Valeriy Shevchenko

Valeriy Shevchenko has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of security engineering and quality assurance. Valeriy is currently working as a Security Engineer at Semrush since February 2023. Prior to this, they worked as a Penetration Tester at Cobalt.io from April 2020, performing testing for various clients in different sectors. Valeriy also worked as an Independent Security Researcher and Bug Bounty Hunter from October 2016, acknowledged by over 20 companies for their contributions to security.

In terms of application security engineering, Valeriy worked at Arrival as a Senior Application Security Engineer from November 2021 to January 2023, and as an Application Security Engineer from November 2020 to February 2022. Valeriy has also gained experience in QA Engineering roles, working as a QA Engineer at Delivery Hero from August 2017 to October 2020, at 9Cookies from February 2017 to September 2017, at Fastdev AB from August 2014 to February 2017, and at DIRECTUM from June 2012 to September 2014.

In their earlier career, Valeriy worked as a Technical Support Specialist at LLC Company Tensor from February 2011 to June 2012, where they were responsible for software installation and electronic signature production.

Valeriy Shevchenko has a solid education history in the field of computer systems and networks. Valeriy obtained a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Computers, Computer Systems, and Networks from Izhevsk State Technical University (ISTU) in 2011 after completing a four-year program. Following this, they pursued further studies at ISTU and earned a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) degree in Computer Systems and Networks in 2013. Valeriy also holds several additional certifications in software development requirements specification, web-projects security audit, and ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level. It is worth noting that they have a certification in penetration testing course titled "Zero Security:A," although the specific details regarding the institution and the date of acquisition are not provided.