Software Engineer – QA

Dicetek LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 223,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek LLC is seeking an experienced QA Engineer to design and execute comprehensive test strategies for digital banking applications, APIs, microservices, and web/mobile channels. You will perform end-to-end testing, validate REST APIs, and develop automated test suites to enhance release quality.

You will collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, Architects, and DevOps to ensure quality across the SDLC, participate in sprint planning, and uphold security and regulatory requirements in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA experience with enterprise applications and APIs.
• Experience in Banking, Financial Services, Digital Banking, Payments, or FinTech domains.
• Strong understanding of API-driven architectures and microservices ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for digital banking applications, APIs, microservices, and web/mobile channels.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, API, UAT, and end-to-end testing across banking platforms.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites to improve test coverage and release quality.
• Validate REST APIs, microservices, event-driven integrations, and backend services.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, and DevOps teams throughout the SDLC.
• Participate in requirement reviews, sprint planning, defect triage, and release readiness assessments.
• Execute test automation within CI/CD pipelines and support shift-left quality practices.
• Ensure compliance with banking security, audit, performance, and regulatory requirements.
• Track, report, and manage defects through to resolution while ensuring quality gates are met.

Skills

Manual Testing

API Testing

Automation Testing

Postman

Swagger/OpenAPI

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

JSON/XML

OAuth 2.0

JWT

SQL

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

CI/CD

BDD/SDD

Gherkin/Cucumber

Job description

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for digital banking applications, APIs, microservices, and web/mobile channels.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, API, UAT, and end-to-end testing across banking platforms.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites to improve test coverage and release quality.
• Validate REST APIs, microservices, event-driven integrations, and backend services.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, and DevOps teams throughout the SDLC.
• Participate in requirement reviews, sprint planning, defect triage, and release readiness assessments.
• Execute test automation within CI/CD pipelines and support shift-left quality practices.
• Ensure compliance with banking security, audit, performance, and regulatory requirements.
• Track, report, and manage defects through to resolution while ensuring quality gates are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for digital banking applications, APIs, microservices, and web/mobile channels.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, API, UAT, and end-to-end testing across banking platforms.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites to improve test coverage and release quality.
• Validate REST APIs, microservices, event-driven integrations, and backend services.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, and DevOps teams throughout the SDLC.
• Participate in requirement reviews, sprint planning, defect triage, and release readiness assessments.
• Execute test automation within CI/CD pipelines and support shift-left quality practices.
• Ensure compliance with banking security, audit, performance, and regulatory requirements.
• Track, report, and manage defects through to resolution while ensuring quality gates are met.

Required Skills

• Strong experience in Manual Testing, API Testing, Integration Testing, and Automation Testing.
• Hands‑on experience with Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, SoapUI, and API validation tools.
• Experience in automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Rest Assured, or Karate.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, XML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and Microservices Architecture.
• Experience with SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and database validation techniques.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, DevOps, and CI/CD methodologies.
• Familiarity with GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and SonarQube quality processes.
• Proficient in BDD/SDD practices, leveraging Gherkin and Cucumber to create executable specifications, automate acceptance tests, and improve collaboration between business and technical teams.

Required Experience / Knowledge Areas

• 5+ years of QA experience with at least 3 years testing enterprise applications and APIs.
• Experience in Banking, Financial Services, Corporate Banking, Digital Banking, Payments, Lending, or FinTech domains.
• Strong understanding of API‑driven architectures and microservices ecosystems.
• Experience in testing customer‑facing applications with high availability and security requirements.
• Understanding of software quality assurance methodologies, defect management, and test automation best practices.
• Experience working in regulated and compliance‑driven environments.