Ziad Tawfeek
About Ziad Tawfeek
Ziad Tawfeek is a Software Development Engineer in Test at Delivery Hero in Berlin, Germany, with a background in test automation and quality assurance.
Title
Ziad Tawfeek holds the position of Software Development Engineer In Test. Currently, he is employed at Delivery Hero in Berlin, Germany.
Professional Experience
Ziad Tawfeek has diverse experience in the field of software testing and automation. He worked as an Engineering Manager at Trella for 9 months between 2021 and 2022 in Cairo, Egypt. Prior to that, he served as a Test Automation Engineer at Trella for a year from 2020 to 2021. Additionally, he held a position at FREE NOW in the Barcelona Area, Spain as a Software Development Engineer in Test for 3 months in 2020. Ziad also worked at Instabug as a QA/Test Automation Engineer from 2017 to 2019. His earlier experience includes working as a Test Engineer at _VOIS from 2015 to 2017, and as a Quality Control Engineer at Link Development from 2013 to 2015, all based in Cairo, Egypt.
Education
Ziad Tawfeek has a strong academic background in computer science. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Ain Shams University, where he studied from 2009 to 2013. His earlier education was at Omar Ibn El Khattab Language School, where he studied Mathematics and completed his General Secondary Education between 1998 and 2009.
Key Projects and Initiatives
Throughout his career, Ziad Tawfeek has been involved in significant projects and initiatives. He contributed to early versions of Instabug and played a crucial role in reducing Firebase Test Lab costs by approximately 42% through the migration to ARM-based emulators. He developed an instant Slack alerting system to notify teams about test failures and built a Looker Studio dashboard to monitor test failure statistics, including costs, duration, and reasons for failures. Additionally, he participated in managing app releases for around 10 brands used by approximately 10 million riders. Ziad also reduced the test failure rate to roughly 53% by migrating the test infrastructure to local mocks.
Personal Blog
Ziad Tawfeek maintains a personal blog where he writes about software engineering and other related subjects. His blog serves as a platform for sharing his knowledge and insights with a broader audience, providing valuable information and thought leadership in the field of software testing and automation.