Automation QA Engineer — Desktop & Mobile, CI/CD Expert

Tether; Dubai; Remote; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Tether is hiring an Automation QA Engineer to own and advance test automation for desktop and mobile applications. The role requires strong skills in TS/JS and hands-on manual testing alongside automation, in a globally distributed, remote-friendly team.

You will build robust automation, integrate tests into CI/CD, and collaborate with developers to improve testability and quality across platforms. This position offers the opportunity to influence products used worldwide.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in QA automation, plus hands-on manual and exploratory testing experience.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Experience running tests in CI/CD pipelines (for example, GitHub Actions).
• Hands-on experience with Playwright for desktop or web, and WebdriverIO + Appium for mobile.
• Experience testing Electron and/or React Native apps, including on real iOS and Android devices.
• Experience using AI tools in QA and critically reviewing their output. Testing AI-powered applications is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain desktop and mobile test automation for critical user flows.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and keep them fast and reliable.
• Investigate failures, fix flaky tests, and manage test data and environments
• Report clear, reproducible bugs and verify fixes
• Work with developers and product on testability and acceptance criteria
• Perform hands-on functional, exploratory, and regression testing of new features
• Choose manual or automated coverage based on risk; maintain regression suites.

Skills

QA automation

Manual testing

Exploratory testing

Team collaboration

English communication

Tools

Playwright

WebdriverIO

Appium

GitHub Actions

Job description

Tether is hiring an Automation QA Engineer to own and advance test automation for desktop and mobile applications. The role requires strong skills in TS/JS and hands-on manual testing alongside automation, in a globally distributed, remote-friendly team.

You will build robust automation, integrate tests into CI/CD, and collaborate with developers to improve testability and quality across platforms. This position offers the opportunity to influence products used worldwide.