Staff Quality Assurance Engineer

About the Role
As a Lead / Staff QA Engineer, you will set the quality strategy and testing architecture for the company platform, ensuring that both SaaS and on-premise deployments meet the highest quality standards. Your role entails owning the test architecture and release-quality standards, mentoring QA engineers across teams, and driving multi-quarter quality strategies. You will be a critical force multiplier in enhancing the overall quality of our software solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define test architecture and quality standards across the platform (test pyramid, automation strategy, release gates).
• Lead major decisions on test tooling, automation investment, and release-quality processes.
• Mentor senior QA engineers; raise the quality bar across multiple teams.
• Drive cross-team initiatives that reduce defect escape rate and improve release confidence.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership on multi-quarter quality strategy.
• Own the release sign-off process, including for fully air-gapped / on-prem release candidates.
• Ensure quality practices scale across managed SaaS and disconnected on-prem deployments.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of QA, test engineering, or quality architecture experience with a history of architectural ownership.
• At least 2 years focused on testing complex data-driven applications, ML models, or AI agents.
• Proven track record designing test architecture and quality processes at scale.
• Expert proficiency in Python (Pytest) and standard libraries (Selenium/Playwright, Requests).
• A mentorship record where engineers you have guided now operate independently at higher levels.
• A history of leading major quality initiatives from inception to completion.
• Comfort in architecting test strategies for systems that run in both managed SaaS and on-premises / disconnected air-gapped environments.

Nice to Have

• Conference speaking, technical writing, or industry thought leadership experience.
• Contributions to open-source test tooling.
• Proficiency in Arabic.

Why the company?

• Final Line of Defence: You will define whether an AI agent is "trusted" to negotiate a contract or design a critical system component in a safety-critical environment.
• Tax-Free Compensation: Enjoy a market-leading, 100% tax-free salary and benefits package.
• Full Relocation Support: Benefit from comprehensive assistance including flights, housing support, and visa sponsorship for you and your family to Abu Dhabi.
• Pioneering Work: Set the global standard for how organisations validate intelligent systems using world-leading models.