Senior QA Automation Engineer - TypeScript & Playwright

Softana; Ras Al Khaimah; On-site; AED 201,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Flights partially covered

Up to 2 weeks hotel accommodation

Full visa support for you and family

Private medical insurance

Paid annual leave

Job summary

Softana in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE seeks a QA Automation Engineer to drive quality across modern tech stacks. You will design and maintain end-to-end tests in TypeScript, build robust frameworks alongside the application code, and collaborate across the feature lifecycle.

You will champion shift-left testing, CI/CD integration, and test observability, working with Backend, Frontend, and DevOps teams to continuously improve testing practices.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in test automation within product or platform teams.
• Hands-on TypeScript/JavaScript and E2E testing experience.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Backend, Frontend, and DevOps.
• Experience with Playwright or similar modern E2E frameworks.
• Knowledge of test pyramids, shift-left and contract testing.
• REST API testing, data validation and system testing.
• Ability to design mocks, stubs and test doubles.
• CI/CD experience and test observability tools.
• Excellent English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end automated tests in TypeScript.
• Collaborate with developers across feature design, implementation, and fixes.
• Define test strategies at feature and system levels.
• Develop and improve the automation framework.
• Choose mocks, stubs, or real integrations per testing goals.
• Ensure tests are reliable and CI/CD friendly.
• Participate in code reviews for test and application code.
• Provide fast, actionable quality feedback to the team.
• Promote built-in quality and continuous testing improvements.

Skills

TypeScript

Playwright

E2E testing

CI/CD integration

REST API testing

Test frameworks

Cross-functional collaboration

Mocks & stubs

English communication

Tools

Docker

Job description

Softana in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE seeks a QA Automation Engineer to drive quality across modern tech stacks. You will design and maintain end-to-end tests in TypeScript, build robust frameworks alongside the application code, and collaborate across the feature lifecycle.

You will champion shift-left testing, CI/CD integration, and test observability, working with Backend, Frontend, and DevOps teams to continuously improve testing practices.