Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

SBS; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SBS is seeking a Mid-Level QA Engineer to join our Digital Banking Platform team in Dubai. You will collaborate with software engineers, product owners and DevOps to deliver high-quality software, blending manual and automated testing within an Agile environment.

You’ll design test strategies, develop automation for web, mobile and backend services, and contribute to CI pipelines for fast feedback. Strong SQL, API testing and communication skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering.
• Strong API testing and modern web technologies experience.
• Experience in Agile environments and software development lifecycle.
• Good knowledge of SQL and database validation.
• Familiarity with Git and CI pipelines.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Participating in story refinement to identify quality risks and ensure requirements are testable.
• Designing test strategies with unit, component, integration, API and end-to-end testing.
• Developing and maintaining automated tests for web, mobile and backend services.
• Performing exploratory and risk-based testing where automation is not suitable.
• Investigating defects, performing root cause analysis and collaborating with developers to resolve issues.
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines to provide fast, reliable feedback.
• Validating functionality, integrations, analytics and business workflows across platforms.
• Supporting release activities through regression and smoke testing.
• Identifying opportunities to improve testability, automation frameworks and processes.
• Leveraging AI-assisted tools to improve productivity and test analysis.

Skills

API testing

Agile testing

SQL

Troubleshooting

Communication

Tools

Playwright

Appium

Selenium

REST Assured

WireMock

TestContainers

GitLab

Docker

Oracle & SQL Databases

Grafana

Dynatrace

Job description

As a Mid-Level QA Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability and performance of our Digital Banking Platform. Working as part of an Agile, cross-functional engineering team, you will collaborate with Software Engineers, Product Owners and DevOps Engineers to deliver high-quality software through modern engineering practices.

This is not a traditional testing role. We believe quality is a shared engineering responsibility, and our QA Engineers are expected to contribute throughout the Software Development Lifecycle by designing test strategies, developing automation, analyzing risks and continuously improving the quality of both our products and our engineering processes.

Responsibilities:

• Participating in story refinement sessions to identify quality risks and ensure requirements are clear and testable.
• Designing effective test strategies using an appropriate balance of unit, component, integration, API and end-to-end testing.
• Developing and maintaining automated tests for web, mobile and backend services.
• Performing exploratory and risk-based testing where automation is not appropriate.
• Investigating defects, performing root cause analysis and working closely with developers to resolve issues.
• Contributing to Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing pipelines to provide fast and reliable feedback.
• Validating application functionality, integrations, analytics and business workflows across multiple platforms.
• Supporting release activities through regression testing, smoke testing and production verification.
• Identifying opportunities to improve testability, automation frameworks and engineering processes.
• Leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity, automation development and test analysis.

Our Technology

You will have the opportunity to work with a modern technology stack that includes:

Applications

• Native iOS
• React Web Applications
• Java and Ruby Microservices
• REST and SOAP APIs

Automation & Testing

• Playwright
• Appium
• Selenium
• REST Assured
• WireMock
• TestContainers
• GitLab
• Docker
• Oracle & SQL Databases
• Grafana
• Dynatrace

Experience with every technology isn't expected, but you should be comfortable learning new tools and technologies.

Qualifications:

We're looking for someone with approximately 3–6 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering who enjoys solving technical problems and has a passion for software quality.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• Strong understanding of API testing and modern web technologies.
• Experience testing web or mobile applications in Agile environments.
• Good knowledge of SQL and database validation.
• Familiarity with Git and Continuous Integration pipelines.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

It Would Be Great If You Also Have

While not essential, experience in any of the following areas would be advantageous:

• Banking or Financial Services.
• Cloud-native or microservice architectures.
• Performance or load testing.
• Security testing.
• Contract testing.
• Accessibility testing.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to providing equal opportunities and ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or any other protected characteristic.