AMRO ELBADRI
Riyadh
Summary
Quality Engineering Leader with 18 years of experience delivering enterprise-scale quality governance, release readiness, and risk-based testing across large-scale government and enterprise programs in Saudi Arabia. Proven expertise in defining end-to-end testing strategies, including System Integration Testing (SIT), Non-Functional Testing (NFT), Performance Engineering, and enterprise release governance.
Experienced in building and scaling multi-stream QA capabilities, managing distributed teams between KSA and Egypt, and driving shift-left quality practices across complex delivery environments. Passionate about leveraging AI-assisted testing workflows and data-driven insights to enable resilient, scalable, and high-confidence digital releases.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Technical Test Lead
Integrant
2014.01
Head of Quality Engineering / Test Manager
pulse by solutions (formerly Giza Arabia)
Riyadh
2024.01 - 2026.05
- Strategic Delivery: Led Quality Engineering delivery across multiple national and regulatory programs including ZATCA, MEP, HRDF UDE, SDAIA, E-Sports, and IMO initiatives.
- Capability Building: Built and managed distributed Quality Engineering teams across Saudi Arabia and Egypt covering Functional, E2E, Performance, Automation, and Data Testing streams, optimizing resource utilization and delivery capacity.
- Data-Driven Quality: Established and scaled Data Testing capabilities, integrating data quality practices into enterprise testing, release readiness, and governance frameworks.
- Governance & Release Readiness: Directed end-to-end testing activities, defect management, release readiness, and risk-based quality assessments, providing quality visibility and delivery risk insights to PMO, clients, and senior stakeholders.
- Innovation & Shift-Left Quality: Championed shift-left quality initiatives leveraging AI-assisted testing workflows (using n8n and local LLMs) to support requirement reviews and test case generation in Jira, heavily reducing manual testing effort and protecting margins.
Test Manager
Solutions by STC
Riyadh
2021.09 - 2024.01
- Change Management & Integration: Led the consolidation and integration of testing teams during organizational restructuring, establishing unified quality practices and delivery governance across distributed teams.
- Team Scaling & Capacity: Built and scaled distributed Quality Engineering capabilities across Saudi Arabia and Egypt to support multiple concurrent enterprise delivery streams.
- Regulatory Compliance Delivery: Led quality engineering and compliance testing activities for national regulatory initiatives, including the ZATCA E-Invoicing (Zakat QR Code) compliance program.
- Quality Gates & Governance: Enforced release readiness criteria, quality gates, and risk-based testing practices, providing quality visibility and risk assessments to support go/no-go decisions and production stability.
Quality Team Leader
Communications, Space & Technology Commission(CST)
Riyadh
2017.02 - 2021.08
- QA Function Establishment: Established and scaled the Quality Engineering function from the ground up within a highly regulated government environment, defining testing standards, governance frameworks, and enterprise quality practices.
- Vendor Management & Acceptance: Acted as the client-side quality authority representing the regulator, overseeing third-party vendor delivery, SLA compliance, UAT activities, and formal acceptance processes.
- Enterprise Quality Oversight: Directed quality oversight across a portfolio of 52+ regulatory digital services, including mobile applications, licensing, complaints, and number portability systems.
- Risk Management & Release Readiness: Led go-live approvals and release readiness assessments, evaluating delivery risks and enforcing enterprise quality standards to ensure production stability and service reliability.
Performance / Technical Test Lead
National Information Center (NIC)
Riyadh
2014.12 - 2017.02
- Performance Engineering & Resilience: Led non-functional testing strategies including load, stress, and performance testing to validate the scalability, resilience, and stability of mission-critical government systems.
- Technical Quality Leadership: Directed technical testing and performance engineering activities across enterprise platforms, identifying system bottlenecks and supporting performance optimization initiatives.
- Data-Driven Release Readiness: Assessed system behavior under peak workloads, translating performance metrics and testing insights into release readiness evaluations and production risk assessments.
QA Engineer / Test Lead
Asset Technology Group
2008.01 - 2014.01
- Client: Etisalat Egypt
Education
B.Sc. - Computer Engineering
2001.01 - 2006.01
Skills
- Strategic Quality Governance & Risk Management: Release readiness, Go/no-go decisions, and risk-based testing
- Performance Engineering & Resilience: Load, stress, and scalability testing for mission-critical systems
- Shift-Left Quality & Innovation: AI-driven testing workflows (n8n, local LLMs), and requirement ambiguity analysis
- End-to-End Test Strategy: System Integration Testing (SIT), Non-functional Testing (NFT), and Data Testing
- Test Automation & CI/CD: Modular automation frameworks, API testing, and microservices architecture integration
- Leadership & Capability Building: Scaling distributed Quality Engineering teams across multiple streams
- Vendor & Capacity Management: Overseeing third-party delivery, SLA compliance, and hybrid delivery models
Certification
- ISTQB Foundation Level (CTFL)
- ISTQB Certified Test Manager (CTAL-TM)
- ISTQB Advanced Level Test Analyst (CTAL-TA)
- Certified Tester – AI
- Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
- SAFe Agilist
- ITIL v4
Timeline
Head of Quality Engineering / Test Manager
pulse by solutions (formerly Giza Arabia)
2024.01 - 2026.05
Test Manager
Solutions by STC
2021.09 - 2024.01
Quality Team Leader
Communications, Space & Technology Commission(CST)
2017.02 - 2021.08
Performance / Technical Test Lead
National Information Center (NIC)
2014.12 - 2017.02
Technical Test Lead
Integrant
2014.01
QA Engineer / Test Lead
Asset Technology Group
2008.01 - 2014.01
B.Sc. - Computer Engineering
2001.01 - 2006.01