Senior QA Engineer

Facilitative Employment Services - Kamayi; Dubai; On-site; AED 112,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Facilitative Employment Services - Kamayi is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to work with a leading Dubai-based airline client. You will ensure quality across airline IT systems, including inventory, pricing, booking and payments, with strong focus on API testing, automation and data integrity.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years IT experience, 3+ years QA in the airline domain, and hands-on testing across manual and automated frameworks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IT with at least 3 years in a QA role within the airline domain.
• Deep knowledge of airline inventory, pricing, booking and payment systems (PSS/DCS experience advantageous).
• Strong manual testing proficiency including functional, regression and exploratory testing.
• Proficient API testing using Postman or similar tools; ability to validate REST endpoints and environments.
• Experience with MongoDB and Oracle for data verification and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and execute test plans and test cases for airline-domain applications, covering functional, regression, integration and end-to-end scenarios.
• Lead manual testing across inventory, pricing, booking and payment workflows ensuring coverage of complex airline rules.
• Perform thorough API testing to validate service contracts and data integrity across systems.
• Validate data with MongoDB and Oracle through query-level testing and data verification.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Selenium; contribute to API automation with Rest Assured where applicable.
• Collaborate with developers, analysts and product owners to identify testability gaps and drive quality early in delivery.
• Document and manage defects with reproducible steps; track resolution through bug lifecycle and verify fixes.
• Contribute to continuous QA process improvements and tooling within the team.

Skills

Manual Testing

API Testing

Airline Domain Knowledge

Test Planning

MongoDB

Oracle

Tools

Postman

Selenium

Rest Assured

Job description

Salary AED 10000 AED 13000 per month (commensurate with experience)
Medical Insurance: Comprehensive medical insurance provided
Provident Fund Scheme applicable
Leave Paid time off as per UAE Labour Law
Location: Dubai UAE Onsite

JOB PURPOSE

Were seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer to be deployed with our airline client a major international airline headquartered in Dubai as part of their IT Systems & Core team. This role is central to ensuring the quality reliability and accuracy of airline-critical systems spanning inventory pricing booking and payment platforms. The successful candidate will bring deep domain knowledge of airline IT environments combined with strong manual testing capabilities API testing proficiency and exposure to test automation frameworks. They will serve as a quality assurance anchor across cross-functional delivery teams operating in a fast-paced high-stakes production environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Design develop and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases for airline-domain applications covering functional regression integration and end-to-end testing scenarios.

Lead and perform manual testing across airline inventory pricing booking and payment workflows ensuring coverage of complex business rules and edge cases specific to the aviation domain.

Conduct thorough API testing using Postman or equivalent tools to validate service contracts data integrity and inter-system communication across the platform.

Perform database validation and query-level testing on MongoDB and Oracle environments to verify data accuracy consistency and correctness across transactions.

Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Selenium or similar UI automation frameworks; contribute to API automation coverage using Rest Assured or equivalent tools where applicable.

Collaborate closely with developers business analysts and product owners to review requirements identify testability gaps and embed quality early in the delivery lifecycle.

Identify document and manage defects with clear reproducibility steps; track resolution through the full bug lifecycle and validate fixes against original test criteria.

Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes test tooling and documentation standards within the team.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• - Minimum 5 years in IT; minimum 3 years in a QA capacity within the airline domain.
• - Airline Domain Deep working knowledge of airline inventory pricing booking and payment systems. Experience with PSS/DCS platforms is highly advantageous.
• - Manual Testing Strong proficiency in functional regression integration and exploratory testing. Able to author detailed test plans and cases independently.
• - API Testing Proficient in API testing using Postman or comparable tools. - -- Able to validate REST endpoints manage environments and interpret response data.
• - Database Testing Hands-on experience with MongoDB and Oracle query writing data verification and identifying data-layer defects.
• - Test Automation Exposure to UI automation using Selenium or equivalent frameworks; API automation using Rest Assured or similar. Candidates with strong automation depth will be preferred.
• Domain Prior experience in the airline or aviation industry is a hard requirement for this role