Ahmad K Al-Khateeb

System Engineer | Test Automation & Test Engineer | Scrum Master

Dedicated professional with over 10 years of experience in Agile companies. He is a passionate Test Manager and Tech Lead who is committed to helping teams and organizations implement and leverage industry best practices to achieve business objectives and enhance customer satisfaction. Ahmad has a strong leadership background, having held the role of Test Lead, Process developer, and DevOps Lead with a focus on quality first, in the software industry.

Previous roles

System Engineer

Tetra Pak | 2024 - Ongoing

As a consultant, my assignment at Tetra Pak as a Systems Engineer, I defined and managed system requirements, ensuring alignment across stakeholders and cascading them to technical teams for implementation. I led requirement fulfillment activities, including trade-off discussions and decisions with technical experts. I drove S-FMEA and defined clear engineering attributes for sub-systems, ensuring their practical interaction within the project. I also executed the verification & validation strategy and test plan, incorporating FMEA inputs to ensure comprehensive testing. Throughout the projects lifecycle, I monitored system and sub-system development status, presenting technical progress, risks, and mitigation plans at key checkpoints. I played a crucial role in leading technical risk management and requirement validation activities.

Process developer

Nexer Group | 2023 - 2024

As a consultant, my assignment at DRT Solutions, I collaborate with a compact development team, contributing to the enhancement of software development CI/CD processes. My roles encompass acting as a Scrum Master, Release Manager, Process Developer, Test Automation Engineer, Change Driver, and Test Manager. I designed and implemented the release process by first implementing industry best practises with pull requests, PR reviews, branching and branch protection. Also designed and implemented automated testing and automated lint, build, deploy and test the software. My toolbox have consisted of Cypress.io, GitHub, GitHub actions, and Jenkins.

Quality assurance lead

Bygghemma AB | 2022 - 2023

Responsible for the overall quality of eight e-commerce websites and all internal systems needed to maintain the business in high quality. Working directly under the CTO. Helped the team gain better understanding and implement automatic testing of front-end release builds. Also lead the organization in testing internal tools and components as well as exploratory testing of the e-commerce platforms.

Senior QA Engineer

Avalanche Studio | 2021

Focusing on manual testing of an "Early Access" video game produced in an in-house game engine. Finding, reporting, regressing, and closing bugs of any kind.

Embedded QA Engineer

Ghost Games | 2017-2018

Worked on the well-known game franchise of Need for Speed. Embedded in a feature team that focused on creating game events. Working alongside programmers, artists, and game and level designers, to take a feature from idea to production.

DevOps QA Engineer

Ubisoft Abu Dhabi | 2015-2017

Part of the DevOps team where I worked mainly alongside the Community Manager and Development QA. Validating issue reports of players and reporting back to the development team with as much info as I can find on the issue.

Junior QA Analyst

Massive Entertainment | 2014-2015

Worked in the Embedded Quality Assurance team as part of the Audio Testing team. Later worked with the Intellectual Property team to ensure alignment with the Tom Clancy franchise.

Education

Game Level Design

The Game Assembly | 2012-2014

Think of a video game level designer as the software architect for the game's world. They design the "levels" which are like individual programs within the game. They use the game's building blocks (mechanics, art, etc.) to create a sequence of challenges and experiences that keeps the player engaged. They focus on user flow, pacing, and functionality to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience from start to finish.

Military Officer

Military Academy of Halmstad | 2013-2014

Officer program in for the army in the Swedish Armed Forces, Tanks Division (Ingelstad and later Wartofta Company). The key takeaways from this into the civil world are mainly leadership training derived from evidance based research, discipline, and the ability to work under pressure. The ability to create and lead a team and make decisions that are in line with the mission goal.