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

e.g.
English only / Arabic preferred / Bilingual

English
mandatory; Arabic is preferred.

SECTION
3 – CERTIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

Certifications
Required

e.g.
AWS Certified, PMP, CISSP, Azure, ITIL

• Certified Agile Tester (Preferred)

• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Preferred

• Certified Scrum Professional or Agile Certification Preferred

Preferred Tech
Stack

e.g.
Python, Java, React, Kubernetes, Power BI

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

Tools /
Platforms

e.g.
JIRA, Confluence, GitHub, ServiceNow, Postman

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