I’m a Senior QA Engineer with 10+ years of experience across web, mobile, and enterprise systems. I’ve led end-to-end QA ownership, built automation frameworks from scratch, and integrated them into CI/CD pipelines. My background spans regulated domains including finance, healthcare, and large-scale e-commerce. I stand out by combining hands-on automation with leadership—code reviews, mentoring, and quality-driven delivery.

Ahmad El-Aina

I’m a Senior QA Engineer with 10+ years of experience across web, mobile, and enterprise systems. I’ve led end-to-end QA ownership, built automation frameworks from scratch, and integrated them into CI/CD pipelines. My background spans regulated domains including finance, healthcare, and large-scale e-commerce. I stand out by combining hands-on automation with leadership—code reviews, mentoring, and quality-driven delivery.

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I’m a Senior QA Engineer with 10+ years of experience across web, mobile, and enterprise systems.
I’ve led end-to-end QA ownership, built automation frameworks from scratch, and integrated them into CI/CD pipelines.
My background spans regulated domains including finance, healthcare, and large-scale e-commerce.
I stand out by combining hands-on automation with leadership—code reviews, mentoring, and quality-driven delivery.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior QA Engineer at WeareCinco
April 1, 2025 - October 1, 2025
Leading the QA automation efforts, building the Playwright framework with BrowserStack integration from the ground up. Developed and maintained daily web and mobile smoke test suites to ensure stability prior to regression testing (UI & API). Integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions. Applied expertise in cross-platform test coverage and framework optimization to uphold high software quality.
Web/Mobile QA Engineer (Manual & Automation) at Compass Group
January 1, 2021 - April 1, 2025
End-to-end QA involvement for e-commerce native Android/iOS apps and a major web application. Automated selected regression and smoke test scenarios using Appium (Java) and Selenium (Java). Automated API tests using JavaScript in Postman. Documented requirements in Jira as Epics/User Stories, developed comprehensive Test Plans, created detailed test cases in ALM, and contributed to sprint planning and grooming. Created PoC for Selenium & Appium automation frameworks; integrated with CI/CD (Jenkins/Bitbucket).
QA Automation Engineer (Contract) at Loblaw Companies Limited
July 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Built and maintained Selenium automation framework from scratch with Java/Cucumber, including TestNG, Maven, Page Object, Log4J, Selenium Grid, Excel, Data-Driven testing, Extent Reports, MySQL, and AutoIT. Integrated with CI/CD (Jenkins and GitLab/Bitbucket). Identified automatable test cases from 1,300+ manual tests; developed automation scripts; cross-browser testing with Sauce Labs; API automation with Java REST; scripts scheduled in GitLab; produced HTML reports; mentored team; performed code reviews.
Capital Markets QA Analyst (with Python automation) (Contract) at Morgan Stanley
June 1, 2018 - July 1, 2019
QA for trading platforms; automated new functionalities using in-house Python framework; ensured data synchronization across trading platforms; documented requirements in ALM; delivered manual and automated tests; mentored new team members; participated in daily Agile/TFS; code reviews; produced comprehensive Confluence documentation.
Medical Device/ Health Care Software Verification and Validation Specialist at Conavi Medical
March 1, 2016 - May 1, 2018
Start-up QA infrastructure and validation for medical device software; wrote test plans and traceability matrices; logged ALM requirements; created detailed test cases covering smoke, component, integration, end-to-end, and sanity testing; GUI and medical image validation; hardware testing with phantoms; IEEE-style validation reports; regulatory compliance with ISO 13485, CFR Title 21 Part 820, FDA 510(k).
Blackberry Core Applications Verification & Validation Specialist at Blackberry
June 1, 2014 - February 1, 2016
Created and maintained test cases for Blackberry OS apps; functional testing from handheld and server perspectives; regression and integration testing; logged defects in Jira; agile participation and onboarding of new QA team members.
Wi-Fi QA Tester (Internship) at Blackberry
May 1, 2012 - September 1, 2012
Test planning, development, and execution of UMA/GAN features; white-box data flow analysis; defect reporting and verification; Jira defect tracking.
Software QA Test Engineer-(Internship) at Blue Coat Systems Inc.
May 1, 2011 - September 1, 2011
Functional testing on Proxy SG software products across Windows, Linux, and Mac; requirement gathering, test case creation, VMware-based environment setup; defect reporting in Bugzilla; contributed to product release testing.

Education

B.S. at American University of Beirut
January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2007
Advanced Diploma at Centennial College
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2014

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Healthcare, Financial Services