QA Tech Lead & AI Automation Engineer
Most teams test software. I make sure it deserves to ship.
Experience across teams at
I was the first and only QA engineer on a product twice, and built the quality function from zero both times: strategy, gates, release criteria, documentation, automation.
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Five roles, most recent first: role, period, scope and outcomes. The full record, with references on request, is on LinkedIn.
Senior QA Engineer · Outsourced civilian contractor
2025–Present
A full-stack data analysis platform in a security-critical environment, with zero pre-existing QA infrastructure.
QA Engineer · Outsourced contractor
2025
Semiconductor metrology and process-control software deployed to tier-1 fabs including Samsung, Intel and TSMC. A maternity-cover role.
QA Engineer, then QA Technical Lead and Scrum Master
2022–2025
United VMS (Latitude, Horizon and Meridian), an enterprise video management and security platform with thousands of installations across defense, industrial and commercial sectors, at roughly $30M in annual revenue.
Junior QA Engineer
2021–2022
An enterprise mobile-first training and knowledge platform with 1M+ active users across 25 languages, built on a microservices architecture.
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14 LinkedIn recommendations from managers and colleagues, transcribed as written. Three of them first:
ALM & DevOps Consultant | Automation & Systems Integration at Self Employed
Since we're being closed, I am pleased to write this recommendation for Sergey, who has been an integral part of our QA team. He consistently demonstrates a strong work ethic and a genuine passion for ensuring product quality.
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Throughout the years since I hired Sergey, he has developed the ability to prioritize what truly matters while letting minor issues take a back seat. In addition, Sergey takes ownership of his work. He proactively identifies areas for process improvements and suggests practical solutions. His commitment to continuous learning ensures that he stays up to date with industry trends and best practices.
Senior Project Manager | AI & Video Analytics | QA-Grounded Delivery | Author, The Next Recognition | PMP · ISTQB · AWS
I've had the pleasure of working with Sergey in his capacity as QA engineer and later as QA Technical Lead. He is extremely professional, curious, and open minded.
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During our work together Sergey came up with several innovative ideas to be implemented in the VMS and the cameras. Sergey will be a valuable team member and leader anywhere.
Backend Engineer
I had the privilege of working with Sergey in his role as a QA Engineer. Sergey is a fast learner with strong analytical skills.
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He mastered our complex system and its full functionality in a remarkably short time. He thoroughly investigated any task to ensure no detail was missed and consistently came up with innovative ideas to improve our product. I am confident that his professional expertise, dedication and creativity would make him an invaluable asset to any organization.
C# Software engineer
Sergey arrived to our QA team at Flir almost 3 years ago. Some of its most prominent character traits- First, inspiring quickness (also helped him finding bugs - as sometimes the computer couldn't keep up :)) And in addition - constantly thinks outside the box, offers lots of ideas and points for improvement.
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I wish you the best of luck!
Senior Software Engineer at Nayax
I have worked with Sergey and I highly recommend him, he is one of the few great QA engineers I’ve known. He has an ability to find various bugs in our products, both critical ones and the ones affecting quality of life of the product users.
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He understands the product extremely well and knows how it can be used by our customers.
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Senior QA Engineer at FLIR Systems
I worked with Sergey in QA Team at Teledyne / FLIR. Sergey is a skilled QA Engineer, fast-learner, initiative and has high ability to solve problems. I recommend Sergey to anyone looking for a QA Engineer to join his team.
Senior Software QA Engineer | Customer Success Engineer | End-to-End Production Investigations | Root Cause Analysis | Broadcast, Embedded & Networking Systems
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Sergey, although we were on different teams, I can confidently say that he is an exceptional software QA engineer. He consistently demonstrates a deep understanding of both the technical and functional fundamentals.
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In addition to his technical expertise, he is a team player who is always willing to go the extra mile to help others.
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Founder & Head of Practice @ Kondo & Co CPA | Tax Advisory, Business Tax Planning
As Sergey's commanding officer in the IDF reserves, I've had the privilege of seeing his exceptional qualities firsthand. Sergey has consistently demonstrated outstanding leadership, dedication, and problem-solving abilities under pressure.
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His strong work ethic and teamwork skills have made him an invaluable member of my unit. I highly recommend Sergey for any role he pursues—any organization would be lucky to have him.
R&D Team Leader
Working with Sergey has been a pleasure. He is a quick learner and an efficient implementer.
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Sergey consistently maintains a positive attitude and brings a high level of enthusiasm to every project. His dedication and proactive approach make him an invaluable team member.
Head of Engineering | Leading Innovation & GenAI Initiatives | Transforming Technology
I had the privilege of working with Sergey at FLIR and having him in my organization. Sergey is a talented individual who blends knowledge and energy to successfully navigate challenges.
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He is always eager to learn, listen, and adapt. I would be delighted to work with him again in the future.
QA Engineer at The5ers
Sergey is a highly experienced QA engineer with vast technical knowledge and passion to explore and solve issues. Always seeing the big picture and willing to help. An asset for any team. I would highly recommend him!
Senior Product Manager at Taboola
I've worked closely with Sergey for 1.5 years as a QA Engineer. Sergey has a deep understanding of the product and ensures high-quality releases.
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He's a dedicated and detail-oriented team player, always willing to help with a positive attitude. I highly recommend Sergey for any QA role.
Senior QA engineer
I was working with Sergey for almost 2 years at the same QA team at Teledyne-FLIR, and I really impressed by his strong technical abilities and his commitment and high work standards. In addition Sergey have a great personality that is easy to connect with which helps to make a strong team with a great atmosphere.
Technical Account Manager
I am pleased to recommend Sergey for the position of Quality Assurance Specialist. Sergey has been an invaluable member of our team at FLIR for the last few years, consistently demonstrating exceptional QA skills and a keen eye for detail.
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Sergey excels in identifying and resolving issues efficiently, and their proficiency with various testing tools has greatly contributed to our project’s success.
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Two open-source products I built and maintain. Both are on GitHub, and both state their own limits. A tool that rounds itself up is not worth reading.
Verification trust engine
79 rules73 of them carry a measured false-positive rate
Your tests are lying to you. It proves it.
An open-source static scanner that reads test suites and CI workflows, weighs every finding by the evidence behind it, and scores whether the verification can be trusted. A green checkmark is not evidence, and the failure that costs the most is a pipeline that cannot go red at all.
Self-hosted QA control plane
3 → 1test reporters (Playwright, JUnit, legacy) into one result model
Every test. One clear answer.
The layer between test producers and the people who have to trust them. One result model for Playwright, JUnit, k6 and OWASP ZAP, with each run, retry and artifact kept together. Quality gates answer unknown or not configured instead of quietly passing, and flaky tests go into an audited quarantine: set aside, never hidden.
Architecture overview. Capability limits are listed above and in the repository.
Two pieces of work, each told the same way: the problem, what I did, the evidence behind it, and the outcome. Every figure is read from the record, not retyped.
case 1 of 2
0 → 3tiers of tests, built from no QA infrastructure
A full-stack data analysis platform in a security-critical environment, with zero pre-existing QA infrastructure.
case 2 of 2
40%stability improvement
United VMS (Latitude, Horizon and Meridian), an enterprise video management and security platform with thousands of installations across defense, industrial and commercial sectors, at roughly $30M in annual revenue.
This site is tested the same way: a Playwright suite runs every section, the ask bar and an accessibility audit on each deploy, and publishes the latest report.
LinkedIn is the route, and the work lives on GitHub. There is no contact form. My CV is sent on request: write to Sergeybaris@gmail.com or message me on LinkedIn, and it comes back as a file rather than sitting here for anyone to lift.
open to
A stress test you are allowed to fail. It is for after hours, and it is timed.
After hours
A mock early-2000s desktop, bugs.exe and release-gate.yml included, and nine tools to take it down to zero integrity. Streaks are named the way QA names them, from Smoke test to Chaos monkey, and a run climbs from Intern to Legend.
It loads only when pressed. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent.