
Amina Bousalem
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Salary / Daily rate
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Freelance
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About me
Intro
Senior QA Automation Engineer with 6+ years of expertise in fintech and banking platforms. Specialized in Playwright automation, API testing, and CI/CD integration, with proven success reducing manual testing effort while ensuring regulatory compliance for crypto payments and digital banking systems. Deliver robust test strategies that accelerate releases and maintain quality across web and mobile applications.
Work experience
Senior QA Automation Engineer
M2 Dubai
Jan 2023 - Sep 2025
2 years 9 months
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
– Led QA efforts for a crypto payment and digital-asset platform, focusing on wallet operations, secure transactions, and KYC compliance, which enabled early detection of critical defects and maintained regulatory compliance – Automated critical end-to-end user flows with Playwright, covering account setup, crypto deposits/withdrawals, staking, and wallet security, reducing manual testing effort and expanding test coverage – Developed and executed API test scenarios for authentication, transaction validation, and backend services using Postman, uncovering integration issues before release – Conducted manual testing on web and mobile (iOS & Android) applications to validate UI/UX consistency and device-specific behaviors, identifying UI inconsistencies that improved the user experience – Integrated automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline via Jenkins, ensuring rapid feedback and continuous delivery – Tracked and managed defects via Jira/Xray, working closely with developers and business teams to resolve issues aligned with fintech compliance – Participated in Agile ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives) and collaborated with cross-functional teams including compliance, marketing and product stakeholders – Maintained detailed test documentation, and facilitated QA onboarding and knowledge-sharing sessions
Quality Assurance Engineer
CFCAL BANK
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
2 years
– Led end-to-end testing, defined test strategies, created detailed test plans, and executed functional and regression test cases to ensure system reliability and compliance – Managed bug tracking and resolution using JIRA, ensuring timely identification, documentation, prioritization, and closure of defects – Worked closely with cross-functional teams including developers, business analysts, and product owners to align testing efforts with project goals and ensure smooth delivery – Coordinated and monitored UAT phases, validated acceptance criteria, and ensured comprehensive non-regression test coverage before production release – Produced and maintained clear documentation for test cases, results, and defect reports, facilitating transparency and effective knowledge sharing across teams
Technical consultant
Rothschild Martin Maurel Bank
Apr 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year 9 months
– Executed comprehensive tests for multi-channel e-banking platforms, ensuring high availability, performance, and a seamless user experience – Designed, maintained, and ran detailed test cases for multiple modules with Rest Assured and MySQL, boosting test coverage and enabling earlier defect detection – Partnered with international development, product, and QA teams to track, report, and resolve defects, accelerating delivery while aligning with business objectives – Monitored production logs and business data to track tickets and incidents, driving rapid root-cause analysis and resolution to maintain service continuity – Provided hands-on support to business teams for data extraction and validation, enabling timely decision-making and accurate operational reporting
Education
UNIVERSITE PARIS SUD Orsay
Master's degree, Software Engineering
2015 - 2018
3 years 1 month
– Coursework: Developpement, testing, webservices, algorithm....