ankanik
Lead Qa Engineer
QA leader with 10+ years in software testing and the last 5 years owning end-to-end quality at Rhino.fi, a multi-chain self-custodial DeFi platform. Deep expertise across crypto, financial systems, e-commerce, and B2B products, combining hands-on testing with team leadership, process design, and automation strategy. Equally comfortable analysing complex requirements, writing the test documentation suite from scratch, building an automation framework, or coaching engineers through release cycles. Driven by a sharp eye for detail, strong domain understanding, and a pragmatic, delivery-focused approach to quality.
Experience: 11 years
Yearly salary: $90,000
Hourly rate: $50
Nationality: 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Residency: 🌏 Remote
Experience
Senior QA Engineer (Contract, part-time)
Kontainers / Descartes Ltd. 2020 - 2021
Managed test planning and execution to align with delivery milestones in a B2B logistics product. Built automated test scripts using Ghost Inspector to cover regression-critical user flows. Ensured release compliance with technical and contractual requirements; supported go-live activities.
Lead QA Engineer
Inn4Science, Kharkiv 2019 - 2021
Led day-to-day QA team activities — mentoring, prioritisation, sprint coordination, and stakeholder reporting. Drove test planning and automation in Cypress, plus performance audits across crypto exchanges, wallets, and blockchain-based products. Contributed to product and feature discussions, influencing scope and acceptance criteria from a quality perspective.
QA Engineer
Inn4Science 2018 - 2019
Performed API, functional, integration, load, and security testing using Postman, Swagger, and PostgreSQL. Investigated production issues alongside customer support and engineering.
Senior QA Consultant
iTechFinance, Kharkiv – Milan 2017 - 2018
Manual testing of banking software (Sophis, Puma) on Oracle and MySQL back-ends. Produced full test documentation for desktop finance applications and consulted directly with client stakeholders. Provided light business analysis on requirements and reconciliation flows.
QA Engineer (Freelance)
Independent 2016 - 2017
Manual functional, UI, and API testing for mobile and web applications using Postman, MySQL, Jira, and Mantis. Authored and executed test cases to ensure feature stability for small product teams.
QA Engineer
Scorto 2013 - 2014
Manual SOA, GUI, and security testing for web and desktop applications; wrote supporting test documentation.
Test Engineer
W3 2012 - 2013
Created and maintained manual and automated test cases; reviewed specifications and ran regression and usability testing.
Skills
api
blockchain
crypto
defi
quality-assurance
tech-lead
web3
english
russian
ukrainian