Feras Sami Asfour
Amman
Summary
Experienced and certified Senior Quality Engineer with over 7 years of success driving quality across complex digital products. Specialized in end-to-end testing, Agile delivery, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure seamless, high-performance web and mobile experiences. Proven ability to lead QA teams, optimize testing strategies, and align product quality with business goals. Skilled in API testing, CI/CD integration, and analytics-based QA validation using tools like Postman, Firebase, and Jenkins. Holds certifications including ISTQB CTFL, PSM, PMP, and CCNA. Recognized for strong communication, problem-solving, and a passion for delivering reliable, scalable, user-centered solutions.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Quality Engineer
Shahid
Amman, Jordan
05.2021 - 02.2025
- Team Leadership & Task Management: Led the QA team by effectively distributing tasks, ensuring high-quality deliverables, and continuously enhancing team performance and testing standards.
- End-to-End Testing Ownership: Spearheaded full-cycle testing of web and mobile applications, guaranteeing seamless and consistent user experiences across various platforms and devices.
- Functional, Regression & Integration Testing: Executed thorough functional, regression, UI/UX, and integration tests to validate system features and ensure software behavior aligned with specifications.
- Test Planning & Documentation: Designed, maintained, and executed comprehensive test plans and cases tailored to evolving product requirements and release timelines.
- System Integration Verification: Conducted detailed integration testing to validate interactions between internal components and third-party services, ensuring platform stability.
- Backend & Authentication Validation: Collaborated with backend teams to validate login mechanisms, session flows, content delivery, and secure data transactions.
- Payment Gateway Testing: Debugged and tested a variety of payment methods-including iTunes, Google Pay, credit cards, and Mobile Pay-addressing edge cases and ensuring transaction reliability.
Principal Quality Engineer (Remote)
Nextwo Office - Tawal
09.2025 - Current
- Lead QA strategy and governance for Employee Portal (Sufara), ERP systems, and Customer Portal across Web, iOS, and Android platforms.
- Manage QA activities across all SDLC phases, ensuring alignment with business requirements and release timelines.
- Design, implement, and maintain UI automation test suites using Playwright and Selenium (Python).
- Drive automated regression testing strategy and integrate automated tests within CI/CD pipelines.
- Define QA processes, test plans, entry/exit criteria, and act as final authority for release sign-off.
- Lead and mentor QA engineers, establishing automation standards and best practices.
- Oversee end-to-end integration testing across interconnected enterprise systems, validating data integrity and role-based access.
- Analyze backend logs and API traffic for anomalies and security gaps.
- Validate secure data flow and access control across systems.
- Collaborate with backend teams on session handling and API security.
Quality Engineer
Blue TV
Remote
01.2020 - 04.2021
- Full-Cycle QA for Streaming Platforms: Conducted manual and automated testing for OTT media applications on web and mobile platforms, ensuring seamless performance across varied network conditions.
- Test Planning & Execution: Developed detailed test cases, regression plans, and release checklists to validate new features and ensure overall system stability.
- Bug Tracking & Issue Resolution: Identified and documented high-impact defects, working closely with developers and product managers to prioritize and resolve issues efficiently.
- Agile Collaboration: Participated in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to ensure quality requirements were addressed early in the development lifecycle.
- UI/UX Validation: Conducted hands-on UI/UX testing to ensure alignment with modern design standards and enhance the user experience.
- Streaming Performance Testing: Assessed playback quality, buffering efficiency, and adaptive bitrate handling under real-world usage scenarios.
- Backend & API Testing: Validated API integrations to ensure stable communication between frontend and backend components, particularly in content delivery and user authentication.
- QA Documentation: Maintained clear, organized QA documentation to improve traceability and support team-wide knowledge sharing.
- Process Improvement: Proposed and implemented improvements to QA workflows and test coverage, contributing to shorter release cycles and better product quality.
Quality Engineer
M-Studio
Amman, Jordan
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Multi-Platform QA Ownership: Led quality assurance efforts across multiple client projects including web portals, mobile apps, and e-commerce platforms.
- Manual Testing & Defect Management: Created and executed test cases, tracked bugs using JIRA, and worked closely with cross-functional teams to resolve issues quickly and efficiently.
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Organized and facilitated UAT sessions with stakeholders to validate business logic and gather actionable feedback before go-live.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with developers and UI/UX designers to ensure final products met quality standards and visual consistency across platforms.
- Agile Participation: Took part in agile ceremonies and provided input during sprint planning and reviews to ensure realistic quality timelines.
- End-to-End Testing: Delivered comprehensive functional, usability, exploratory, and regression testing to guarantee product readiness at every stage.
- QA Standards Improvement: Helped establish QA processes and best practices, raising the quality bar for client deliverables.
Network Engineer
Zain Jo
Amman, Jordan
05.2017 - 11.2018
- Enterprise Network Operations: Managed and maintained Cisco-based networks with VLAN, RIP, OSPF, VTP, and DTP configurations to support business continuity.
- Troubleshooting & Stability: Diagnosed and resolved complex network issues, reducing downtime and ensuring consistent internal connectivity.
- Security & Infrastructure Support: Collaborated on firewall setup, VPN configurations, and infrastructure upgrades to enhance security and support remote access.
- API & Performance Testing: Performed API validations, security testing, and performance benchmarking using industry-standard tools such as Postman, Charles Proxy, and Fiddler.
- Media Streaming Quality Assurance: Executed media playback and streaming tests including DRM and AES encryption validation to ensure protected, high-quality content delivery.
- CI/CD Support & Automation Readiness: Worked within CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab), supporting automated test execution and streamlined deployment processes.
- Data Analytics-Driven QA: Utilized tools like Firebase, CleverTap, Google Analytics, Youbora, and Appsflyer to inform QA decisions and validate user behavior metrics.
- Agile Collaboration: Participated actively in Agile ceremonies, collaborating cross-functionally with developers, product managers, and designers to track, report, and resolve issues efficiently.
- Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Mentored junior QA engineers, driving best practice adoption, technical growth, and a culture of collaboration and quality.
- QA Process Optimization: Continuously refined testing methodologies, documentation standards, and QA workflows to improve scalability, test coverage, and release confidence.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Software Engineering
Zarqa University
Zarqa, Jordan10-2018
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Testing
- Manual Testing
- Automated Testing
- Functional Testing
- Regression Testing
- Integration Testing
- API Testing
- Test Case Design
- Test Case Execution
- Cross-Platform Testing
- Cross-Browser Testing
- DRM Validation
- AES Encryption Validation
- Scrum
- Agile Methodologies
- Sprint Planning
- Retrospectives
- User Story Validation
- Acceptance Criteria
- Defect Reporting
- Defect Tracking
- JIRA
- UAT Coordination
- Sign-off
- Jenkins
- GitLab Integration
- Release Validation
- Smoke Testing
- Collaboration
- DevOps
- Backend Teams
- Automated Deployment Pipelines
- Firebase
- Appsflyer
- Youbora
- Google Analytics
- CleverTap
- Data-Driven QA
- User Behavior Analysis
- Team Mentoring
- Knowledge Sharing
- Cross-Functional Teamwork
- QA Process Improvement
- Communication
- Stakeholder Reporting
Certification
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM) - Certified
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA R&S) - Certified
- IoT & Cloud Computing - Certified
- CompTIA A+ - Certified
- ISTQB CTFL
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
Languages
Arabic
English
Core Skills
Manual & Automated Testing, Functional, Regression & Integration Testing, API Testing (Postman, Charles Proxy, Fiddler), Test Case Design & Execution, Cross-Platform & Cross-Browser Testing, DRM & AES Encryption Validation, Scrum & Agile Methodologies, Sprint Planning & Retrospectives, User Story Validation & Acceptance Criteria, Defect Reporting & Tracking (JIRA), UAT Coordination & Sign-off, Jenkins & GitLab Integration, Release Validation & Smoke Testing, Collaboration with DevOps & Backend Teams, Support for Automated Deployment Pipelines, Firebase, Appsflyer, Youbora, Google Analytics & CleverTap, Data-Driven QA & User Behavior Analysis, Team Mentoring & Knowledge Sharing, Cross-Functional Teamwork, QA Process Improvement, Communication & Stakeholder Reporting
Timeline
Principal Quality Engineer (Remote)
Nextwo Office - Tawal
09.2025 - Current
Senior Quality Engineer
Shahid
05.2021 - 02.2025
Quality Engineer
Blue TV
01.2020 - 04.2021
Quality Engineer
M-Studio
01.2019 - 01.2021
Network Engineer
Zain Jo
05.2017 - 11.2018
Bachelor's Degree - Software Engineering
Zarqa University