Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Y-Axis; Dubai; Remote; AED 312,000 - 536,000; Full time

Job summary

The Emirates Group is seeking a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer for mobile applications to design, develop and implement QA practices within an agile release train. You will ensure automated testing, CI/CD integration, and adherence to quality standards across complex digital solutions.

The role requires 5+ years in QA, strong mobile testing expertise (iOS & Android) and hands-on experience with modern UI testing tools and API automation.Remote work is supported; visa sponsorship not provided.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field or relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience in quality engineering roles involving building complex software solutions.
• Lead and mentor QA engineers; establish automation and coding best practices across SDLC.
• Strong expertise in mobile application testing (iOS & Android), mobile web, and design systems validation.
• Hands-on experience with modern UI testing frameworks (iOS: XCUITest; Android: Jetpack/Compose testing).
• Experience with API automation testing (REST/GraphQL) using Postman, REST-assured and Pact.
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI); cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and mobile device farms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement quality engineering practices for agile releases.
• Translate requirements into robust end-to-end tests.
• Coordinate testing of cross dependencies across release trains.
• Configure test tools to collect metrics for dashboards.
• Guide engineers to write automated functional tests via CI.
• Build and adapt automation frameworks and test harnesses.
• Ensure Quality Gate requirements are understood and met.
• Support major delivery initiatives across domains and environments.
• Foster team knowledge on technologies and processes.

Skills

Mobile testing

iOS testing

Android testing

XCUITest

Jetpack Testing

Paparazzi

Accessibility testing

API automation

REST/GraphQL

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Cloud platforms

AWS

Azure

GCP

Design systems

Figma

AI-assisted testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field

Tools

Postman

REST-assured

Pact

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Sauce Labs

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer at The Emirates Group

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 Dec, 26

0.0

Posted On

11 Sep, 26

Experience

3 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Description

As Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - Mobile Applications , you will design, develop and implement quality engineering practices and processes for a 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.

In this role, you will:

• Work closely with project members, technical product owners, architects and software engineers to understand the complete context of deliveries, translate complex functional and non-functional requirements in robust end to end tests that exercise the business process.
• Liaise with other release train teams to manage the testing of cross dependencies.
• Ensure Test Tools are configured correctly and accurately to support the collection of metrics for program and enterprise-wide dashboards.
• Support and guide Software Engineers to write and maintain automated functional tests through continuous integration.
• Implement, maintain and adapt automation frameworks. Test harnesses to make end to end tests robust.
• Ensure Quality Gate requirements are understood by the team and met.
• Support the Principal Quality Assurance Engineer with the coordination of major delivery initiatives across multiple domains and environments, ensuring no customer or business impact.
• Support the team in their development, training and understanding of technologies and processes.

Qualification

To be considered for the role, you must meet the requirements below:

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field or relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience in quality engineering roles involving the building of complex, scalable and large software solutions in digital, data or enterprise domain.
• Lead and mentor QA engineers; establish automation and coding best practices and own and drive quality across the SDLC (shift-left & shift-right practices)
• Strong expertise in mobile application testing (iOS & Android ), mobile web, and design systems validation
• Hands-on experience with at least one modern UI testing frameworks: iOS: XCUITest, Snapshot testing (Prefire) and Android: Jetpack Compose Testing, Snapshot testing (Paparazzi)
• Leveraging AI-assisted testing, effective test data management, Agentic AI and intelligent test selection to optimize test coverage, efficiency, and maintenance
• Must have hand on experience with Accessibility testing (mobile apps) ensuring compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG), including screen reader support (VoiceOver/TalkBack), proper labels, contrast, and usability for users with disabilities
• Experience with API automation testing (REST/GraphQL) using tools such as Postman, REST-assured and Contract testing (e.g., Pact or similar)
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI) including test integration, parallel execution, and failure analysis
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and mobile device farms (Sauce Labs or similar)
• Working Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Design systems (Figma)