QA Automation Engineer
Location: Dubai (DIFC)

Key Objectives:

You love pinpointing gaps in test coverage and developing plans to fill those gaps. You\'ll have a primary focus on designing test plans and processes for new and existing products.
Your engineering projects will focus on testing web applications and instilling confidence in their stability. You\'ll have the opportunity to contribute to shipping customer-facing code daily.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of automation suite with a modern framework on the market for web and mobile app
• Good experience with JavaScript and extensive experience with test automation in JS environments
• Advising and teaching development teams on how to create and maintain tests
• Experience with CI/CD frameworks and tools (Gitlab or similar) Integrate quality checks throughout the CI/CD pipeline
• Experience testing React or React Native apps
• Mentor and coach QA folks with testing best practices and QA core principles
• Static Code Analysis
• Vulnerability and Security Tests
• Unit Tests
• Writing automated E2E tests
• Build out the environment and infrastructure needed to run the test in the pipeline
• Implement tooling to give quick test feedback to the team
• Inclusion in change & release management process (participate in the Release Management lifecycle, which includes scheduling, coordinating, and managing releases across multiple products using and extending our delivery platforms)
• Direct test execution and ensuring quality benchmarks are tracked and met (e.g, bugs, test results)
• Review developer unit and E2E tests in code reviews
• Experience writing and maintaining test cases

Requirements:

• Have over 5 years of experience automating tests in both web and mobile applications,
• At least years of experience creating pipelines in a CI/CD tool with both web and mobile apps.
• Have good knowledge of JavaScript, over 1 year of experience testing React or React Native
• Hands on experience in Web, Mobile & API Test automation
• Hands-on experience using QA testing techniques and industry-standard software tools - selenium or similar
• Experience testing PlayWright, Detox or Cypress
• Expert at all kinds of automated testing, including Functional, SnapShot, End to End, Regression, Integration, etc.
• ISTQB, testing techniques /test automation tool certified preferred.
• Enterprise software/product development, and you understand critical components of information security.
• Familiar with Agile software development methodologies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Effective collaboration with the engineering team is essential.
• Working experience with applications in AWS, Typescript and Serverless experience, will be a plus
• Self-driven, self-learner willing to share knowledge and participate actively in your community.

First Point Group