QA Lead

SYSCORT FINTECH PRIVATE LIMITED

Dubai

On-site

AED 320,000 - 460,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

SYSCORT FINTECH PRIVATE LIMITED is seeking an experienced QA Lead – Automation in the UAE with 8–10 years of QA expertise. You will lead hands-on automation efforts, design robust frameworks, and mentor a growing team of QA engineers across projects.

The role requires Java + Selenium mastery, API testing, and strong CI/CD knowledge to ensure high-quality releases in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

8–10 years of overall QA/testing experience.
Strong hands-on experience in Java + Selenium automation.
Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks.
2+ years of QA team leadership / technical leadership experience.
Experience mentoring and managing QA engineers.
Experience working in Agile development environments.

Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain Java + Selenium automation frameworks.
Write and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression and integration tests.
Define automation strategy, standards and best practices.
Lead and mentor QA engineers and automation testers.
Collaborate with Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners and Project Managers.
Coordinate with CI/CD pipelines and monitor test execution.

Skills

Java

Selenium

Automation framework development

API testing

CI/CD

Mentoring QA engineers

SQL / Database testing

TestNG / JUnit

Git

Jenkins

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Postman

REST Assured

Maven / Gradle

Git

Jenkins

Job description

About this position

About SYSCORT

Syscortis a global consulting and technology services firm based in the UAE, delivering business transformation solutions across MENA, APAC, UK, US, and Europe. We specialize in Treasury & Risk Consulting, Financial Transformation, Data & Analytics, AI & Automation, and TechnologyConsulting, helping organizationsoptimizeoperations, unlock insights, and build future-ready enterprises.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced QA Lead – Automation with 8–10 years of experience who can lead a QA team while remaining highly hands-on technically .

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java, Selenium, automation framework development, API testing and CI/CD , along with proven experience managing and mentoring QA engineers.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role , not a pure people-management position. The candidate should be comfortable designing frameworks, writing automation scripts, reviewing code, debugging failures and supporting the team technically.

Key Responsibilities

QA Automation & Technical Leadership

Design, develop and maintain robust Java + Selenium automation frameworks .
Write and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression and integration testing.
Define automation strategy, standards and best practices.
Review and improve existing automation frameworks and test coverage.
Perform hands-on coding, debugging and troubleshooting.
Conduct code reviews and ensure automation quality and maintainability.
Identify opportunities to improve automation coverage and reduce manual testing effort.
Lead, mentor and manage a team of QA engineers and automation testers.
Allocate tasks, review deliverables and monitor team performance.
Provide technical guidance and support to QA engineers.
Establish QA processes, standards and development practices.
Conduct knowledge-sharing and mentoring sessions.
Support recruitment and onboarding of QA resources.

Test Strategy & Quality Management

Define test strategy, test plans and overall QA approach for projects.
Review requirements and identify testing risks and gaps.
Plan and execute functional, regression, integration and system testing.
Manage defect lifecycle and coordinate with development teams for resolution.
Ensure adequate test coverage and release readiness.
Track QA metrics including automation coverage, defect leakage and test execution.

API & Database Testing

Perform API testing using Postman and/or REST Assured .
Develop automated API test cases.
Validate integrations and backend processes.

CI/CD & DevOps

Work with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps .
Monitor automated test execution and troubleshoot pipeline failures.
Support continuous testing practices within the development lifecycle.

Stakeholder & Project Collaboration

Work closely with Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, Project Managers and Architects.
Provide QA estimates, status reports and release-readiness updates.
Communicate testing risks, quality issues and recommendations to stakeholders.
Support multiple projects when required.

Mandatory Technical Skills