Hi, I’m SHADI Al ZARA, a computer science engineer and software tester with a passion for building quality software. I specialise in test automation, API and UI testing, and CI/CD integration. I enjoy collaborating with DevOps and development teams to plan thorough test strategies and deliver reliable software on time. I’m dedicated to expanding my expertise in test automation and modern QA practices, and I’m fluent in Swedish and English with experience in Arabic and Turkish. I’m comfortable working remotely and across Sweden, including Stockholm City, Skånetrafiken, IKEA, and Resurs Bank projects, and I look forward to contributing to innovative, quality-driven teams.

SHADI Al ZARA

Hi, I’m SHADI Al ZARA, a computer science engineer and software tester with a passion for building quality software. I specialise in test automation, API and UI testing, and CI/CD integration. I enjoy collaborating with DevOps and development teams to plan thorough test strategies and deliver reliable software on time. I’m dedicated to expanding my expertise in test automation and modern QA practices, and I’m fluent in Swedish and English with experience in Arabic and Turkish. I’m comfortable working remotely and across Sweden, including Stockholm City, Skånetrafiken, IKEA, and Resurs Bank projects, and I look forward to contributing to innovative, quality-driven teams.

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Hi, I’m SHADI Al ZARA, a computer science engineer and software tester with a passion for building quality software. I specialise in test automation, API and UI testing, and CI/CD integration. I enjoy collaborating with DevOps and development teams to plan thorough test strategies and deliver reliable software on time.

I’m dedicated to expanding my expertise in test automation and modern QA practices, and I’m fluent in Swedish and English with experience in Arabic and Turkish. I’m comfortable working remotely and across Sweden, including Stockholm City, Skånetrafiken, IKEA, and Resurs Bank projects, and I look forward to contributing to innovative, quality-driven teams.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

Swedish
Fluent
English
Fluent
Arabic
Intermediate
Turkish
Intermediate

Work Experience

Test Automation Engineer at Stockholm City via TietoEvry
February 1, 2023 - Present
Collaborating as part of the DevOps & QA team, focusing on Stockholm City’s school platform. Planning the requirements and developing comprehensive test cases. Conducting API and system integration analysis. Analyzing and preparing test data. Developing frontend GUI automated tests using BDD techniques with C#, Selenium, SpecFlow and Gherkin. Executing automated tests locally and deploying them to the cloud environment. Maintaining automated tests that fail during test runs on the remote server. Regularly communicating with the development team, providing updates and reporting incidents.
Test Automation Engineer at Skånetrafiken via Stratiteq
January 1, 2022 - February 1, 2023
Collaborating as part of the test development team, focusing on Skånetrafiken’s ticketing system. Planning the requirements and developing comprehensive test cases. Conducting API and system integration analysis. Developing frontend GUI automated tests for the web application. Developing backend API automated tests for service clients. Developing Android automated tests for application validation. Executing automated tests locally and deploying them to the cloud environment. Maintaining automated tests that fail under nightly test run. Regularly communicating with the development team, providing updates and reporting incidents.
Test Engineer at IKEA via Capgemini
February 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021
Collaborating as part of the test team, focusing on Ikea’s payment system. Setting up and configuring the test environment. Planning the requirements and developing comprehensive test cases. Writing test cases depending on country requirements. Conducting API and system integration analysis. Executing tests using ALM. Regularly communicating with the development team, providing updates and reporting incidents.
Software QA/Tester (Internship) at Resurs Bank
September 1, 2020 - November 1, 2020
Collaborating as part of the test team, focusing on Resurs Bank’s Checkout Solution. Planning the requirements and developing test cases. Writing test cases according to requirements for the payment solution. Conducting API and system integration analysis. Performing manual testing (Exploratory) and automation testing. Implementing Web-based E2E automated tests in different environments using JavaScript, Selenium and TestCafe.

Education

Engineering in Computer Science & Telecom at Malmö University
September 1, 2011 - February 1, 2015
M.S Office 365, SharePoint, Project Management at Lexicon (Malmö)
July 1, 2015 - November 1, 2015
Software tester at EC Utbildning, Malmö
August 1, 2018 - December 1, 2020
Selenium and TestNG (Coursera) at Coursera (online)
April 1, 2021 - April 22, 2026

Qualifications

Selenium and TestNG (Coursera)
April 1, 2021 - April 22, 2026
Building test automation framework using Selenium and TestNG
April 1, 2021 - April 22, 2026
Advanced TestNG framework and integration with Selenium
April 1, 2021 - April 22, 2026
Scheduling Selenium TestNG tests via Jenkins CI/CD tool
April 1, 2021 - April 22, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Government, Professional Services

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate