Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

About

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 Lead Quality Assurance Engineer.

As a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer you will join our Quality Engineering team where quality lies at the heart of our brand. Our team ensures software quality across the entire customer journey from ticket booking to the seamless delivery of ancillary services and the efficient operation of our airplanes. We employ a suite of testing tools and methodologies utilizing widely used frameworks and programming languages such as Java, C#, and Python, along with innovative technologies essential for application development, testing and deployment. We implement CI/CD pipelines and follow DevSecOps practices, dedicated to continuous improvement to enhance the customer experience.

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 into 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 and 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.
• ISTQB Certified Agile Tester.
• Experience in quality engineering roles involving the building of complex, scalable and large software solutions in digital, data or enterprise domain.
• Solid experience as a Software Quality Engineering lead or equivalent position looking after multiple products.
• Experience providing product input on business process flows and scenario mapping for business solutions.
• Experience understanding and applying system thinking to advanced technology solutions for large, complex organisations in a multi‑functional environment.
• Experience creating and maintaining large‑scale test data frameworks to support test automation.
• 3+ years of 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 or Bitbucket or similar tools.
• Proficiency in at least two programming languages, preferably Python and Java.
• Experience with coding best practices and defining coding guidelines.
• Highly experienced with developing automation frameworks from scratch for UI and API testing and integration with CI pipelines.
• Experience using CI tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps or equivalent.
• Strong expertise with context‑driven and exploratory testing with practical experience of using a number of testing heuristics.
• Experience building test automation frameworks for microservices in Python.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with VMs and containers both on‑prem and cloud offerings like Amazon and Google Cloud.
• Awareness of the latest testing and technology trends and using them to improve daily practices.

Benefits

• Attractive tax‑free salary in Dubai.
• Travel benefits exclusive to the industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays worldwide.
• Opportunity to live and work in a fast‑paced, cosmopolitan city.