About Iryna
Engineering Manager / QA & Release Governance Leader with 9+ years of experience in SaaS, GovTech, and enterprise software environments, collaborating with US- and Italy-based companies while working from Ukraine and Poland. Expertise in release governance, production readiness, quality engineering, test strategy, automation leadership, and cross-functional delivery coordination across distributed teams. Strong background in improving delivery predictability, building scalable QA processes, leading automation transformation initiatives, and managing risk-based quality practices in complex delivery environments.
● 9+ years in QA, Quality Engineering, and Release Governance
● Leadership experience managing QA, SDET, and Performance Engineering specialists
● Experience working with distributed international teams and long-term US-based client collaboration
● Strong expertise in release readiness, Go/No-Go support, risk management, and cross-functional coordination
● Hands-on leadership in automation transformation, framework migration strategy, regression optimization, and test planning
𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
● Improved delivery predictability through structured release planning, risk tracking, and Go/No-Go support
● Increased automation coverage
● Led migration to Playwright framework
● Improved release efficiency
● Maintained customer-reported defects resolved within SLA
● Led performance testing initiatives using K6, Grafana, SLIs/SLOs, and production-like scenarios
● Achieved high level of team goal completion and team satisfaction through workload planning, mentoring, and team development
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀:
● Analytical and risk-based mindset
● Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
● Cross-functional collaboration and communication
● Structured decision-making under pressure
● Continuous improvement and process optimization focus
● Strong ownership and delivery orientation
English
Native or bilingual
Polish
Conversational
Ukrainian
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Warsaw (up to 50km)
Experience
- StrongSDEngineering Manager - Delivery & Release FocusDIGITAL AND ITAugust 2022 - Today (3 years and 10 months)Warsaw, PolandClient: OpenGov — US-based GovTech SaaS platform used by local governments• Own release governance, production readiness, and release validation processes for a long-term US GovTech SaaS product used by local governments.• Lead a cross-functional engineering team responsible for release validation, automation support, performance-related activities, and production readiness across multiple engineering streams.• Provide Go/No-Go recommendations under incomplete information by assessing testing status, issue severity, impacted functionality, business risk, and mitigation options such as partial releases, feature flags, additional monitoring, or rollback plans.• Partner with Product Managers, Project Managers, and Designers on roadmap planning, release scope definition, requirement clarification, and release transparency.• Serve as a domain owner for product behavior and system-level understanding, supporting stakeholder demos, testing sessions, onboarding, and product knowledge sharing.• Collaborate with Customer Support and Customer Success teams on production issues, customer-reported defects, incident triage, RCA documentation, workaround investigation, and fix validation.• Manage team capacity, workload distribution, priorities, 1:1s, individual goals, and career development for QA, SDET, and Performance Engineering specialists, supporting resource allocation decisions through capacity and delivery-risk analysis.
- StrongSDSenior QA Engineer / QA LeadDIGITAL AND ITSeptember 2019 - August 2022 (2 years and 11 months)Warsaw, PolandClient: OpenGov — US-based GovTech SaaS platform used by local governments• Coordinated QA activities, delivery validation, and release support for the OpenGov SaaS product before progressing into the Engineering Manager role.• Defined and optimized manual and automated testing scope for feature testing, regression testing, and release certification.• Owned end-to-end validation scope, including E2E scenarios, defect management, regression planning, quality reporting, and release readiness support.• Worked closely with Product, Project, Design, Engineering, Support, and Customer Success teams to clarify requirements, validate product behavior, identify risks, and support successful releases.• Supported customer defect investigation, issue reproduction, RCA support, workaround analysis, mitigation planning, and fix validation.• Created and maintained product and QA documentation in Confluence to improve transparency, onboarding, and product knowledge sharing.
- Netcracker TechnologyQA LeadDIGITAL AND ITApril 2019 - September 2019 (5 months)Sumy, UkraineClient: TIM — major European telecom operator• Managed QA activities and coordinated testing efforts across delivery teams.• Planned QA scope, sprint activities, progress tracking, and release support.• Defined test strategy, test plans, and reporting aligned with business and delivery goals.• Collaborated with project, client, and engineering teams during UAT and release phases.• Managed client expectations, prioritized critical issues, and supported successful release outcomes.
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Education
- Master's Degree in Economic TheoryV. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University2010Master's Degree in Economic Theory
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