Summary
Ivan Boklach is a QA manager with 8 years of hands-on experience building quality practices for FinTech, banking and digital products, currently leading QA at HeadHunter Group after a multi-year tenure at Alfa-Bank. He combines deep test automation and CI/CD expertise with product-minded technical leadershipโdesigning test frameworks, reducing time-to-market, and cutting bug backlogs by measurable margins. Comfortable across Agile environments, Ivan has managed teams of 30+ engineers, implemented defect-finding and reporting processes that raised findability by ~30%, and introduced automation and mind-mapping techniques to uncover missed scenarios. His background in web development and a Masterโs in Psychology give him a practical edge in user-focused testing and stakeholder communication. Colleagues describe him as methodical, patient, and results-driven, with a knack for turning complex QA challenges into streamlined, measurable improvements.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Psychology, Master's degree, Psychology at Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
Russian, French, English