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Tarek Roshdy

Verified Expert in Engineering

QA Engineer and Developer

Location

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Toptal Member Since

April 11, 2022

Tarek is a software quality assurance engineer with 7+ years of experience working as a product owner and software tester of mobile, web, and desktop applications. With a background in engineering, he owns several certifications related to agile methodologies, mobile applications, artificial intelligence, and software testing, namely from ISTQB and ASTQB. Tarek is keen on QA processes and methods and was awarded the best QA twice in a row in Testathon Egypt, 2017 and 2020.

Quality Assurance (QA)Quality Auditing Jira Trello MacOS Java Zoom TestNG Slack Azure DevOps Embedded Software Mobile App Testing C Agile Test Automation Black Box Testing Katalon Studio

Portfolio

New Age Media

Agile Software Testing, Katalon Studio, Test Automation

Online Freelance Agency

Test Cases, Defect Management, Agile, User Stories, Mobile App Testing...

Americana Group

Proofreading, Localization Testing, Mobile App Testing, QA Testing...

Experience

Test Scenarios - 6 years Trello - 6 years Jira - 6 years Manual Testing - 6 years Black Box Testing - 6 years Test Cases - 6 years Test Planning - 4 years Azure DevOps - 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Slack, Zoom, Jira, Trello, ClickUp, Azure DevOps, MacOS

The most amazing...

...project I took part in is the Arabic localization testing of the Facebook application.

Work Experience

QA Engineer

2022 - PRESENT

New Age Media

Tested various applications developed by the company until publication.
Coached new team members on applications and technologies used in projects within my scope.
Implemented Katalon Studio to automate mobile applications developed by the company.

Technologies: Agile Software Testing, Katalon Studio, Test Automation

QA Engineer

2019 - 2022

Online Freelance Agency

Contributed to more than nine mobile, web, and desktop development projects with different scopes and industries.
Acted as product owner and software tester, creating user stories, acceptance criteria, test scenarios, and defect reports.
Created operational profiles and applied them to systems using JMeter.

Technologies: Test Cases, Defect Management, Agile, User Stories, Mobile App Testing, QA Testing, Quality Assurance (QA), Manual Software Testing

Arabic Localization Software Tester

2020 - 2021

Americana Group

Tested KFC, Pizza Hut, and Hardeez's mobile applications in the MENA region.
Reported defects on Jira and tracked them until they got resolved.
Designed and executed test scenarios and test cases using TestLink.

Technologies: Proofreading, Localization Testing, Mobile App Testing, QA Testing, Quality Assurance (QA), PDF

Software Tester

2017 - 2018

Internet Plus

Performed mobile testing on both Android and iOS versions of the Fakahany application.
Created use cases for many applications as part of the requirements gathering process.
Managed beta testing of users who accessed the system before launching it.

Technologies: Test Case Creation, Defect Management, QA Testing, Quality Assurance (QA)

Experience

Online Marketplace

One of Egypt's top rising edtech startups, aiming to be a one-stop shop for all youth, supporting their career development journey to get hired and meet the needed qualifications in the job market. My role was managing the whole QA process, including activities like test planning, generating test scenarios, executing them, and reporting defects.

Education

2009 - 2014

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Alexandria Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology | AIET - Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Certifications

SEPTEMBER 2019 - PRESENT

ISTQB Certified Mobile Application Tester

ISTQB | International Software Testing Qualifications Board

MAY 2017 - PRESENT

ISTQB Certified Agile Tester

ISTQB | International Software Testing Qualifications Board

APRIL 2017 - PRESENT

ISTQB Foundation Level Certified Tester

ISTQB | International Software Testing Qualifications Board

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Selenium WebDriver

Tools

Jira, Trello, Slack, Zoom, REST Assured, Katalon Studio

Paradigms

Manual Testing, Azure DevOps, Page Object Model (POM), Agile, Scrum, Test Automation

Languages

Java, C

Platforms

MacOS

Frameworks

TestNG

Other

Test Cases, Test Scenarios, Black Box Testing, Manual QA, QA Testing, Quality Assurance (QA), Manual Software Testing, PDF, Quality Auditing, ClickUp, Test Planning, White Box Testing, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Defect Logging, Defect Management, Embedded Software, Automotive Testing, Microcontrollers, User Stories, Mobile App Testing, Proofreading, Localization Testing, Agile Software Testing

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