QA Engineer

dws; United Arab Emirates; Hybrid; AED 223,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Competitive salary

Learning budget

24 days PTO

Founding team member

Career growth

FAANG-experienced colleagues

Transparent culture

Job summary

NodeShift is seeking a QA Engineer to join a fast-growing AI infrastructure startup with offices in Abu Dhabi and Doha. You will create automated testing processes, focus on quality, security, and velocity, and work with top engineers to ensure robust platforms for government and enterprise clients.

The role emphasizes test development for UI and APIs, automation within CI/CD, and building scalable testing solutions across a distributed cloud environment.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of quality engineering experience focused on testing complex platforms and APIs, with a strong emphasis on UI projects.
• Software engineering background: ability to read/understand and develop testing solutions in multiple programming languages.
• Broad experience testing REST APIs and UI components.
• Proficient in TypeScript for test automation and familiar with automation frameworks like Playwright.
• Includes test planning, test design, execution, performance and stress testing, and maintaining automated tests.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute automated testing suites for UI Platform and APIs to ensure functional correctness, performance, and security.
• Identify, reproduce, and report bugs and vulnerabilities and guide testing objectives with dev/infrastructure teams.
• Create and maintain an automation framework and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality.
• Develop performance testing to benchmark and improve system responsiveness and scalability.
• Extend quality metrics and monitoring for production systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align testing with business goals and share best practices.

Skills

Quality engineering

API testing

UI testing

Test automation

Playwright

TypeScript

REST APIs

CI/CD

DevOps

Analytical skills

Communication

Tools

Playwright

Job description

About NodeShift

NodeShift is a fast-growing AI infrastructure startup headquartered in Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s most prestigious innovation and financial district, with a second office in Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), Doha.

We design and operate sovereign cloud and generative AI platforms for governments, banks, and national enterprises that require full data control and compliance. Our customers include the Ministry of Economy of the UAE, the Qatar Development Bank, and the Central Bank of the UAE, among others.

NodeShift AI – an enterprise-grade, on-premise generative AI platform featuring 140+ Arabic and English models, built-in governance, and over 80 enterprise integrations, enabling organizations to create secure, private ChatGPT-like environments within their own infrastructure.

Founded by a leadership team from Microsoft, X (formerly Twitter), Tesla, and Cisco, and built by a world-class engineering team including Oxford graduates, NodeShift combines global expertise with regional purpose.

We’re expanding rapidly across the GCC, supporting central banks, ministries, telecoms, and data center operators, and shaping the next era of sovereign AI and cloud computing in the region.

Joining NodeShift means joining a team that’s building the infrastructure of national AI sovereignty - innovative, impactful, and proudly homegrown in the Gulf.

Read more about us on TechCrunch.

Role Description

As a QA engineer, you’ll be supporting some of the best engineers in the industry by creating processes and automating testing while focusing on quality, security, and velocity.

Responsibilities

• Test Development and Execution:Design and implement automated testing suites for UI Platform and APIs to ensure functional correctness, performance, and security. Develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans, and procedures.
• API and UI Testing Expertise:Leverage your experience to identify, reproduce, and report bugs and vulnerabilities. Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to develop comprehensive testing objectives and guide your work.
• Automation and Continuous Integration:Create and maintain an automation framework for repeated test cases to streamline the testing process. Integrate testing protocols into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure continuous quality and efficiency.
• Performance Testing: Develop software to conduct extensive performance testing to benchmark and enhance the responsiveness and scalability of our systems.
• Quality Metrics:Extend testing solutions to enhance our internal production metrics and system monitoring.
• Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing:Work closely with the development, operations, and product teams to align testing strategies with business objectives and user needs. Share knowledge and best practices with team members to foster a culture of quality and excellence.

Skills

• Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing:Work closely with the development, operations, and product teams to align testing strategies with business objectives and user needs. Share knowledge and best practices with team members to foster a culture of quality and excellence.
• Proven Quality Engineering Experience:At least 3 years of experience in quality engineering, with a focus on testing complex Platforms and APIs, and a strong background in UI projects.
• Software Engineering Background:Ability to read/understand and develop testing solutions in multiple programming languages.
• Technical Proficiency:Broad experience working REST APIs. Proficient in TypeScript programming languages relevant to test automation, and familiar with automation frameworks and toolsets like Playwright.
• Ability to Learn and Adapt Fast:Acquire new skills and knowledge quickly to adapt to the highly dynamic cloud environment.
• Independence:Strong work ethic and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, remote work environment with a high degree of independence and autonomy.
• Strong Analytical Skills:Ability to analyze complex software systems, design comprehensive testing strategies, and solve problems creatively and effectively.
• DevOps and CI/CD Experience:Experience with DevOps practices and tools, and integrating testing within CI/CD pipelines to achieve continuous testing and delivery.
• Communication and Collaboration:Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and interact effectively with different levels of management and cross-functional teams.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of Scrum/Agile methodologies and QA Automation process in SDLC.
• Experience in troubleshooting issues, identifying the root cause, and writing easy-to-reproduce tickets in tools like Linear/JIRA.
• Test planning, test designing and execution, performance and stress testing, and implementing and maintaining quality test automation.

What do we have to offer you?

• Hybrid office / remote-working practices
• Competitive salary
• Learning and Development budget
• 24 days PTO
• Become part of the founding team
• Real career opportunities with the opportunity to grow quickly in seniority as the team scales
• Work colleagues who are as intelligent, hardworking, and driven, with backgrounds from FAANG companies and leading universities
• Transparent company culture, open to feedback, where you can wear multiple hats at once