Hey
I started my QA career clicking through screens manually. Turns out, computers are better at that.
Twenty years later I'm building automation frameworks, leading QA teams, and specialising in the iGaming/Live Casino domain. My stack these days is TypeScript and Playwright, with contract testing across frontend and Scala backend services, WebSocket validation, Storybook, and GitLab CI/CD. Earlier chapters involved Java, Selenium, WebdriverIO, and Jenkins.
Beyond the keyboard I mentor QA engineers, run technical interviews, and try to automate things at home with the same enthusiasm I bring to work — sometimes more.
Now
Working on
iGaming test automation & CI/CD at Proxy Live
Tinkering with
Home Assistant automations & Raspberry Pi project
On the turntable
Whatever feels right this week
On the trails
Preparing for the next hiking route
Things I tinker with
Home Assistant
Smart home automation — because who wants to remember to turn off the lights
🤖
Arduino & Raspberry Pi
Microcontrollers, single-board computers, sensors, and occasionally blinking LEDs
📡
Ham Radio
Licensed amateur radio operator — call sign YL3AMD
✈️
Flightradar24
ADS-B feeder — contributing live aircraft data to the network
📷
Photography
Mostly street and travel — Nikon in hand, looking for the right light
🎵
Music & Vinyl
Analogue sound in a digital world. The crackle is a feature, not a bug
🔨
DIY
If it's broken, fix it. If it's not broken, improve it
🖨️
3D Printing
Turning digital ideas into plastic reality, one failed print at a time
🏔️
Hiking
Offline mode. No stack traces, no pull requests, just trails
Where I've been
Lead Automation QA Engineer
Proxy Live Solutions™
Apr 2022 – Present
Built E2E test automation from scratch as a founding team member. TypeScript + Playwright, contract testing across frontend and Scala backend, WebSocket validation, Storybook, GitLab CI/CD. Mentoring and technical interviews.
Senior Automation QA Engineer
Proxy Live Solutions™
Jan 2021 – Mar 2022
Established E2E automation from the ground up. TypeScript + Playwright, contract testing, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, Storybook component testing.
QA Automation Engineer
NetEnt
Mar 2020 – Dec 2020
Part of the first Riga branch expanding NetEnt into Live Casino. TypeScript + WebdriverIO. Branch closed after NetEnt was acquired by Evolution Gaming.
QA Automation Engineer
Orange Sky Finance
Dec 2019 – Feb 2020
Brief role outside iGaming. Worked on refactoring Java/Selenium test suites.
Automation Team Lead
Evolution Gaming
Dec 2013 – Dec 2019
Led QA automation for Live Casino. Java + Selenium, BrowserStack for mobile, Jenkins/Groovy pipelines. Maintained dual Flash/HTML5 coverage during company-wide migration. Mentoring.
QA Engineer
Evolution Gaming
Oct 2012 – Nov 2013
Started in manual QA, moved into automation with Java and Selenium.
QA Engineer
Vide Infra Group
Jan 2011 – Oct 2012
Manual QA for web and iOS. First steps into Selenium automation. Hudson CI.
Education
MSc Computer Science
Latvijas Universitāte
BSc Computer Science
Transport and Telecommunication Institute (TSI)
Certifications
ISTQB® Certified Tester, Foundation Level
iSQI GmbH · Apr 2013
CSM Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance · Jan 2014