Senior QA Engineer — Automation, API & Performance

JobCubby; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 201,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE is seeking an experienced QA/Testing professional to ensure high-quality, secure, and reliable software products for BEACON RED. You will design, execute, and automate comprehensive test cases, identify defects early, and validate both functional and non-functional requirements across performance, security, usability, and reliability.

Responsibilities include building automated UI/API tests, maintaining test plans, and collaborating with developers to reproduce issues and verify fixes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or related field.
• 5-7 years of QA/testing experience in software development (Python or Golang).
• ISTQB Foundation or equivalent certification.
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Hands-on experience with test management tools.
• Experience with automation tools: Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or similar.
• Strong API testing skills: Postman, REST Assured or similar.
• Working knowledge of SQL, databases, and data validation.

Responsibilities

• Designs, maintains, and executes functional, regression, integration, API, and UI test cases.
• Develops and maintains automated test scripts (UI/API) using approved automation frameworks.
• Performs defect identification, documentation, triage, and root-cause analysis.
• Participates in planning, backlog grooming, and requirement reviews to ensure testability and clarity.
• Ensures that all features meet acceptance criteria, NFRs, and internal quality standards before release.
• Collaborates with developers to reproduce issues and validate fixes.
• Conducts smoke tests, sanity tests, and release validation for each deployment.
• Executes performance, load, and security test scenarios where required.
• Maintains QA documentation including test plans, test reports, and regression suites.
• Supports continuous improvement of testing processes, automation coverage, and QA tooling.
• Conducts environment validation, data validation, and test data preparation.

Skills

QA/testing experience

Python

Golang

ISTQB Foundation

Test automation

Postman

SQL

CI/CD

Git

Security basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Software

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

REST Assured

Postman

Job description

EDGE is seeking an experienced QA/Testing professional to ensure high-quality, secure, and reliable software products for BEACON RED. You will design, execute, and automate comprehensive test cases, identify defects early, and validate both functional and non-functional requirements across performance, security, usability, and reliability.

Responsibilities include building automated UI/API tests, maintaining test plans, and collaborating with developers to reproduce issues and verify fixes.