Senior Engineering Manager - Quality

Beyond ONE; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Healthcare & benefits

Job summary

Beyond ONE is seeking a Senior Manager Quality Engineering to redefine QA at scale with AI-first testing. You will lead a distributed QE team, architect cloud-native automation frameworks, and drive AI-powered test strategies across products and services.

You will collaborate with Product, DevOps and Engineering to align quality goals with delivery roadmaps and deliver measurable improvements in test coverage and release velocity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI-first Quality Engineering vision across the test lifecycle (manual to AI-driven tests).

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Test automation

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

AI in QA

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

REST Assured

Job description

We dont think about job roles in a traditional way. We are anti-silo. Anti-career stagnation. Anti-conventional.

Beyond ONE is a digital services provider radically reshaping the personalised digital ecosystems of consumers in high growth markets around the world. Were building a digital services aggregator platform with a strong telco foundation and a profitable growth strategy that empowers users to drive their own experiencesubscribe once source from many and only pay for what you actually use.

Since being founded in 2021 weve acquired Virgin Mobile MEA Friendi Mobile MEA and Virgin Mobile LATAM (with 6.5 million subscribers) and 1600 dedicated colleagues across Chile Colombia KSA Kuwait Mexico Oman and UAE.

To disrupt for good takes a rebellious spirit a questioning mind and a warm heart. We really care about how to get things done and not who manages who. We benefit from our diversity and together we disrupt the way we and others thinkin about our lives for good.

Do you want to exchange ideas learn from each other and leave your mark on our journey This is the place for you.

We dont think about job roles in a traditional way. We are anti-silo. Anti-career stagnation. Anti-conventional.

Beyond ONE is a digital services provider radically reshaping the personalized digital ecosystems of consumers in high-growth markets around the world. Were building a digital services aggregator platform with a strong telco foundation and a profitable growth strategy that empowers users to drive their own experiencesubscribe once source from many and only pay for what you actually use.

Since being founded in 2021 weve acquired Virgin Mobile MEA Friendi Mobile MEA and Virgin Mobile LATAM (with 6.5 million subscribers) and 1600 dedicated colleagues across Chile Colombia KSA Kuwait Mexico Oman and UAE.

To disrupt for good takes a rebellious spirit a questioning mind and a warm heart. We really care about how to get things done and not who manages who. We benefit from our diversity and together we disrupt the way we and others think about our lives for good.

Ready to shape the future of quality engineering with AI-first innovation from day one This might just be the place for you.

Role Purpose

As a Senior Manager Quality Engineering you will redefine how we approach testing and quality assurance at scale. Youll lead the charge in designing and implementing intelligent AI-first testing frameworks that unlock faster releases greater resilience and more reliable user experiences. Your contributions will directly power the success of engineering across all our digital products and services.

Why this role matters

As a Senior Manager Quality Engineering you will redefine how we approach testing and quality assurance at scale. Youll lead the charge in designing and implementing intelligent AI-first testing frameworks that unlock faster releases greater resilience and more reliable user experiences. Your contributions will directly power the success of engineering across all our digital products and services.

What success looks like

In your first year you will deliver a scalable AI-augmented QA strategy that enhances test coverage and accuracy while reducing testing cycle times. You will launch next-gen automation tools across key product teams and build the foundation for a predictive self-healing quality ecosystem that continues to evolve with us.

Why is this for you

If youre excited about the potential of AI to transform traditional QA and you love building intelligent systems that lead to tangible outcomes youll feel right at home here. Were looking for someone whos excited to work cross-functionally move fast and make an impact that reverberates far beyond testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and define the organizations AI-first Quality Engineering vision integrating intelligent automation at every layer of the test lifecycle.
• Build manage and mentor a high-performing geographically distributed QE team across manual automation and AI-driven testing disciplines.
• Drive adoption of AI-augmented testing platforms like SOFI Testim Mabl Functionize or Diffblue to automate and optimize quality operations.
• Architect robust scalable and cloud-native test automation frameworks for UI API functional non-functional (performance/security) and regression testing with CI/CD integration.
• Design and implement strategies for AI-generated test cases failure prediction defect triaging and smart prioritization using ML and LLMs like ChatGPT and Copilot.
• Collaborate closely with Product DevOps and Engineering leads to align quality goals with delivery roadmaps.
• Establish best practices in quality metrics definition and reportingtest coverage test flakiness defect leakagedelivered via intelligent dashboards and predictive analytics.
• Champion a culture of ownership experimentation and innovation within the Quality Engineering function.

Qualifications & Attributes

We're seeking someone who embodies the following:

• Education
  Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

• Experience
  10 years in software quality engineering or testing roles with at least 3 years in hands-on leadership/management positions. Proven experience building enterprise-scale test frameworks and managing high-performing quality teams in Agile/DevOps environments.

• Technical Skills

Must-haves:

• Hands-on experience with manual and exploratory testing techniques
• Strong programming skills in Python JavaScript or TypeScript
• Expertise in test automation tools such as Selenium Cypress Playwright Appium and REST Assured
• Experience with continuous integration tools (e.g. Jenkins Github Actions GitLab CI/CD CircleCI)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP as well as on-prem deployments
• Proven ability to build evaluate and integrate AI-powered testing frameworks and strategies
• Experience with AI/ML applications in QA (e.g. AI test generation anomaly detection NLP-powered failure analysis)

Nice-to-haves:

• Past experience building internal AI tooling or custom QA bots
• Familiarity with LLMs and prompt engineering for use in test scenario generation and bug documentation
• Knowledge of testing platforms like Katalon AI TestSigma AI or similar

Unique Attributes

• Thrives in a fast-paced high-impact environment with complex technical challenges

• Proactive decision-maker who brings clarity to ambiguity and leads with purpose

• Strong mentorship instincts and people leadership skills; committed to team development

• Relentlessly curious about new technologies and how to apply them practically

• Collaborative communicator who brings people together around a shared quality vision

• Deeply committed to test integrity performance and the end-user experience

What we offer

• Rapid learning opportunities - we enable learning through flexible career paths exposure to challenging & meaningful work that will help build and strengthen your expertise.
• Hybrid work environment - flexibility to work from home 2 days a week.
• Healthcare and other local benefits offered in market.

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