Omar Tayel

QA Engineer with over a decade across software and video games. I build QA from scratch and find the edge case before your users do.

Omar Tayel
01 about

Quality is a habit, not a phase gate.

I'm Omar, a QA Engineer based in Hamburg with over a decade in quality assurance. I started in games QA in 2014, coordinating tester teams for AAA multiplayer titles, and grew from there into software QA across mobile apps, VR and fintech.

Today I own quality at 21bitcoin, where I built the entire QA function from scratch: test strategy, processes and best practices, UI automation with Maestro, plus backend, API and performance testing, all wired into the CI/CD pipeline.

I read specs the way testers do, hunting for the edge case nobody wrote down, and I care about shipping software that survives contact with real users. In four languages, if it has to.

12
+ years in QA
6
QA roles held
4
languages spoken
1
QA dept built from scratch
02 experience

Where I've shipped quality

21bitcoin
Remote · Salzburg, AT
03.2025 - Present
QA Engineer Current
  • Built and drove the entire QA function from scratch: processes, test plans and best practices
  • Automated UI testing with Maestro plus API and performance testing, integrated into CI/CD
  • Ran load, scalability and stress tests to validate performance under real conditions
K5 Factory GmbH
Remote · Munich, DE
10.2024 - 02.2025
QA Manager
  • Led QA for the VR title Oktoberfest: The Official Game
  • Built test plans from spec and drove early bug-prevention techniques
  • Managed the QA team; E2E analytics testing in an Agile SCRUM setup with JIRA & Confluence
Callosum Software GmbH
Remote · Berlin, DE
03.2022 - 06.2024
QA Engineer
  • Regression & feature testing for the Tellonym and Quokka apps
  • Wrote test cases from specs, executed test scripts, ran E2E analytics testing
  • Maintained the Arabic localization; SCRUM with Asana & ClickUp
DAQA
Remote · Freelance
07.2020 - Present
QA Lead
  • Moderate testers on upcoming AAA multiplayer PC titles
  • Stress, gameplay, smoke, UX/UI, balance, regression and map testing
  • Manage and allocate tasks across the QA team

Also freelance games QA since 2014: QA Moderator at VMC and QA Tester at UserTesting (4.5/5 rating).

03 capabilities

What I bring to a team

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Quality Assurance

  • Test strategy & planning
  • Regression & feature testing
  • E2E analytics testing
  • Exploratory & UX/UI testing
  • Reproducible bug reports
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Automation & Performance

  • Maestro (mobile UI)
  • Backend & integration testing
  • API testing
  • Load, scalability & stress testing
  • CI/CD integration
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Tooling & Process

  • Git version control
  • JIRA & Confluence
  • Asana / ClickUp / Notion
  • MySQL
  • Agile / SCRUM
also: AWS (Cognito, DynamoDB) C / C++ App localization Windows / macOS Android / iOS Process documentation
04 languages

Languages

English C2
Near-native · full professional
Arabic Native
Mother tongue
German B2
Professional working proficiency
French A2
Conversational basics
05 contact
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Let's work together

Whether it's a QA challenge, a collaboration, or just talking shop, I'm easy to reach. Based in Hamburg, working remotely across the EU.