Senior QA Engineer: End-to-End Automation & Performance

Space42; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 620,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance for you and family

Wellbeing programs

Exclusive UAE discounts

Job summary

Space42 in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior Engineer - Technology Quality Assurance to own the end-to-end testing lifecycle for web and mobile products. You will champion software quality, interface with clients for feedback, and drive manual, automated, and performance testing to deliver pixel-perfect releases.

In this role you’ll design automation frameworks, integrate tests into CI/CD, collaborate with product and engineering teams in an Agile/Scrum environment, and ensure robust,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years hands-on QA experience on web and mobile applications.
• Exceptional, fluent English communication for documentation, team collaboration, and client interactions.
• Proven experience designing and implementing automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, or similar.
• Solid background in performance testing tools like JMeter, K6, or Gatling.
• Strong expertise across manual, API (REST/GraphQL via Postman or RestAssured), cross-browser, and performance testing methodologies.
• Extensive experience working in Agile/Scrum with active participation in sprint ceremonies.
• An exceptional eye for detail with a relentless drive to ensure products look, feel, and function flawlessly.
• Comfortable writing SQL queries for database verification, inspecting network calls, and analyzing system logs.
• Confident and willing to engage directly with clients and stakeholders as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own the full Software Testing Life Cycle from requirement analysis to release sign-off and post-launch monitoring.
• Design, build, maintain, and scale automated test suites (UI and API) to accelerate testing cycles.
• Plan and execute load, stress, and performance tests to ensure systems remain fast and scalable under heavy traffic.
• Conduct manual and exploratory testing to catch edge cases and usability issues automated tests may miss.
• Ensure UI/UX flows are intuitive and pixel-perfect prior to release.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Engineers, and Designers in an Agile/Scrum environment to refine stories and acceptance criteria.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects with clear reproduction steps using JIRA or similar.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous feedback and rapid delivery cycles.

Skills

Automation framework design

Manual & Exploratory testing

Performance testing

REST/GraphQL API testing

SQL querying

Agile/Scrum

Client communication

Defect management

CI/CD integration

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Appium

JMeter

K6

Gatling

Postman

RestAssured

Job description

Space42 in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior Engineer - Technology Quality Assurance to own the end-to-end testing lifecycle for web and mobile products. You will champion software quality, interface with clients for feedback, and drive manual, automated, and performance testing to deliver pixel-perfect releases.

In this role you’ll design automation frameworks, integrate tests into CI/CD, collaborate with product and engineering teams in an Agile/Scrum environment, and ensure robust,