Summary

Senior QA Engineering Lead and Test Automation Engineer with 20 years in IT, specialising in designing enterprise-grade test automation ecosystems, building and scaling high-calibre QA/SDET teams, and driving end-to-end quality transformation across FinTech, iGaming, E-commerce, and Travel domains. Deep technical expertise across the full automation pyramid — UI (Playwright/Selenium), API (ReadyAPI/SoapUI), Performance (JMeter/LoadRunner) — combined with strong DevSecOps integration (CI/CD, Snyk, DependaBot, SonarQube) and AI-augmented testing practices (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Healenium). Proven track record: 40%+ production defect reduction, regression cycles accelerated up to 20x, 90% cycle-time savings on critical billing suites. As Agile Delivery Lead and SAFe Release Train Engineer, brings 5+ years of hands-on ART facilitation across up to 8 cross-functional teams, embedding shift-left quality directly into planning ceremonies and definition-of-ready pipelines.

Core Competencies

QA Architecture

  • Master Test Strategy & Plans
  • Risk-Based Testing (ISTQB CTAL-TM)
  • Test Process Transformation
  • UAT Program Design
  • Metrics: DCE / DRE / DORA / Automation ROI

Test Automation

  • Playwright, Selenium (primary)
  • AI-augmented test automation (Healenium)
  • ReadyAPI / SoapUI, TestComplete, Katalon
  • JMeter / LoadRunner, BDD/TDD/DDD, Page Object Model
  • Python, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL

CI/CD & Cloud

  • Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Boards, Repos, Test Plans)
  • AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda), Cloudflare, CDN
  • Jenkins, Docker
  • Quality Gates, CI reporting enhancements & nightly regression

Security & Observability

  • Snyk, SonarQube, Dependabot
  • SAST/DAST integration in CI/CD pipelines
  • Splunk, Datadog, Grafana
  • Log-based quality signals & alerting
  • Performance dashboards

AI in QA & Development

  • Claude Code, GitHub Copilot — AI-native test framework & app development
  • Healenium — AI self-healing test automation
  • AI-driven (OpenAI / DeepSeek / Claude) test case, data & scenario generation
  • AI-assisted code review & coverage analysis
  • Custom ETL parsers & FIX Protocol validation engines

QA Leadership & Agile / SAFe (RTE)

  • QA/SDET Chapter Building & Shift-Left Quality
  • SAFe RTE, ART Facilitation, PI Planning, EBM, OKRs
  • Agile Coaching & C-level Stakeholder Management
  • Budget Management (up to $100k/month)
  • Jira/Confluence Admin & Automation
  • Technical Interviews, PDPs & Mentoring
  • IREB CPRE-FL — Requirements & Traceability

Domain Expertise

FinTech / Crypto / Trading

Validation of trading platforms, FIX protocol integration testing, payment processing verification, and regulatory compliance testing. Built custom ETL validation engines for algorithmic trading systems with 0 config defects post-launch.

FIX Protocol Algorithmic Trading Crypto/Forex PCI-DSS

iGaming & Betting

End-to-end QA for betting engines with complex odds calculation, settlement logic, and regulatory compliance. Data-driven C# framework with CI nightly runs — 70% faster scenario creation; caught critical boundary defects pre-release.

Betting Engine Odds & Settlement Boundary Value Analysis Regulatory Compliance

E-commerce & Travel

End-to-end quality assurance for billing systems, reporting platforms, booking engines, and high-traffic web applications. Led quality for revenue-critical billing departments achieving 90% regression cycle reduction.

Billing Systems Booking Engines High-Traffic Web GDPR

SaaS / B2B & EdTech

Quality strategy and Agile delivery for enterprise SaaS and B2B platforms. Designed Jira/Confluence automations for test case management, traceability, and quality reporting across multi-team ARTs.

Enterprise SaaS Multi-Team ART EdTech DORA Metrics

Quality Assurance

Test strategy, TMMi, team building, DevSecOps (click to expand)

Test Maturity Assessment (TMMi)

Conduct a formal or informal assessment of your organization’s test maturity against industry models, providing a prioritized improvement roadmap.

Test Strategy & Transformation

Design and implement a new, risk-based master test strategy for a product or program, covering the entire testing pyramid and integrating seamlessly with CI/CD.

QA Team Building & Capability Uplift

Build a high-performing QA/SDET team from scratch or mentor an existing team to modernize its skills, with a focus on automation and shift-left practices.

Production Defect Root Cause Analysis

Lead a deep-dive analysis into a spike in production defects, identifying systemic weaknesses in requirements, development, or testing processes.

Performance & Load Testing Strategy

Design and implement a performance testing strategy to ensure your application can handle expected traffic loads and identify bottlenecks before they reach production.

UAT Program Design & Facilitation

Plan, structure, and facilitate a comprehensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT) program, including coordinating business users and managing feedback.

Security Testing Integration (DevSecOps)

Advise on and help implement the integration of security testing tools and practices into your CI/CD pipeline.

Quality Metrics & Dashboarding

Define a set of actionable quality metrics (e.g., DRE, DDE, Automation ROI) and build dashboards to make quality visible to all stakeholders.

Test Automation

Frameworks, CI/CD, Jira workflows, n8n (click to expand)

Test Automation Architecture & Framework Design

Architect a scalable, maintainable, and robust test automation framework (UI/API) tailored to your specific tech stack and application needs.

Legacy Test Automation Overhaul

Rescue and refactor a fragile, flaky, or unmaintainable test automation suite to make it reliable and valuable again.

CI/CD Pipeline Quality Integration

Design and implement the “quality” stage of your CI/CD pipeline, determining what tests to run, when, and defining pass/fail criteria for deployment.

Jira/Confluence Workflow Engineering

Design and build complex, custom workflows, automation rules, and permission schemes in Jira and Confluence to optimize your team’s way of working.

n8n Workflow Automation for Business Ops

Build custom, low-code automations with n8n to connect your business tools (e.g., Jira, Slack, Google Sheets, CRMs), eliminating manual data entry and repetitive tasks.

Requirements-to-Test Traceability Automation

Implement automated traceability between requirements/user stories and test cases using Jira integrations to ensure complete test coverage and simplify compliance.

Executive Reporting Automation

Create automated, real-time dashboards and reports that aggregate data from multiple sources (Jira, test tools, CI/CD) for executive-level visibility.

Build vs. Buy Analysis for QA Tools

Conduct a strategic analysis to recommend whether to build a custom in-house testing tool or purchase a commercial solution, based on your long-term needs.

Engagement Models

Flexible engagement options tailored to your QA maturity, team size, and timeline:

Certifications

Quality Assurance

  • ISTQB® Foundation Level (CTFL)
  • ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Manager (CTAL-TM)
  • ISTQB® Certified Test Automation Engineer (CT-TAE)
  • IREB Certified Professional Requirements Engineering (CPRE-FL)

AI & Agents

  • Claude Code 101 — Anthropic
  • Claude Code in Action — Anthropic
  • Introduction to Model Context Protocol — Anthropic
  • Model Context Protocol: Advanced Topics — Anthropic
  • AI Agents Evaluation — Latitude

Agile & Leadership

  • Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist (SA)
  • Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)

SAFe AI Skill Badges (2025–2026)

  • Accelerating Team Flow
  • Establishing Team and ART Kanban Systems
  • Measuring Team and ART Flow
  • Understanding and Improving Flow
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Languages & Community

English (C1) Russian (Native) Spanish (B1) Polish (A2)

Speaker at Agile/QA/BA meetups · IT Career Coach

SAFe 6 Agilist
Professional Scrum Master I
ISTQB CT-TAE
ISTQB CTAL-TM
ISTQB CTFL
IREB CPRE-FL
Claude Code 101
Claude Code in Action
Introduction to Model Context Protocol
Model Context Protocol: Advanced Topics
AI Agents Evaluation

Experience

Engineering Lead & SAFe Release Train Engineer

B2BROKER · FinTech / Crypto

Sep 2025 – Mar 2026

  • Built centralized Agile & QA knowledge base (Confluence): master test strategies, automation guidelines, defect triage processes, and team onboarding materials — reducing onboarding time by ~20%
  • Introduced EBM metrics dashboard covering PI predictability, velocity, defect density and Automation ROI across all 8 teams; achieved PI Predictability 85%+ (above SAFe benchmark of 80%)
  • Embedded shift-left practices: Definition of Ready checklists with testable acceptance criteria, review automation coverage in pre-PI planning, eliminating late-stage defect injection
  • Resolved systemic quality impediments; made ART-level QA/SDET efforts visible part of Quarter Planning and visualized process via Jira Plan / Confluence
  • Facilitated System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and ART Syncs; coached teams in AI-augmented delivery and evidence-based decision-making

Senior Scrum Master / QA Adviser

Quintegro LLC · Enterprise SaaS / B2B, Travel

Jun 2024 – Aug 2025

  • Designed Jira/Confluence automations for test case management, requirement traceability, and quality reporting across 4 teams (30+ FTE)
  • Increased delivery predictability by 25% within half a year; reduced sprint QA admin overhead by 10% and time waste by 15–20% through process automation
  • Introduced DORA metrics tracking (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Change, MTTR, Change Failure Rate) to make delivery performance visible to engineering and C-suite
  • Integrated Snyk into the CI pipeline for automated dependency vulnerability scanning, elevating security posture without additional manual QA overhead
  • Reported directly to C-suite on delivery risks, team health (NPS), and quality maturity; aligned QA strategy with product roadmap

QA/SDET Lead & Scrum Master

EPAM Systems · FinTech, AI, E-commerce, Travel, iGaming, EdTech

Jun 2019 – May 2024

  • Owned full test automation strategy across 4 concurrent projects — migrated legacy automated tests to new frameworks; API automation via ReadyAPI; CI/CD via Azure DevOps — achieving 40%+ production defect reduction and Defect Containment Efficiency >90%
  • Integrated Splunk as observability layer: log-based defect detection, anomaly alerting, and release health dashboards; embedded SonarQube and Dependabot into CI/CD for automated code quality gates and dependency vulnerability checks
  • Built and scaled QA/SDET chapter: defined technical career tracks, conducted 50+ technical interviews, introduced PDPs, managed 40+ promotion cycles across QA and SDET (C#) disciplines
  • Led SAFe Agile transformation as RTE for 4 teams; metrics confirm 20–30% delivery speed improvement and 15% velocity increase within 2 PIs; established Head of Spain Agile Unit

Senior SDET / QA Lead & Business Analyst

DataArt Solutions · Financial Reporting, FinTech, iGaming, E-commerce

Jul 2008 – May 2019

  • Architected test automation frameworks across the full pyramid: UI (Selenium/Python, TestComplete/C#), API (SoapUI/ReadyAPI), Performance (JMeter/LoadRunner) — regression cycles accelerated up to 20×
  • Built custom ETL parser and FIX Protocol validation engine (C#) for US hedge fund (algorithmic trading) — 0 config defects post-launch; review time hours → under 10 minutes
  • Designed hybrid automation framework for US hospitality Reports & Billing suite — 90% regression cycle reduction; mentored manual QA team into SDET capability
  • Led QA for iGaming betting engine — data-driven C# / TestComplete framework with CI nightly runs; 70% faster scenario creation; caught critical boundary defects (odds rounding, settlement timing) pre-release
  • Managed end-to-end requirements (SRS, user stories, UAT) across financial reporting, algorithmic trading, and iGaming clients; mentored teams of 15–20 engineers

QA Lab

The QA Lab is my personal sandbox for hands-on experimentation with automation frameworks, AI-assisted test development, and DevOps practices. Managed as a real product with PMI-compliant documentation, a living roadmap, and an open backlog — it’s where I prototype, evaluate tools, and polish AI-driven development skills before applying them on enterprise projects.

What the Lab Is

A live UI test surface, framework prototypes, CI/CD experiments, and AI-assisted test generation — all documented and evolving iteratively.

Playwright AI Test Gen CI/CD PMI Docs

What You’ll Find

Lab intro & mission, interactive UI automation target, project documentation, and a blog covering tool evaluations and lessons learned.

Live Lab Documentation Blog Roadmap
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What Others Say

“Evgenii designed and implemented a test automation framework architecture that was not just functional — it was thoughtfully built, scalable, and fully CI/CD-ready. Thanks to his approach, our team accelerated regression testing by 5 times while maintaining consistently high product quality. His proactive mindset and willingness to share knowledge allowed the team to avoid many issues. He was reliable, collaborative, an awesome team player and a true professional to work with.”

Andrii Kolesnyk Java Developer, Luxoft (formerly DataArt) Verify on LinkedIn →

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Quality & Engineering Lead

Full-spectrum QA & Engineering leadership CV: enterprise test strategy, SDET frameworks, SAFe RTE, AI-assisted QA, and DevSecOps across FinTech, iGaming, E-commerce & Travel. Best for Quality Engineering Lead, QA Director, and SDET Lead roles.

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SDET / QA Lead

Focus on building comprehensive test automation frameworks, SDET engineering, and QA team leadership. Perfect for QA Lead, SDET Lead, and Test Engineering roles.

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