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Ruslan Strazhnyk

Quality Engineering Leader | Founder of QualityMax | Full-Stack Builder

Berlin, Germany

20 Years

17+ Companies

3 Products

3 Open Source

2 Conferences

5 Languages

About

Engineering Leader and Founder with 20 years of experience in software quality and full-stack development. Built QualityMax — an AI-powered test automation platform — from the ground up: backend, frontend, AI pipeline, and CLI tooling. Adept at leading cross-functional teams through Quality Engineering and Shift-Left Testing methodologies across front-end, back-end, web, and mobile platforms.

Proven track record designing CI/CD solutions, building scalable testing frameworks, and shipping production SaaS products. Experienced in hiring, managing, and mentoring engineering teams. International conference speaker at Selenium Camp (Kyiv) and Software QS-TAG (Nuremberg).

Core Stack

Python JavaScript TypeScript FastAPI Vue.js Playwright Cypress Selenium k6 JMeter Docker Kubernetes AWS GCP PostgreSQL OpenAI GitHub Actions Jenkins Java Kotlin Ruby Node.js

Products

QualityMax

AI-Powered Test Automation for Modern Teams

Web, mobile, API, performance, security — one platform. Generate Playwright tests from specs, push to GitHub, auto-test every deploy. Self-healing scripts, visual regression, quality gates, and CI/CD integration out of the box.

Python/FastAPI · Vue.js · OpenAI/NLTK · Playwright/Cypress · PostgreSQL

qualitymax.io →

qmax-code

The first AI testing agent built for your terminal

Generate, execute, and manage tests through natural language. AI-powered web crawling with vision, automatic Playwright test generation, k6 load testing, self-healing failures, and 50+ integrated tools — all from the command line.

15MB · Zero dependencies · macOS · Linux · Windows

$ curl -sL https://qualitymax.io/static/install-qmax-code.txt | bash

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Open Source

linkedin-shield

Chrome Extension

Block LinkedIn's hidden extension scanning, device fingerprinting, and tracker probes. Optional AI analysis.

GitHub →

qualitymax-grader

Lighthouse for test quality

Grade your Playwright tests A–F. No API keys, no cloud, runs in 2 seconds. Works with any test source — hand-written, Claude-generated, Copilot-generated.

GitHub →

supply-chain-scanner

Detect supply chain attacks in Python dependencies

Catches .pth injection, encoding obfuscation, typosquatting, and compromised packages. Zero dependencies, runs in 2 seconds.

GitHub →

GitHub Activity

2,273 contributions in the last year — github.com/Desperado

Experience

Quality Max — Founder & CEO

Berlin | Apr 2025 – Present

AI-Powered QA Platform leveraging RAG technology for intelligent test generation and comprehensive test automation.

Python/FastAPI · Vue.js · OpenAI/NLTK/Giskard · Playwright/Cypress/pytest · PostgreSQL

Deutsche Bank AG — Senior QA Engineer (AVP)

Berlin | May 2025 – Dec 2025

Advancing quality assurance practices within the Corporate Bank Technology division.

Java Spring Boot · Kotlin · Cucumber · JUnit · GitHub · GCP

Quandoo GmbH — QA Engineering Lead

Berlin | Aug 2022 – Dec 2024

Leading restaurant booking service across 12 countries, serving 150M+ diners in 18,000+ restaurants.

Playwright · k6 · JavaScript · TypeScript

Nuri GmbH (Bitwala) — Lead QA Engineer

Berlin | May 2021 – Aug 2022

Modern banking platform with cryptocurrency access. Led QA Guild across 7 engineering squads.

Caspar Health — Senior QA Engineer

Berlin | Dec 2019 – Apr 2021

Medical rehabilitation platform. Built test automation strategy with Cypress and GitHub Actions.

Ruby on Rails · Cypress.io · GitHub Actions · Docker · Kubernetes · AWS

Elinvar GmbH — Senior Test Automation Engineer

Berlin | Jun 2019 – Dec 2019

Enabling Asset & Wealth Managers to digitize their business models.

Java · Cypress.io · Kafka · Docker · Kubernetes · JMeter · AWS

Neufund — Lead QA

Berlin | Jan 2019 – May 2019

Equity fundraising platform on the Blockchain.

JavaScript · Python · Ethereum · Docker

Cubits — Senior QA

Berlin | Jul 2018 – Dec 2018

Multi-purpose cryptocurrency platform.

Ruby · Rails · Capybara · Cucumber · Docker · Kubernetes · Blockchain

Apica AB — Lead QA Engineer

Stockholm | Feb 2017 – Jul 2018

Performance monitoring and load testing. Mission-critical backend testing.

Python · JavaScript · JMeter · AWS · MongoDB · Docker

Severalnines — Senior/Lead Test Automation Engineer

Remote | Jun 2016 – Jan 2017

Automation and management software for database clusters.

Node.js · cucumber.js · Angular · DigitalOcean · AWS · MySQL · MongoDB

Cipherhealth — Lead QA Engineer

Remote | Jun 2015 – Jun 2016

Healthcare technology. Full test automation coverage of WebUI and iOS mobile app from scratch.

Ruby on Rails · Cucumber · Jenkins · JMeter · Appium · Docker

SolanoLabs — Senior Test Automation Engineer

Remote | Feb 2015 – May 2015

Hosted CI/CD SaaS platform with patented parallelization technology.

Ruby on Rails · Cucumber · RSpec · Capybara · PostgreSQL

nCryptedCloud LLC — QA Test Automation Lead

Remote | Sep 2014 – Feb 2015

Security and collaboration layer for cloud data providers.

Ruby · Cucumber · Watir

Indigitus AG — QA Test Automation Lead

Remote (via Ciklum) | Dec 2013 – Aug 2014

IaaS start-up. Built QA and CI processes from zero stage.

OpenStack · Python · JMeter · Ruby · Cucumber · Watir · Jenkins

Maven Research Inc. — QA Test Automation Architect

Remote | May 2010 – Nov 2013

Custom WebUI testing frameworks with Selenium Grid and Jenkins CI integration.

Python · Selenium WebDriver · MySQL · Jenkins · JMeter

N-iX — QA Technical Engineer

Jun 2008 – Feb 2010

Anoto Digital Pen Project. Created Python and Selenium automation frameworks from scratch.

Python · Selenium · Jython · J2EE · C++

SoftServe Inc. — QA Automation Engineer

Jan 2007 – Jun 2008

Cisco IronPort Team. Selenium R&D and Python automation frameworks.

Python · Perl · Selenium · MySQL · Linux · FreeBSD

Education

M.Sc. in Electronics

National University "Lvivska Politechnika" — 2000–2005, Lviv

M.Sc. in Economics

National University "Lvivska Politechnika" — 2004–2006, Lviv

Talks

Agile Testing. Introduction
Selenium in Continuous Integration Environment Selenium Camp — Kyiv, Ukraine
Full Featured Test Automation using Selenium Grid and CI Selenium Camp — Kyiv, Ukraine
Making Watir and Cucumber an Efficient Tool for Web UI Automation Software QS-TAG — Nuremberg, Germany

Contact

strazhnyk@gmail.com

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GitHub

Desperado

QualityMax

qualitymax.io