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Hi there! I’m Tommy Verrall, a Quality Assurance and DevOps professional with 10+ years of leading engineering teams across blockchain, fintech, and ecommerce. I design and deliver scalable test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure with a hands-on approach to tooling and processes. I’m passionate about improving release reliability, accelerating delivery, and building robust architectures that empower product teams. I specialize in end-to-end QA, test automation, and infrastructure as code, with practical experience in Rust, Kubernetes, and cloud automation. I thrive in fast-paced environments where collaboration between engineering and QA is critical to success, and I enjoy mentoring engineers to reach their highest potential while shipping high-quality software at scale.…Hi there! I’m Tommy Verrall, a Quality Assurance and DevOps professional with 10+ years of leading engineering teams across blockchain, fintech, and ecommerce. I design and deliver scalable test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure with a hands-on approach to tooling and processes. I’m passionate about improving release reliability, accelerating delivery, and building robust architectures that empower product teams. I specialize in end-to-end QA, test automation, and infrastructure as code, with practical experience in Rust, Kubernetes, and cloud automation. I thrive in fast-paced environments where collaboration between engineering and QA is critical to success, and I enjoy mentoring engineers to reach their highest potential while shipping high-quality software at scale.

Tommy Verrall

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Hi there! I’m Tommy Verrall, a Quality Assurance and DevOps professional with 10+ years of leading engineering teams across blockchain, fintech, and ecommerce. I design and deliver scalable test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure with a hands-on approach to tooling and processes. I’m passionate about improving release reliability, accelerating delivery, and building robust architectures that empower product teams. I specialize in end-to-end QA, test automation, and infrastructure as code, with practical experience in Rust, Kubernetes, and cloud automation. I thrive in fast-paced environments where collaboration between engineering and QA is critical to success, and I enjoy mentoring engineers to reach their highest potential while shipping high-quality software at scale.…Hi there! I’m Tommy Verrall, a Quality Assurance and DevOps professional with 10+ years of leading engineering teams across blockchain, fintech, and ecommerce. I design and deliver scalable test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure with a hands-on approach to tooling and processes. I’m passionate about improving release reliability, accelerating delivery, and building robust architectures that empower product teams. I specialize in end-to-end QA, test automation, and infrastructure as code, with practical experience in Rust, Kubernetes, and cloud automation. I thrive in fast-paced environments where collaboration between engineering and QA is critical to success, and I enjoy mentoring engineers to reach their highest potential while shipping high-quality software at scale.

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Hi there! I’m Tommy Verrall, a Quality Assurance and DevOps professional with 10+ years of leading engineering teams across blockchain, fintech, and ecommerce. I design and deliver scalable test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure with a hands-on approach to tooling and processes. I’m passionate about improving release reliability, accelerating delivery, and building robust architectures that empower product teams.

I specialize in end-to-end QA, test automation, and infrastructure as code, with practical experience in Rust, Kubernetes, and cloud automation. I thrive in fast-paced environments where collaboration between engineering and QA is critical to success, and I enjoy mentoring engineers to reach their highest potential while shipping high-quality software at scale.

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Work Experience

Head of Development Operations and Quality Assurance at Nym Technologies SA (Nym VPN)

October 1, 2021 - Present

Led a team of 5 engineers across QA, cloud, and systems to deliver blockchain and privacy products at scale. Built and led a QA/DevOps team, improving product quality and release reliability. Launched the Nym blockchain network; operated 20+ validator nodes with five upgrades, achieving zero downtime. Developed an end-to-end Playwright test suite for key user journeys with parallel execution and CI/CD integration. Delivered Nym VPN with parity across five platforms, enhancing user experience. Reduced infrastructure deployment time by 60% and cut manual deployments from 4 hours to ~15 minutes via automation with Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD. Implemented Cloudflare Workers for edge compute and performance optimization. Automated regression suites to improve codebase reliability and enable faster release cycles.

Head of Quality Assurance at Ziglu

March 1, 2020 - October 1, 2021

Led a QA team of 3 engineers to ensure reliability and compliance for a cryptocurrency exchange and banking services platform. Built an end-to-end Playwright test suite for critical user journeys, integrated with CI/CD and parallel execution. Ensured reliability of banking modules handling thousands of daily payments and withdrawal requests. Validated Bitcoin and Sterling Boost programs (6% interest), ensuring regulatory compliance and financial accuracy. Developed a custom C# automation framework using Appium and Cypress, reducing front-end testing time by 40% and accelerating release cycles. Implemented automated regression coverage across 100+ test cases, reducing production defects and improving release confidence.

Head of Quality Assurance at Chip

July 1, 2019 - March 1, 2020

Led a QA team engineering automated testing frameworks across mobile applications and back end services. Reduced production defect rate by 25% by implementing automated CI/CD QA workflows and strengthened Agile/Scrum delivery practices. Automated test deployments, cutting manual testing time by 50% and improving release cadence. Established QA standards and cross-functional processes to improve collaboration between engineering and QA.

Senior QA Engineer at Just Eat

January 1, 2019 - June 1, 2019

Supported the Retention & Reacquisition team, validating machine-learning experiments and strengthening automated testing for growth platform. Improved retention by 10% by validating and testing three ML experiments deployed to the growth platform. Developed and maintained test automation framework using C# and WebDriverIO to validate ML model and feature changes.

QA Engineer at ASOS.com

August 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019

Worked in the customer platform team ensuring quality of e-commerce platforms serving millions of users. Implemented Azure-based functions to support GDPR initiatives. Supported the customer platform team in delivering three new features by strengthening QA practices and telemetry. Developed and maintained automated regression packs in C# covering 25 core test cases to protect platform stability. Improved ASOS.com login experience by managing the JavaScript SDK used by thousands of daily users.

QA Engineer at Win Technologies (Betway Group)

March 1, 2015 - July 1, 2017

Ensured quality assurance for affiliate marketing systems, including internal CMS and public-facing websites, processing high-volume transactions. Implemented QA processes and testing strategies across betting platform, with a focus on reliability and scalable test automation.

Operations Analyst at Stanton Consulting Ltd (now Essiel)

May 1, 2014 - February 1, 2015

Worked with market-leading travel money and compliance software solutions, specializing in prepaid retail technology and anti-money laundering systems.

QA Analyst at EDP plc

January 1, 2013 - May 1, 2014

Electronic Data Processing PLC delivers ERP, e-biz, hosting, and sales intelligence software with education services.