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Tarik Barka — Freelance QA Engineer | E2E & Software Quality Expert
🔍 Looking for a freelance QA capable of securing your critical applications?
🕵️‍♂️ Hello, I'mTarik — QA Engineer, and I ensure quality is never an option.
đź’Ľ My journey, from mechanical engineering to software engineering, is guided by rigor, curiosity, and the desire to build better. For 8 years, I managed complex projects in the automotive industry (design, R&D, quality), a demanding environment that taught me to combine precision, methodology, and product vision.
🎯 Today, I apply this rigor to the digital world.
On a freelance assignment at TotalEnergies, I specialize inend-to-end testing on critical value chains.
- My role: ensure the fluidity and reliability of interactions between systems like Dynamics, Salesforce, SAP, and payment systems —to prevent costly regressions and secure the user experience.
🧠What I bring to my assignments:
- A dual engineering & IT background, to effectively communicate with business and technical teams
- A quality-oriented approach focused on value and continuous improvement
- Strong adaptability in agile and multicultural environments
- Expertise in project management and cross-functional communication, as essential as testing
- A global vision of E2E processes, enabling a 360° view of the user journey and critical points to secure
đź’¬ Passionate about QA and innovation, I'm always open to discussing your digital projects or challenges.
My inbox is open!
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Arabic
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km), Strasbourg (up to 50km)
Experience
- TotalEnergies SEQA TesterENERGY AND UTILITIESJuly 2023 - Today (3 years and 1 month)Paris, Franceđź’ˇ Context:
- On assignment at **TotalEnergies**, I leverage my experience to protect the company's critical value chains. **Specializing in end-to-end testing**, I ensure the reliability of interactions between key systems like Salesforce, SAP, and payment processing, thereby preventing costly regressions.
🎯 Main Missions:*Test Strategy Definition:Design and deployment of E2E strategies for critical projects, significantly improving delivery quality and reducing the risk of production regressions.*Test Coordination:Orchestration of test campaigns with subsidiary teams (BENELUX, Germany) and stakeholders to ensure smooth and complete user journey validation.*Continuous Improvement:Optimization of testing processes to accelerate validation cycles and enhance QA efficiency.*Reporting and Decision Making:Implementation of transparent quality reporting to inform management decisions and active participation in GO/NO GO validations.*Specific Tests:Validation of complex hardware/software interactions in the lab (payment systems, EV services).🛠️ Tools & Environments:- Jira, Xray, Confluence, ALM Quality Center, SNOW, Notion, Teams
- Salesforce, Dynamics, SAP, payment systems, EV services, Billing
- FoodEatUpTechno-Functional QAE-COMMERCEJanuary 2023 - March 2023 (2 months)Paris, France💡Context:Fast-growing foodtech startup — Participation in the development of a digital platform in an agile and dynamic environment.🎯Main Missions:
- Analysis of functional specifications and definition of the test strategy
- Design and execution of test cases, UAT, and API tests via Postman
- Anomaly tracking and implementation of a weekly dashboard
- Writing of the acceptance report and active participation in agile ceremonies
🧠What I brought:→ A structured quality approach in a startup context→ Smooth communication with product and tech teams→ Ability to formalize and track QA indicators🛠️Tools & Environments:- Postman, Jira, Notion, Confluence | API, web platform
- Magna InternationalAutomotive Engineer & ConsultantAUTOMOBILEJanuary 2013 - January 2022 (9 years)91570 Bièvres, FranceProject Management- Leading technical meetings- Monitoring performance indicators (KPIs)- Managing a team of consultants based in Morocco- Project reporting & Guaranteeing deliverable progress- Writing training materialsAutomotive Engineering- Management and coordination of implementation studies (design, analysis)- Guaranteeing development quality- Retrospectives after each 3D environment delivery- Risk analysis & Improvement of existing processes- Assembly tests – Prototyping – Robustness costing- Clients: PSA (France & China, Korea, Japan) – Renault (France & Morocco)IT & Quality- Reporting, analysis & tracking of anomalies- Exploratory testing on digital mock-ups & 2D plans- Development of a computer application using VBA/CatiaTools: Catia V5/V6 - Teams - Office 365 - Vb/Vba - PLM - 3DCOM
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Education
- Certified ISTQB-CFTL Software Tester3i School2022Testeur Logiciel certifié ISTQB-CFTL
- Mechanical and Production EngineerInstitut Supérieur d'Etudes Logistiques2015Ingénieur Mécanique et Production
Certifications
- ISTQB CertificationGASQ2023
- CATIA V5 Professional Certification "PART DESIGN Specialist"Dassault2012