Quality Assurance Specialist

About Qatar Living

Role Overview

Manual Testing

• Design, write, and execute detailed test cases and test plans for new features and bug fixes across web, mobile, and API.
• Perform exploratory, regression, functional, and UAT testing across all platforms before each release.
• Test responsive web behavior across browsers and devices; validate iOS and Android app builds via TestFlight and Google Play internal testing.
• Identify, document, and track bugs with clear reproduction steps, severity ratings, and supporting evidence (screenshots, logs, videos).
• Collaborate closely with developers and product managers to clarify requirements and catch gaps before development begins.
• Validate fixes and perform sign-off testing to confirm defect resolution.

Test Automation

• Build, maintain, and expand automated test suites covering critical user flows across web and mobile.
• Write automation scripts for end-to-end, regression, and smoke test coverage using industry-standard frameworks.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to enable automated testing on every deployment.
• Monitor test results, triage failures, and ensure the test suite stays healthy and trustworthy.
• Identify which test cases deliver the highest ROI for automation and prioritize accordingly.

API Testing

• Test REST APIs across all backend microservices, validating request/response schemas, status codes, error handling, and edge cases.
• Write and maintain automated API test collections covering happy paths, failure scenarios, and boundary conditions.
• Verify data integrity between frontend interfaces and backend services.
• Test authentication flows, rate limiting, and permission-based access controls at the API layer.

Quality Process & Reporting

• Maintain a structured test repository, organized, versioned, and accessible to the entire team.
• Produce clear QA reports per sprint: test coverage, pass/fail rates, open defects, and release readiness assessments.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies, planning, reviews, and retrospectives, as the quality voice in the room.
• Proactively flag quality risks before they become production incidents.
• Contribute to improving QA processes, standards, and team practices over time.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• ISTQB certification is a plus .
• 3–6 years of hands-on QA experience covering both manual and automated testing.
• Strong experience writing test cases, test plans, and bug reports, clear, structured, and actionable.
• Hands-on automation experience with at least one framework (Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Appium, or equivalent).
• Solid API testing experience using tools like Postman, REST Assured, or similar.
• Mobile testing experience on both iOS and Android, including device farm or emulator-based testing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating tests into automated build processes.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams with sprint-based delivery cycles.
• Strong attention to detail and an instinct for breaking things before users do.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience testing classifieds, marketplace, or e-commerce platforms.
• Familiarity with performance or load testing (k6, JMeter, or similar).
• Basic understanding of React Native or Next.js to better communicate with developers.
• Exposure to accessibility testing standards (WCAG).
• Arabic language skills are a plus.