Blagica Andova
About Blagica Andova
Blagica Andova is a Senior Software Tester at Endava, with extensive experience in software quality assurance and team leadership.
Title
Blagica Andova holds the title of Senior Software Tester at Endava.
Company
Blagica Andova is currently employed at Endava as a Senior Software Tester. In this role, she leads a team of testers and organizes quality assurance efforts across all phases of testing, including planning, execution, troubleshooting, and reporting within a high-volume, agile environment.
Previous Experience
Blagica Andova has a wealth of experience in software quality assurance. She previously worked at Polar Cape as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer from 2017 to 2019 in Skopje. Prior to that, she spent two years at Miracle Mill GmbH in Skopje, Macedonia, also as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer. Her experience also includes roles at TabTale as a Release Management Assistant and at Eferio Communications as QA and Content Management. Blagica started her career with an internship at NLB Tutunska Banka.
Education and Expertise
Blagica Andova graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University 'Ss.Cyril and Methodius' in Skopje, where she studied E-Business and earned a BA in Economics. She also attended S.E.P.U.G.S. Vasil Antevski Dren for her secondary education. Additionally, Blagica has undergone performance testing training with JMeter.
Responsibilities and Skills
In her current role, Blagica conducts detailed analyses of requirements and feature specifications, supports the Business Analyst and Scrum Master in defining the scope and sprints organization, and carries out initial exploratory and in-depth testing of end-to-end functionalities. She is responsible for the release process and deployment on multiple client-facing environments, automation testing, and REST API testing using Postman. Blagica also mentors undergraduate students on internship programs, advises on QA methods, participates in employee performance reviews, conducts interviews, and organizes events for the testing discipline.
Team Leadership and Mentorship
Blagica Andova plays a significant role in mentoring and leading her team. She mentors undergraduate students as part of the Testing Discipline and advises on the improvement of QA methods at both project and discipline levels. Additionally, she participates in employee performance reviews and conducts interviews, contributing to the development and growth of her team.