Summary
Sergei Gapanovich is a pragmatic QA leader and founder with 7 years of hands-on experience building resilient test automation and production-ready release processes. Based in Miami Beach, he has driven major increases in API and UI automation coverage, slashed automated check development time by over 70%, and introduced contract testing across hundreds of endpoints. Sergei combines deep technical skills—Playwright/JavaScript, Kubernetes/Rancher, CI pipelines—with a user-centric philosophy: quality means the end user is happy. He mentors teams, runs QA audits for early- and growth-stage companies, and often automates repetitive infrastructure tasks to accelerate testing cycles. His background in broadcast journalism and early radio work gives him a rare strength in clear stakeholder communication and translating customer needs into testable requirements.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Broadcast Journalism, Associate's degree, Broadcast Journalism at Belarusian State University
Russian, English, Spanish