Dmitry Kulaksidis Email & Phone Number

Kyiv, Ua

Харьков, Харьковская Область, Украина

• Provide strategic direction and technical leadership to the engineering department, ensuring the successful execution of projects and alignment with business objectives• P&L management to meet business targets• Cost control/optimization, (achieved to reduce cloud infrastructure costs by 50% and overall 3rd. parties by 30%)• Adjust processes for improving the quality of the deliveries• Align cross-functional teams (internal and external) to optimize the implementation of… Show more • Provide strategic direction and technical leadership to the engineering department, ensuring the successful execution of projects and alignment with business objectives• P&L management to meet business targets• Cost control/optimization, (achieved to reduce cloud infrastructure costs by 50% and overall 3rd. parties by 30%)• Adjust processes for improving the quality of the deliveries• Align cross-functional teams (internal and external) to optimize the implementation of features and fixes• Manage and mentor a team of engineers and technical professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and performance evaluation processes• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and project managers to ensure project success• Ensure scalability, performance, and security considerations are incorporated into the architecture• Ensure documentation is comprehensive, up-to-date, and easily accessible for the engineering team• Coordinate with product managers, designers, and other teams to ensure requirements are understood and met• Implement quality control measures, including testing strategies, automated testing frameworks, and performance testing. Ensure comprehensive testing is conducted to deliver high-quality, bug-free software solutions• Manage relationships with external vendors and technology partners• Identify areas for process improvement and implement best practices to enhance efficiency, productivity, and delivery timelines Show less

Харьков, Харьковская Область, Украина

• Providing product vision and direction to the stakeholders throughout the project and creating requirements• PI planning, planning iteration, grooming, and prioritization of product backlog to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy• Creating requirements for features, and user stories and evaluating their effectiveness• Teamwork and providing an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of… Show more • Providing product vision and direction to the stakeholders throughout the project and creating requirements• PI planning, planning iteration, grooming, and prioritization of product backlog to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy• Creating requirements for features, and user stories and evaluating their effectiveness• Teamwork and providing an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals• Market and competitive research, trends hunting• Evaluation of competition in the market, comparing the company's product with competitors' products• Managed and monitored product KPIs, preparation of reports• Launch of new features for UX improvement• Team management Show less

Харьков, Харьковская Область, Украина

• Managing client expectations from a deliverables perspective• Establishing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, becoming the primary person on all project matters.• Expanding the team by finding and attracting talent from the market and developing internal team members.• Assessing internal/external candidates for open positions at the client account• Helping newcomers to onboard and become fully operational in the team.• Calculating the project and personal… Show more • Managing client expectations from a deliverables perspective• Establishing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, becoming the primary person on all project matters.• Expanding the team by finding and attracting talent from the market and developing internal team members.• Assessing internal/external candidates for open positions at the client account• Helping newcomers to onboard and become fully operational in the team.• Calculating the project and personal (for each team member) margins, ensuring it’s being kept on an acceptable level. • Project planning.• Clarifying requirements with stakeholders • Estimating features and CRs• Participating in backlog refinement, planning, grooming, and demos • Mitigating attrition risks• Managing the team, helping to understand the priorities, and resolving blockers.• Proactively communicating project status and risks to stakeholders.• Negotiating to achieve business objectives• Development and mentoring of project managers Show less

Харьков, Харьковская Область, Украина

• Consulting stakeholders on project implementation and advising on the optimal solutions that would meet business needs• Providing guidance to the technical team during the project implementation phase• Defining the project scope• Planning the timeline for project implementation and technical SOWs• Creating JIRA tickets for the technical team and technical documentation• General management and development of the Javascript unit – full responsibility for growth and… Show more • Consulting stakeholders on project implementation and advising on the optimal solutions that would meet business needs• Providing guidance to the technical team during the project implementation phase• Defining the project scope• Planning the timeline for project implementation and technical SOWs• Creating JIRA tickets for the technical team and technical documentation• General management and development of the Javascript unit – full responsibility for growth and profitability• People management (team size from 6 to 17 developers) – recruiting, adaptation, performance review, and development of staff. Conflict management Show less

Харьков, Харьковская Область, Украина

• Building up a team• Develop the devices and software, required for testing purposes• Guide and monitor the analysis, design, implementation, and execution of the test cases, and test procedures• Configure and maintain setups, required for development and testing processes (side services, servers, network environment, and equipment)• QA process creation and improvement during project evolution• Control the task fulfillment• Defining areas to calculate the… Show more • Building up a team• Develop the devices and software, required for testing purposes• Guide and monitor the analysis, design, implementation, and execution of the test cases, and test procedures• Configure and maintain setups, required for development and testing processes (side services, servers, network environment, and equipment)• QA process creation and improvement during project evolution• Control the task fulfillment• Defining areas to calculate the overall risk to the project• Conduct project risk identification and mitigation action planning with the PM at the project level• Involvement in communication with customers: requirements clarification phase, UAT phase• Working with BA, designers, and developers at all stages to promote a product• Conducting technical interviews• Mentoring Show less

Харьков, Харьковская Область, Украина

• Requirements/User Stories analysis• Use Cases analysis• Manual (acceptance, regression, functional, UI, confirmation testing)• Perform testing of web client-server applications• Testing documentation creation (test cases, checklists, test plans)• Issue reporting and tracking in JIRA• Interaction with other team members (requirements clarification, task estimation and prioritizing)

Харьков, Харьковская Область, Украина

• Conducting of a Quality-Assurance courses• Preparation of QA conferences• Сommunication with students• Mentoring

Харьков, Харьковская Область, Украина

• Manual testing• Smoke, Functional, Regression, GUI, Usability testing• Mobile application testing• Web application testing• Finding and reporting bugs• Designing effective, realistic test cases• Analyzing and documenting test results

Харьков, Харьковская Область, Украина

• Testing of the web-commercial projects