Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - Mobile Applications
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About the Role
Emirates Group IT is seeking a Lead QA Engineer for Mobile Applications to design and implement quality engineering practices, develop automated tests, and mentor team members. Requires 5+ years experience, expertise in mobile testing (iOS/Android), automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines.
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Responsibilities
- Work closely with project members, technical product owners, architects and software engineers to understand the complete context of deliveries, translate complex functional and non functional requirements in robust end to end tests that exercise the business process
- 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. Test harnesses to make end to end tests robust
- Ensure Quality Gate requirements are understood by the team and met
- Support the Principal Quality Assurance Engineer with the coordination of major delivery initiatives across multiple domains and environments, ensuring no customer or business impact
- Support the team in their development, training and understanding of technologies and processes
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field or relevant experience
- 5+ years of experience in quality engineering roles involving the building of complex, scalable and large software solutions in digital, data or enterprise domain
- Lead and mentor QA engineers; establish automation and coding best practices and own and drive quality across the SDLC
- Strong expertise in mobile application testing (iOS & Android), mobile web, and design systems validation
- Hands on experience with at least one modern UI testing frameworks: iOS: XCUITest, Snapshot testing (Prefire) and Android: Jetpack Compose Testing, Snapshot testing (Paparazzi)
- Proficiency in Swift or Kotlin (both preferred) and working knowledge of Java, Python, or JavaScript
- Leveraging AI assisted testing, effective test data management, Agentic AI and intelligent test selection
- Must have hand on experience with Accessibility testing (mobile apps) ensuring compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG)
- Experience with API automation testing (REST/GraphQL) using tools such as Postman, REST assured and Contract testing (e.g., Pact or similar)
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI) including test integration, parallel execution, and failure analysis
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and mobile device farms (Sauce Labs or similar)
- Working Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Design systems (Figma)
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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.
- As Lead Quality Assurance Engineer Mobile Applications, you will design, develop and implement quality engineering practices and processes for a teams within an agile release train in accordance with quality standards and best practice guidelines.
In This Role, You Will
- Work closely with project members, technical product owners, architects and software engineers to understand the complete context of deliveries, translate complex functional and non functional requirements in robust end to end tests that exercise the business process.
- 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. Test harnesses to make end to end tests robust.
- Ensure Quality Gate requirements are understood by the team and met.
- Support the Principal Quality Assurance Engineer with the coordination of major delivery initiatives across multiple domains and environments, ensuring no customer or business impact.
- Support the team in their development, training and understanding of technologies and processes.
Qualification
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field or relevant experience.
- 5+ years of experience in quality engineering roles involving the building of complex, scalable and large software solutions in digital, data or enterprise domain.
- Lead and mentor QA engineers; establish automation and coding best practices and own and drive quality across the SDLC (shift left & shift right practices)
- Strong expertise in mobile application testing (iOS & Android), mobile web, and design systems validation
- Hands on experience with at least one modern UI testing frameworks: iOS: XCUITest, Snapshot testing (Prefire) and Android: Jetpack Compose Testing, Snapshot testing (Paparazzi)
- Proficiency in Swift or Kotlin (both preferred) and working knowledge of Java, Python, or JavaScript
- Leveraging AI assisted testing, effective test data management, Agentic AI and intelligent test selection to optimize test coverage, efficiency, and maintenance
- Must have hand on experience with Accessibility testing (mobile apps) ensuring compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG), including screen reader support (VoiceOver/TalkBack), proper labels, contrast, and usability for users with disabilities
- Experience with API automation testing (REST/GraphQL) using tools such as Postman, REST assured and Contract testing (e.g., Pact or similar)
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI) including test integration, parallel execution, and failure analysis
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and mobile device farms (Sauce Labs or similar)
- Working Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Design systems (Figma)
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.
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