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.
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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.
