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Senior Integration & QA Automation Engineer

Faris
Khaleel

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I design and test integrations where reliability is non-negotiable—powering critical systems across APIs, platforms, and large-scale environments.

Abu Dhabi, UAE
Faris Khaleel
Open to roles
Integration · QA · Product
4+ Years Exp.
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I specialize in complex integrations
where failure is not acceptable.

  • Led API integrations across 17 insurers and 7 government entities — from schema design through production validation, across UAE and KSA
  • Built QA automation from scratch — covering 500+ endpoints and 200+ performance-tested APIs, simulating up to 3,000 concurrent users
  • Delivered systems handling millions of requests per hour across Insurtech, Proptech, and WellnessTech platforms

Integrations fail silently and at the worst times. I build the validation infrastructure that catches failures before production — and the automation that keeps them from coming back.

API Ecosystem Design

Architecting scalable integration schemas that translate partner requirements into production-grade APIs.

Performance Testing

Load & stress testing at scale — millions of requests/hour, realistic traffic patterns, full observability.

AI-Powered Automation

Built AI-powered OCR and documentation tools that cut manual integration onboarding effort significantly.

QA Leadership

From test strategy to production sign-off — establishing QA from zero at startups and enterprises.

Skills & Expertise

Core Expertise

Supporting Tools

Databases & Data

PostgreSQL BigQuery Snowflake MongoDB Oracle DB ElasticSearch MS SQL Server

Infrastructure & CI/CD

Docker Jenkins AWS Azure DevOps Kafka Git / GitHub Linux

Platforms & Tools

Jira (Admin) Figma Looker Studio TestFairy TestFlight Confluence

Selected Work

Production systems. Real constraints. Business impact.

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Measurable Engineering Impact

160+
APIs Integrated & Validated
17
Insurance Partners Onboarded
500+
Endpoints Under Automated Test
3,000+
Concurrent Virtual Users Simulated
120K
Property Listings Tested
7
Government Entities Integrated

Where I've Shipped

Integration Engineer

Shory Insurance Brokers (First.tech Group)
Nov 2024 — Present Abu Dhabi, UAE
Insurtech
  • Onboarded 17 insurance companies end-to-end — Motor, Health, and Travel across UAE & KSA
  • Designed and validated 160+ API integrations, and integrating with 7 government entities (UAE & KSA regulatory entities)
  • Built AI-powered OCR system and documentation platform, accelerating partner onboarding
  • Implemented automation workflows for API testing, improving reliability and engineering velocity
  • Led technical discussions on API design, failure investigation, and root cause analysis
Core Postman SoapUI Newman Python JavaScript
Supporting Azure DevOps Docker SQL Jira Figma

Quality Assurance Engineer

Skyloov Property Portal
Jul 2023 — Oct 2024 Dubai, UAE
Proptech
  • Built API regression automation covering 500+ backend endpoints as sole QA engineer in a 12-person startup
  • Designed performance tests for 200+ APIs simulating 1,000 concurrent users — established first-ever performance baselines
  • Supported launch of platform managing ~120K property listings across 3 apps (web, iOS, Android)
  • Validated AI-powered chatbot for property search and Kafka async workflows with ElasticSearch
Core Postman Gatling Grafana Newman
Supporting ElasticSearch Kafka PostgreSQL MongoDB AWS Docker Jenkins

Data Quality Engineer

Aspire IT Services — WeightWatchers Project
Jan 2023 — Feb 2024 Amman, Jordan
WellnessTech
  • Automated ETL validation checks using Python across Snowflake, BigQuery, and Oracle environments
  • Validated analytics and reporting datasets for a global platform — schema checks, reconciliation, duplicate detection
  • Tested and validated BI dashboard migration from DSS Reporting to Looker Studio
Core BigQuery Snowflake Python SQL
Supporting Oracle DB MongoDB Looker Studio Git

Performance Engineer

Aspire IT Services
Oct 2022 — Jan 2023 Amman, Jordan
Performance
  • Simulated 3,000 concurrent virtual users, generating millions of API requests per hour across microservices
  • Identified performance bottlenecks using Grafana and New Relic; collaborated with engineering on remediation
  • Automated Gatling report publishing via GitHub Pages for team-wide post-test visibility
Core Gatling (Scala) Grafana New Relic
Supporting AWS Docker Jenkins Cypress Google Lighthouse

QA Engineer

Aspire IT Services
Jul 2022 — Sep 2022 Amman, Jordan
QA
  • Functional and API testing for mobile apps and backend services
  • Built Postman scripts for API validation; sprint testing in Agile environment
Core Postman Jira Charles Proxy
Supporting Swagger PostgreSQL Confluence

Education and beyond work

Bachelor's in Computer Science

University of Jordan

Feb 2018 — Jul 2022

Toastmasters International

Member — 3+ years across Amman, Dubai & Abu Dhabi

Awarded Best Prepared Speaker — 195th Club Session

Ready to Work Together?

Open to senior integration, QA automation, and API engineering roles across the UAE and beyond.
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