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Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Unlock employer Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 14 Jul 2026

Financial

  • Estimate: $70k - $90k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Office Only
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

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At the company, we believe in connecting the world, to and through our global hub in Dubai, and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers 'Fly Better'. The company Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology. Being pioneers in aviation innovation, we're always at the forefront, pushing boundaries. We are on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry. As Lead Quality Assurance Engineer, you will design, develop and implement quality engineering practices and processes for teams within an agile release train in accordance with quality standards and best practice guidelines. Ensure adoption of modern delivery practices for quality products and services built using world-class engineering practices. Responsibilities include: - Working closely with project members, technical product owners, architects, and software engineers to understand the complete context of deliveries and translate complex functional and non-functional requirements into robust end-to-end tests. - Liaising with other release train teams to manage the testing of cross dependencies. - Ensuring Test Tools are configured correctly to support the collection of metrics for program and enterprise-wide dashboards. - Supporting and guiding Software Engineers to write and maintain automated functional tests through continuous integration. - Implementing, maintaining, and adapting automation frameworks and test harnesses to make end-to-end tests robust. - Ensuring Quality Gate requirements are understood by the team and met. - Supporting the Principal Quality Assurance Engineer with the coordination of major delivery initiatives across multiple domains and environments, ensuring no customer or business impact. - Supporting the team in their development, training, and understanding of technologies and processes. Requirements include a Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or relevant experience, with 5+ years in quality engineering roles involving the building of complex, scalable software solutions in digital, data, or enterprise domains. Candidates should have experience in leading and mentoring QA engineers, establishing automation and coding best practices, and driving quality across the SDLC. Strong experience in automation frameworks and continuous testing implementation is necessary, along with technical expertise in: - Test Automation: Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Rest Assured - Programming: Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, SpringBoot - CI/CD: GitLab CI, Azure DevOps - Cloud & Containers: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes - API & Performance Testing: Postman, JMeter, k6 - AI/GenAI: LLM evaluation, prompt engineering, AI-assisted testing platforms - Observability: Grafana, Dynatrace A highly experienced background in developing automation frameworks from scratch for UI and API testing and integration with CI pipelines is required, as well as experience using CI tools like Jenkins or Azure DevOps. Strong expertise in context-driven and exploratory testing with practical experience using various testing heuristics is also essential. Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world. Find out what it's like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city.

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