Artem Surmylo
AI Red Teamer / LLM Red Team Specialist
Bucharest,B
Summary
AI Red Teamer with 10+ years in QA and product ownership across fintech, IoT and gamedev. Tests LLM applications and AI agents for prompt injection, jailbreaks and data leakage, guided by the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications. TryHackMe AI Security (AI1) certified; author of Prompt Injection Atlas, an open-source reference on prompt injection attacks.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
9
9
Certificates
Work History
AI Red Teamer / LLM Red Team Specialist
ASBIS
10.2026 - Current
- Test the company’s LLM-powered features (customer support chatbot and in-app AI assistant) for prompt injection, jailbreaks and system prompt leakage
- Check AI assistants for leakage of customer data, internal documents and confidential business information
- Test internal AI tools used by employees for misuse and unsafe outputs before wider rollout
- Run test scenarios based on the OWASP Top 10 for LLM
- Applications and document findings with reproduction steps and severity
- Report vulnerabilities to development and product teams and verify fixes after remediation
- Assist in security reviews of third-party AI tools and integrations before adoption
Work with the legal team on privacy and GDPR risks of AI features
Product Manager
ASBIS
01.2024 - 08.2026
- Own the Perenio mobile app and connected devices end to end: roadmap, backlog, priorities and releases
- Act as the central link between engineering, customer support, marketing, legal and manufacturing, aligning priorities and decisions across teams
- Monitor support channels and ticket trends, turning recurring user issues into prioritized fixes and product improvements
- Work directly with the factory on hardware issues: defect root cause analysis, production quality problems and coordination of firmware fixes
- Plan and coordinate releases across mobile, cloud and firmware, including App Store and Google Play submissions
- Partner with legal on privacy, GDPR and terms of use, and with marketing on product launches and app store presence
- Write user stories with clear acceptance criteria, using my QA background to define edge cases and security requirements before development starts
Lead Quality Assurance Specialist
ASBIS
09.2022 - 12.2024
- Led testing of the Perenio IoT smart home/office ecosystem: connected devices, IoT routers, iOS/Android apps and cloud platform
- Designed end-to-end scenarios across firmware, mobile apps and cloud APIs: device pairing, automation rules, notifications and OTA firmware updates
- Built API and mobile test automation in Python (pytest) and Appium, integrated into the CI pipeline
- Performed IoT security testing: device onboarding and pairing, API and MQTT authentication, cross-account access control (preventing one user from controlling another user’s devices), traffic interception with Burp Suite
- Tested device and app behavior under network failures: Wi-Fi drops, reconnection and offline mode
- Mentored junior QA engineers, reviewed test documentation and owned release sign-off
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Paysaxas
03.2020 - 02.2022
- Tested a cross-border payments platform for businesses: multi-currency IBAN accounts, SEPA/SWIFT transfers, FX conversion and crypto on/off-ramp
- Built and maintained API test automation in Python (pytest, requests) covering payment, account and onboarding flows; integrated it into GitLab CI to run on every merge request
- Validated the full transaction lifecycle (statuses, fees, FX rates and rounding, ledger balances) and reconciled data with SQL (PostgreSQL)
- Tested KYC/AML onboarding and screening flows, including edge cases in document verification, sanctions matches and account limits
- Performed API security testing with Burp Suite guided by the OWASP API Security Top 10: IDOR on accounts and transactions, authentication and token handling, rate limiting
- Tested payment business logic for abuse: race conditions and double spending via concurrent requests, replayed payment requests, idempotency, negative and high-precision amounts
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Filancy
02.2019 - 02.2020
- Led QA for mobile game titles on iOS and Android, from soft launch through live updates
- Coordinated a team of 3 QA testers: test planning, task allocation, build verification and bug report review
- Performed functional, regression, compatibility and exploratory testing of gameplay, UI, progression and in-game economy across a matrix of iOS/Android devices and OS versions
- Automated smoke and regression checks for Unity builds with AltUnity Tester and Appium (Python), reducing manual regression time by ~40%
- Intercepted and modified client–server traffic with Burp Suite to test game APIs against tampering (score submission, rewards, purchase receipts)
- Tested in-app purchases and ads in sandbox environments and checked builds against App Store and Google Play guideline
- Tracked defects in Jira; ran localization testing for EN/RU/UA builds
Quality Assurance Engineer
Interlink
09.2017 - 01.2019
- Led QA across multiple outsourced projects (web and mobile applications) for international clients in different business domains
- Managed and mentored a team of 4 QA engineers: task allocation, onboarding, and review of test cases and bug reports
- Defined test strategies and test plans for each project, estimated QA effort and aligned testing scope with release timelines
- Performed and coordinated functional, regression, smoke and exploratory testing on web and mobile (iOS/Android)
Tested REST APIs with Postman and validated backend data with SQL queries
- Ran security checks on authentication, session handling, input validation and access control, guided by the OWASP Top 10
- Ran defect triage with developers and project managers in Jira, prioritizing issues by severity and business impact
- Prepared QA status reports and release readiness assessments for clients, with go/no-go recommendations
Quality Assurance Engineer
Regdesk
Philadelphia
01.2015 - 08.2017
- Performed manual functional, regression and smoke testing of a web-based regulatory intelligence platform for medical device and pharmaceutical companies
- Designed test cases and checklists from product requirements and user stories
- Validated the accuracy and consistency of country-specific regulatory data shown to clients, where a single error could mislead a market-entry decision
- Logged and tracked defects with clear reproduction steps, severity and priority; verified fixes and ran regression checks before each release
- Conducted cross-browser and responsive testing of the client-facing platform
- Worked closely with developers and product owners in an early-stage startup, reviewing requirements to catch gaps before development
- Tested user roles and account permissions to ensure clients could only access data included in their subscription
Education
Master of Science -
National University 'Odessa Maritime Academy'
Odessa 09.2015 - 12.2021
Skills
LLM Red Teaming
Prompt Injection & Jailbreak Testing
AI Agent Security Testing
Vulnerability Reporting
Test Automation
Jira
Manual & Exploratory Testing
Test Design & Test Case Management
Regression & Smoke Testing
Mobile Testing (iOS/Android)
Certification
AI Security (AI1) - TryHackMe
Timeline
AI Red Teamer / LLM Red Team Specialist
ASBIS
10.2026 - Current
AI Security (AI1) - TryHackMe
09-2026
Applied AI Foundations — OpenAI
06-2026
AI Foundations — OpenAI
06-2026
Product Manager
ASBIS
01.2024 - 08.2026
Introduction to Cyber Security
12-2023
Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate - Google
12-2023
Foundations of Software Testing and Validation - University of Leeds
12-2023
Lead Quality Assurance Specialist
ASBIS
09.2022 - 12.2024
Fundamentals of Software Testing — QATestLab
04-2022
Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML and CSS - Duke University
02-2022
Introduction to Software Testing — University of Minnesota
01-2022
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Paysaxas
03.2020 - 02.2022
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Filancy
02.2019 - 02.2020
Quality Assurance Engineer
Interlink
09.2017 - 01.2019
Master of Science -
National University 'Odessa Maritime Academy'
09.2015 - 12.2021
Quality Assurance Engineer
Regdesk
01.2015 - 08.2017