Hello! I’m Baraa Issa, a Senior QA Engineer with seven years of experience testing mainframe, client-server, and web-based financial and e-commerce systems in the Capital Markets domain. I’m dedicated to ensuring quality and release readiness across complex applications, collaborating closely with product, development, and business teams to deliver robust software solutions. I’m passionate about building solid automation, executing comprehensive test strategies, and continuously improving testing processes. I enjoy bridging gaps between requirements and implementation, and I thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments where quality is a shared responsibility.

Baraa Issa

Hello! I’m Baraa Issa, a Senior QA Engineer with seven years of experience testing mainframe, client-server, and web-based financial and e-commerce systems in the Capital Markets domain. I’m dedicated to ensuring quality and release readiness across complex applications, collaborating closely with product, development, and business teams to deliver robust software solutions. I’m passionate about building solid automation, executing comprehensive test strategies, and continuously improving testing processes. I enjoy bridging gaps between requirements and implementation, and I thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments where quality is a shared responsibility.

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Hello! I’m Baraa Issa, a Senior QA Engineer with seven years of experience testing mainframe, client-server, and web-based financial and e-commerce systems in the Capital Markets domain. I’m dedicated to ensuring quality and release readiness across complex applications, collaborating closely with product, development, and business teams to deliver robust software solutions.

I’m passionate about building solid automation, executing comprehensive test strategies, and continuously improving testing processes. I enjoy bridging gaps between requirements and implementation, and I thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments where quality is a shared responsibility.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

Arabic
Fluent
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior QA Engineer at Majed Alfutaim MAF
May 1, 2022 - Present
Responsible for testing several new and existing products, performing systems, unit, performance, load, regression, and stress testing. Delivered quality summary testing reports for release readiness and distributed to company executives. Developed, executed and maintained automation scripts for a login web application. Participated in regression test case reviews and sprint demos with internal/external stakeholders. Attended sprint retrospectives and created smoke test checklists for build acceptance.
Senior QA engineer at MBC Group
May 1, 2022 - October 12, 2025
Backend quality engineer on shahid.net. Raised defects into JIRA and worked with the development team for graceful closure. Regularly attended daily standups, broke up user stories into technical tasks with a testing perspective, provided test scenarios and test cases with traceability to requirements, executed manual test cases, and participated in requirements/design reviews and cross-browser/DB testing. Created smoke tests for build acceptance.
QA automation engineer at LIWWA Inc
May 1, 2020 - October 12, 2025
Analyzed business requirements and use cases; identified test cases to automate and developed automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver with Java. Built a functional testing framework using TestNG and maintained automated scripts with Java; contributed to test strategy and infrastructure to support Test Plans, Cases, Scenarios and Scripts. Involved in updating automation scripts for enhanced requirements using Selenium WebDriver and Python.
QA engineer at BlueKangaroo
June 1, 2018 - October 12, 2025
Manual testing of API and frontend for an e-commerce platform; verified API endpoints using Postman, Fiddler, and Swagger; documented product requirements and test artifacts; involved in automation by contributing to an automated API testing project using Jasmine (and related tooling). Tested on Android and iOS devices as part of cross-platform validation.
Quality Control Engineer at Acorna Solutions
June 1, 2018 - October 12, 2025
Testing ERP Desktop application across regular and customization modules. Executed multiple testing types (Smoke, Regression, Black Box, Integration, etc.) to ensure customer requirements were met and functionality validated.
Senior QA Engineer at Majed Al-Futtaim (MAF)
May 1, 2022 - Present
Responsible for testing several new and existing products performing systems, unit, performance, load, regression, and stress testing. Delivered quality summary testing reports that determined product quality and release readiness and distributed to company executives. Developed, executed and maintained automation scripts for a login web application. Participated in reviews of regression test cases and other documents related to the product. Participated in sprint demo meetings with internal/external stakeholders. Attended sprint retrospective meetings with the scrum team. Created checklists and executed smoke tests for build acceptance.
Senior QA Engineer at MBC Group
May 1, 2022 - October 12, 2025
Backend quality engineer for shahid.net. Raised defects into JIRA effectively and worked with the development team for graceful closure of defects. Regularly attended daily standups, breaking up user stories into technical tasks with a testing perspective. Provided test scenarios and test cases with traceability to requirements. Created and maintained test plans and documents; interacted with Clients and Business Analysts for requirements gathering. Performed manual testing for backend modules and developed test case design from complex business rules; participated in requirements/design reviews and coordinated with Functional, Regression, and Compatibility testing; created smoke tests for build acceptance.
QA Automation Engineer at LIWWA Inc
May 1, 2020 - October 12, 2025
Analyzed business and functional requirements, identified test cases to automate, and developed automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Java. Built the functional testing framework using TestNG and wrote automated scripts with Java. Defined test strategy and infrastructure to support test documentation, plans, cases, and scripts. Developed a test automation framework using Selenium WebDriver and Java (JUnit annotations). Executed automation scripts and updated them to reflect enhanced requirements using Selenium WebDriver and Python.
QA Engineer at BlueKangaroo
June 1, 2018 - October 12, 2025
Manual testing: tested APIs and frontend across multiple platforms (Postman, Fiddler, Swagger) and validated data retrieval. Tested handheld devices (Android, iOS) and authored full system documentation. Automation: contributed to building a full automated API testing project using Jasmine/JavaScript and supporting tools. Conducted product/offer sourcing testing and ensured cross-browser and cross-device compatibility.
Quality Control Engineer at Acorna Solutions
June 1, 2018 - October 12, 2025
Worked on ERP desktop application, understanding ERP business roles and requirements to ensure alignment with customer needs. Conducted Smoke, Regression, Black Box, and Integration testing across modules, validating that developed features met customer requirements.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Software Engineer at Albalqa applied university
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering at Al-Balqa' Applied University, Amman, Jordan
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2015

Qualifications

CTFL ISTQP (certificate)
January 11, 2030 - October 12, 2025
CTFL
January 11, 2030 - October 12, 2025
ISTQP certificate
January 11, 2030 - October 12, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services