Lead Quality Assurance Engineer at DDSC

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Dec, 26

Salary

80000.0

Posted On

21 Sep, 26

Experience

12 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Industry

Financial Services & Insurance

Description

About the RoleWe are looking for an experienced QA Lead Engineer to establish and lead the QA function end-to-end. This is a leadership role for someone who takes ownership of quality strategy, governance, automation, testing, and production readiness — not simply test execution.🔹 Key ResponsibilitiesBuild and scale the QA function from the ground up, including processes, standards, and governance.
Develop and own the overall QA strategy, test framework, automation roadmap, and quality governance model.
Establish quality standards across internal engineering teams and external technology vendors.
Lead functional, integration, API, performance, security, regression, and release testing.
Own release readiness and QA sign-off, including go/no-go recommendations for production releases.
Ensure quality requirements align with security, regulatory, compliance, and performance standards.
Design and implement automated testing frameworks across API, web, and mobile applications.
Integrate QA automation and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines.
Establish effective QA governance across a multi-vendor delivery environment.
Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Security, Compliance, Banking Partners, and external delivery teams.
🔹 Key Requirements10–12 years of QA/testing experience across complex and distributed technology environments.
Strong experience in both manual and automation testing, with a proven track record of leading QA as a function.
Experience building or managing a QA function, ideally as the sole QA Lead/QA owner.
Experience in fintech, payments, banking, digital assets, blockchain, or other regulated financial technology environments is highly preferred.
Hands-on expertise with automation frameworks and tools covering API, web, and mobile testing.
Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps practices, and automated quality gates.
Comprehensive understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and software quality governance.
Experience managing quality across multiple internal teams, technology partners, and external vendors.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

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Responsibilities

About the RoleWe are looking for an experienced QA Lead Engineer to establish and lead the QA function end-to-end. This is a leadership role for someone who takes ownership of quality strategy, governance, automation, testing, and production readiness — not simply test execution.🔹 Key ResponsibilitiesBuild and scale the QA function from the ground up, including processes, standards, and governance.
Develop and own the overall QA strategy, test framework, automation roadmap, and quality governance model.
Establish quality standards across internal engineering teams and external technology vendors.
Lead functional, integration, API, performance, security, regression, and release testing.
Own release readiness and QA sign-off, including go/no-go recommendations for production releases.
Ensure quality requirements align with security, regulatory, compliance, and performance standards.
Design and implement automated testing frameworks across API, web, and mobile applications.
Integrate QA automation and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines.
Establish effective QA governance across a multi-vendor delivery environment.
Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Security, Compliance, Banking Partners, and external delivery teams.
🔹 Key Requirements10–12 years of QA/testing experience across complex and distributed technology environments.
Strong experience in both manual and automation testing, with a proven track record of leading QA as a function.
Experience building or managing a QA function, ideally as the sole QA Lead/QA owner.
Experience in fintech, payments, banking, digital assets, blockchain, or other regulated financial technology environments is highly preferred.
Hands-on expertise with automation frameworks and tools covering API, web, and mobile testing.
Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps practices, and automated quality gates.
Comprehensive understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and software quality governance.
Experience managing quality across multiple internal teams, technology partners, and external vendors.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.