Senior Engineering Manager - Quality

Beyond ONE; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital services provider is seeking a Senior Manager for Quality Engineering to redefine testing and quality assurance through AI-first innovation. This role involves building and mentoring a geographically distributed team, driving the adoption of AI-augmented testing platforms, and architecting robust cloud-native test automation frameworks. The ideal candidate has 10 years of experience in software quality engineering, strong programming skills, and expertise in automation tools. Opportunities for rapid learning and a hybrid working environment are included.

Benefits

Rapid learning opportunities

Hybrid work environment

Healthcare and local benefits

Qualifications

• 10 years in software quality engineering or testing roles.
• Proven experience in leadership positions.
• Experience with AI/ML applications in QA.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI-first Quality Engineering vision.
• Build and mentor a geographically distributed QE team.
• Drive adoption of AI-augmented testing platforms.

Skills

Hands-on experience with manual and exploratory testing techniques

Strong programming skills in Python

Expertise in test automation tools like Selenium

Experience with cloud platforms like AWS

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science

Tools

Selenium

Jenkins

Cypress

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 reshaping personalized digital ecosystems in high-growth markets worldwide. We’re building a digital services aggregator platform with a strong telco foundation and profitable growth strategy that empowers users to subscribe once, source from many, and only pay for what they actually use.

Founded in 2021, we acquired Virgin Mobile MEA, Friendi Mobile MEA and Virgin Mobile LATAM (6.5 million subscribers) and have 1600 colleagues across Chile, Colombia, KSA, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman and UAE.

We value a rebellious spirit, questioning mind, warm heart, and diversity. We work without hierarchies and disrupt how we think about our lives for good. Ready to shape the future of quality engineering with AI-first innovation? This is the place for you.

Role Purpose

To define and propel the evolution of Quality Engineering at full scale, harnessing AI and intelligent automation to accelerate product delivery and enhance user experience.

Why this role matters

As a Senior Manager Quality Engineering, you will redefine how we approach testing and quality assurance at scale, leading the charge in designing and implementing AI-first testing frameworks that unlock faster releases, greater resilience, and more reliable user experiences.

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 you’re excited about the potential of AI to transform traditional QA and love building intelligent systems that lead to tangible outcomes, you’ll feel right at home here. We’re looking for someone who works cross-functionally, moves fast, and makes an impact that reverberates far beyond testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and define the organization’s 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, 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 such as 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 reporting—test coverage, test flakiness, defect leakage—delivered via intelligent dashboards and predictive analytics.
• Champion a culture of ownership, experimentation and innovation within the Quality Engineering function.

Qualifications & Attributes

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 – flexible career paths, exposure to challenging and meaningful work that will help build and strengthen your expertise.
• Hybrid work environment – flexibility to work from home two days a week.
• Healthcare and other local benefits offered in market.

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