Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - Web & Mobile Platforms - Emiratisation

Emirates Airlines - Other locations; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airline company based in Dubai is seeking a Quality Engineering Lead to oversee testing processes and ensure robust automation frameworks. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in quality engineering, proficiency in tools like Selenium and JUnit, and a degree in Computer Science. This role offers an attractive tax-free salary and exclusive travel benefits, making it an excellent opportunity for those looking to grow in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Tax-free salary

Travel benefits

Discounts on flights and hotel stays

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in quality engineering and degree in relevant field.
• An iSQI Certified Agile Tester.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and CI integration.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with project members to understand deliveries and requirements.
• Manage testing of cross dependencies with release train teams.
• Implement and maintain automation frameworks for end-to-end testing.

Skills

Quality engineering

Automation testing

JavaScript

Java

Selenium

Git SCM tools

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium components

JUnit

Cucumber

Job description

Job Purpose

At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world to and through our global hub in Dubai and constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’.

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 into robust end‑to‑end tests that exercise the business process.
• Liaise with other release train teams to manage 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 and 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 this role you must meet the below requirements:

• 5+ years of experience and Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
• An iSQI Certified Agile Tester
• Experience in quality engineering roles involving the building of complex, scalable and large software solutions in digital, data or enterprise domain
• Solid experience as a Software Quality engineering lead or equivalent position looking after multiple products
• Experience in providing product input on business process flows and scenario mapping for business solutions
• Experience in understanding and applying system thinking to advanced technology solutions for large, complex organisations in a multi‑functional environment
• Experience with creating and maintaining large scale test data frameworks to support test automation
• 3+ years of experience using one or more of the following automation tools: Selenium components (WebDriver, Grid, etc.), Protractor, Jasmin, Cucumber, Gherkin, JUnit, TestNG
• Experience with Java unit and component tests including vert.x, Expresso and XCUITest automation experience
• Experience using git SCM tools, GitHub or Bitbucket or similar tools
• Proficiency in at least 2 different programming languages, preferably JavaScript and Java
• Highly experienced with developing automation frameworks from scratch built for UI and API testing and integration with CI pipelines

Leadership Role :No

Salary & Benefits

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 hotels stays around the world. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast‑paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers