Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Purpose

At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world, to and through our global hub in Dubai, and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers 'Fly Better'.

Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology. Being pioneers in aviation innovation, we're always at the forefront, pushing boundaries. We're on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry. Embark on a journey with the world's largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting-edge information and technology team as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer.

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you will join our Quality Engineering team, where quality lies at the heart of our brand. We value diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, and we are building a talented team of quality engineers who ensure software quality across the entire customer journey from ticket booking and payment processing to the seamless delivery of ancillary services and the efficient operation of our airplanes.

We are looking for professionals with strong payment domain knowledge and proven experience in building automated API, UI, and contract tests to help deliver reliable, scalable, and secure solutions. You should have hands-on expertise in Java for test automation, while experience with Python is considered a strong advantage.

Our engineering teams employ a modern suite of testing tools and methodologies using widely adopted frameworks and programming languages, alongside innovative technologies that support application development, testing, and deployment. We implement CI/CD pipelines and embrace DevSecOps practices with a focus on continuous improvement to enhance the customer experience.

If you are passionate about shaping the future of quality engineering and contributing to the renowned success of Emirates, we invite you to apply and help build world-class digital experiences.

In this role, you will:

• Work closely with project members, architects and software engineers to understand the technical landscape and the context of deliveries to translate complex functional and non-functional requirements.
• Work closely with product owners to provide early feedback on any foreseen risks in the product requirements and design.
• Work with the Quality Engineering Chapter team to ensure non-production environments and test data are available to support the complete set of testing activities across feature teams.
• Liaise with other release train teams to manage the testing of cross dependencies.
• Ensure Test Tools are configured correctly and accurately to support the collection of metrics for program and enterprise-wide dashboards.
• Support and guide Software Engineers to write and maintain automated functional tests through continuous integration.
• Implement, maintain, and adapt automation frameworks and test harnesses to ensure robust end to end tests.
• Facilitate the set up and adherence to Quality Gate requirements.

Qualification

To be considered for the role, you must meet the requirements below:

• 3 years in an Information Technology Degree or Honours or equivalent Degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering.
• Experience in quality engineering roles within a digital or e-commerce environment.
• Experience as a Software Quality Engineering lead or equivalent position, looking after multiple products.
• Extensive hands-on experience with developing UI and API automation frameworks and familiar with common programming and scripting languages, Java, Python, JS, C, Ruby, Perl, C languages.
• Automation frameworks experience using one or more of the following automation tools: Selenium components, WebDriver Grid, etc., Protractor, Jasmine, Cucumber, Gherkin, JUnit, TestNG
• Experience using git SCM tools, GitHub, Bitbucket, or similar tools, CI tools like Jenkins, Azure, DevOps, or equivalent, and proficiency in at least 2 different programming languages, utilising coding best practices and defining coding guidelines.
• Experience in providing product input on business process flows and scenario mapping for business solutions, and being up to date with the latest testing and technology trends.
• Strong expertise with context driven and exploratory testing with practical experience of using a number of testing heuristics.
• Experience working with VMs and containers, both on-prem and cloud offerings like Amazon and Google Cloud, leading teams to implement new tools and techniques to raise the quality of deliveries.Leadership Role: No

Salary & benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers