Yuliya Chyrva

QA Leadership · Project Management · Indie Developer
📍 Gdynia, Poland 🇺🇦

< Hi, I'm Yuliya />

Quality-focused engineering leader with 18+ years of experience in the QA industry. My core strength sits at the intersection of QA leadership, release management, and project management — I ensure that what ships is both high quality and delivered on time.

As a Project Manager, I lead cross-functional delivery across Web, Mobile, and Backend teams — managing scope, timelines, and releases while aligning product vision with technical execution. I own the end-to-end flow: breaking down initiatives into milestones, running planning and standups, unblocking engineering, and keeping stakeholders in sync.

I have led distributed QA teams across Web, iOS, and Android, built testing processes from the ground up, and gradually taken ownership of the full release cycle — from release planning and multi-stage pipeline coordination to app store submissions, beta testing programs, and hotfix management.

Beyond delivery, I have contributed to product scoping and feature definition for blockchain-based initiatives, including a Digital Wallet feature, as well as Ads monetization — working closely with product and engineering teams to define requirements, edge cases, and acceptance criteria in the web3 space.

Outside of my main role, I run YuViCode — an indie studio where I independently design, build, and launch mobile apps and web games.

20
Years in IT
18 years
2 years
1 year
QA (incl. 12 yrs of QA management)
Release management
Project management

// Experience

Oct 2025 — Present

Founder

YuViCode

Building independent mobile apps and web games. Vision, product strategy, UX/UI direction, monetization, and hands-on development.

Sep 2025 — Present

Project Manager

MeWe · Remote

Leading cross-functional delivery across Web, Mobile, and Backend teams. Managing scope, timelines, releases, and aligning product vision with technical execution.

Aug 2024 — Present

Release Manager

MeWe · Remote

Developed release strategy and maintained detailed plans, calendars, and checklists. Collaborated closely with engineering, product, and QA teams to ensure smooth, timely delivery.

Jan 2017 — Aug 2024

QA Team Lead

MeWe · Remote

Managed distributed QA team responsible for manual and automated testing across web, iOS, and Android. Built in-house quality procedures, API test suites, and Jira workflows tailored to team needs.

Nov 2013 — Dec 2016

QA Team Lead

Customertimes Corp · Kyiv

Managed a team of 10–12 QA engineers. Implemented a Selenium-based automation framework for Salesforce projects. Designed comprehensive test documentation and web services testing.

Nov 2012 — Oct 2013

Senior QA Engineer

Customertimes Corp · Kyiv

Functional, regression, integration, smoke, configuration and cross-browser testing across mobile (iOS/Android), CRM systems on SalesForce, and web applications.

Mar 2008 — Aug 2011

QA Engineer

UENS · Kyiv

Conducted testing for high-stakes government applications, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Mentored junior QA engineers.

Jun 2006 — Mar 2008

QA Engineer

Ukraine

Manual testing for a government-sector desktop application. Developed and maintained test documentation.

// Skills & Tools

Team management

Team leadership Mentoring & coaching Performance reviews Conflict resolution Career growth planning Knowledge sharing Interviewing & hiring Cross-functional collaboration

Release management

Release planning Rollout coordination Feature flag management Risk-based release strategy Post-release monitoring Phased rollout Canary releases A/B releases Hotfix management Stakeholder communication Release documentation Go/No-Go decision-making

Project management

Project planning Scope management Timeline management Product scoping Feature definition Requirements gathering Acceptance criteria Backlog management Sprint planning Risk management Agile / Scrum Jira workflows

Testing expertise

Manual testing Automation testing API testing Integration testing Cross-platform testing Cross-browser testing Beta testing Salesforce testing

Automation testing

Selenium Java Playwright (basics) JavaScript (basics) Maestro (basics)

Testing tools

Postman BrowserStack LambdaTest Firebase Mixpanel ConfigCat Jenkins GitHub Jira Zephyr Confluence XMind Google Play Console App Store Connect

AI tools

Claude Claude Code Gemini ChatGPT Fireflies.ai

Let's connect

Open to collaboration, consulting, and interesting conversations.