Software Engineer - QA

Key Responsibilities

Main duties and day-to-day tasks expected from the resource

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for digital banking applications, APIs, microservices, and web/mobile channels.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, API, UAT, and end-to-end testing across banking platforms.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites to improve test coverage and release quality.
• Validate REST APIs, microservices, event-driven integrations, and backend services.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, and DevOps teams throughout the SDLC.
• Participate in requirement reviews, sprint planning, defect triage, and release readiness assessments.
• Execute test automation within CI/CD pipelines and support shift-left quality practices.
• Ensure compliance with banking security, audit, performance, and regulatory requirements.
• Track, report, and manage defects through to resolution while ensuring quality gates are met.

Required Skills

Primary technical and functional skills

Strong experience in Manual Testing, API Testing, Integration Testing, and Automation Testing.

• Hands-on experience with Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, SoapUI, and API validation tools.
• Experience in automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Rest Assured, or Karate.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, XML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and Microservices Architecture.
• Experience with SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and database validation techniques.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, DevOps, and CI/CD methodologies.
• Familiarity with GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and SonarQube quality processes.
• Proficient in BDD/SDD practices, leveraging Gherkin and Cucumber to create executable specifications, automate acceptance tests, and improve collaboration between business and technical teams.

Required Experience / Knowledge Areas

Specific domain or industry knowledge required

• 5+ years of QA experience with at least 3 years testing enterprise applications and APIs.
• Experience in Banking, Financial Services, Corporate Banking, Digital Banking, Payments, Lending, or FinTech domains.
• Strong understanding of API-driven architectures and microservices ecosystems.
• Experience in testing customer-facing applications with high availability and security requirements.
• Understanding of software quality assurance methodologies, defect management, and test automation best practices.Experience working in regulated and compliance-driven environments.

Good-to-Have Skills

Additional skills that are an advantage but not mandatory

• Performance testing experience using JMeter, LoadRunner, or NeoLoad.
• Security testing experience including OWASP, API Security, and vulnerability assessment.
• Experience testing cloud-native applications deployed on Azure or AWS.
• Mobile application testing experience for Android and iOS platforms.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Event Hub, or messaging platforms.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing, test data management, and synthetic monitoring.

Key Deliverables

Expected outputs and outcomes from the resource

• Comprehensive test strategy, test plans, and test execution reports.
• Automated functional and API test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• API validation and quality assurance for banking services and integrations.
• Defect tracking, root cause analysis, and quality metrics reporting.
• Successful SIT, UAT, Regression, and Production Readiness sign-offs.
• Test evidence, compliance documentation, and audit-ready quality artefacts.
• Delivery of applications meeting agreed functional and non-functional requirements.

Language Requirements

English mandatory; Arabic is preferred.

SECTION 3 – CERTIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Certifications Required

• Certified Agile Tester (Preferred)
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Preferred
• Certified Scrum Professional or Agile Certification Preferred

Preferred Tech Stack

Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Karate, Rest Assured, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, Java, SQL, JMeter, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, SonarQube, REST APIs, Microservices

Tools / Platforms

JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, Firebase, Figma, Jenkins, Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, Kubernetes/OpenShift