Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Sora Union is a globally distributed professional services company specializing in Design and Software Engineering. We seek a QA engineer who will contribute to quality assurance across frontend and backend systems, build automated tests, and support regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes a strong testing mindset and collaboration with engineering and compliance teams. Potential candidates should have TypeScript/React experience, AWS serverless expertise (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB,

Qualifications

• Experience with TypeScript and React in frontend development.
• Backend experience with TypeScript/Node.js and REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience with AWS serverless technologies (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3).
• Experience with serverless infrastructure and IaC tools like Serverless Framework or CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of testing tools such as Jest, React Testing Library, Storybook, Playwright, or Cypress.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and secure configuration management.
• Experience building AI/LLM-powered product features.
• Familiarity with Auth0/OIDC, analytics, and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to quality assurance and product engineering across frontend and backend systems
• Build, maintain, and improve features with a strong testing mindset
• Identify edge cases, failure states, regressions, and potential user impact early
• Develop and maintain automated tests to improve coverage and release confidence
• Work with engineering and compliance teams to support regulatory requirements
• Investigate bugs and regressions to identify underlying implementation or process issues
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, test tooling, environments, fixtures, and mocks
• Participate in planning, technical decisions, code reviews, and releases
• Balance automation, exploratory testing, and pragmatic risk-based approaches

Skills

TypeScript experience

React experience

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

DynamoDB

S3

Serverless Framework

CloudFormation

Jest

React Testing Library

Storybook

Playwright

Cypress

Job description

Responsibilities

• Contribute to quality assurance and product engineering across frontend and backend systems
• Build, maintain, and improve features with a strong testing mindset
• Identify edge cases, failure states, regressions, and potential user impact early
• Develop and maintain automated tests to improve coverage and release confidence
• Work with engineering and compliance teams to support regulatory requirements
• Investigate bugs and regressions to identify underlying implementation or process issues
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, test tooling, environments, fixtures, and mocks
• Participate in planning, technical decisions, code reviews, and releases
• Balance automation, exploratory testing, and pragmatic risk-based approaches

Requirements

• Strong TypeScript and React experience
• Strong TypeScript/Node.js backend experience including REST APIs
• Hands-on experience with AWS serverless technologies (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3)
• Experience with serverless infrastructure and IaC tools like Serverless Framework or CloudFormation
• Knowledge of testing tools such as Jest, React Testing Library, Storybook, Playwright, or Cypress
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and secure configuration management
• Experience building AI/LLM-powered product features
• Familiarity with Auth0/OIDC, analytics, and monitoring tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing healthcare or wellbeing applications with strong privacy requirements
• Experience working in regulated environments, particularly Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)

About the Company

Sora Union is a globally distributed professional services company specializing in Design and Software Engineering. Our talent comes from communities facing displacement due to conflict or climate change, providing services to global companies across healthcare, financial services, technology, and education.