Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, SDET

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 worlds largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting-edge information and technology team as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, SDET.

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, SDET, 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. 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. 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 to shape the future of Emirates Group.

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 below requirements:

• 3 years in 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#.
• Automation frameworks experience using one or more of the following automation tools: Selenium components, WebDriver, Grid, Protractor, Jasmin, Cucumber, Gherkin, JUnit, TestNG.
• Experience using Git SCM tools (GitHub or Bitbucket or similar tools), CI tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps or equivalent, and proficiency in at least 2 different programming languages utilizing 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.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in designing, developing, and implementing test strategies for enterprise middleware, API gateways, event-driven architectures, and ETL systems.
• Knowledge of and hands-on experience in testing within the Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft 365 ecosystem.
• Familiarity with RPA tools such as Automation Anywhere and IBM BPM.

Key skills/competency

• Quality Assurance
• SDET
• Test Automation
• UI Automation
• API Testing
• CI/CD
• DevSecOps
• Java, Python, C#
• Selenium WebDriver
• Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP)