, Git, and Maven/Gradle.

• Collaborate with developers and QA engineers to investigate defects and improve application reliability.

IT Support / Junior DevOps Engineer

Bonum Capital
08.2024 - 05.2025

• Supported office IT infrastructure, employee workstations, network equipment, access permissions, and internal services.

• Resolved technical incidents and operational requests and assisted with system and environment configuration.

• Assisted with deployments, CI/CD tasks, monitoring, and maintaining stable service availability.

Education

Java Development Courses -

Yandex
01-2024

Software Testing Engineer -

Yandex
01-2023

Social Psychologist -

MPSU
01-2011

Skills

Backend: Java Core, OOP, Collections, Exceptions, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, REST APIs, client-server architecture

Databases: SQL, PostgreSQL, database integration

Tools: Git, Maven, Gradle, Docker, CI/CD fundamentals

Quality Engineering: Functional, regression, smoke, and UI/UX testing; test analysis and design; defect tracking; fix verification; Jira, TestRail, DevTools, Charles

Languages

  • Russian — Native
  • English — A2

Timeline

IT Support / Junior DevOps Engineer

Bonum Capital
08.2024 - 05.2025

Manual QA Engineer

Appulse App Quality, Inc.
01.2023 - Current

Junior Java Backend Developer

Yandex
2025 - Current

Java Development Courses -

Yandex

Software Testing Engineer -

Yandex

Social Psychologist -

MPSU
SERGEY USTINOV