Portrait of Zhanibek Ali

Team Lead & Developer

Product Development · Process Optimization · Agile Delivery

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About me

Team leader with 4+ years in the software development industry, specializing in product quality design, agile delivery, and process optimization. Adept at leading cross-functional teams and translating data insights into quality and product improvements.

Work experience

Associate Quality Designer — Electronic Arts (FC Live Content)

Feb 2024 - Present
  • Led design and execution of quality verification processes for multiple large projects, reducing escaped defects by 85% and avoiding an estimated $3-5M in potential losses.
  • Managed a team of testers, nearly doubling team efficiency KPIs and increasing team recognition.
  • Partnered with development and production to implement new AI-powered testing tools making test plans more accurate and content verification two times faster.
  • Identified weakest links in daily processes and implemented new ones using data-driven solutions, enhancing delivery speed and saving 40% of manual effort time.

Development Support — Electronic Arts (FIFA/FC Live Content)

Jul 2021 - Feb 2024 · Contract with Keywords Studios
  • Coordinated test efforts and handled ad-hoc test requests in close partnership with development and production.
  • Drove improvements in QA processes and test strategies across live content releases.
  • Supported development on FIFA 21-23 and FC 24, collaborating with production to deliver frequent content updates with high quality.

Data Analyst — Beeline (Telecommunications), Dept. of Analytics

Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
  • Optimized data tables for company reports and created an algorithm that sped up day-to-day processes by 4x.
  • Assisted in B2B product roadmap creation by determining key attributes of business needs.

Aerospace Engineering Intern — Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary, National Space Center

Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
  • Contributed to applied research and development within the National Space Center.

Education

Electrical & Electronics Engineering (B.Eng.) — Nazarbayev University

Aug 2016 - Jun 2020 · Astana
Software EngineeringProject ManagementMachine Learning

Core competencies

Product Development LifecycleAgile / ScrumTest Strategy & AnalysisCross-functional CollaborationTeam ManagementData-driven Decision Making

Technical

JiraConfluenceSQLREST APIsJavaScriptPythonReact.jsNext.jsTailwind CSSC++Test AutomationQA Tools

Languages

Kazakh - L1Russian - L1English - C2

Interests

Video gamesFootball (ex-university team)MoviesTeam sports