Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

About Us

• Core42, a leader in AI-powered cloud and digital infrastructure, is driving transformative technology solutions globally.
• Leveraging advanced resources and partnerships, Core42 empowers clients to harness sovereign AI infrastructure, especially in sectors with stringent regulatory needs.
• With a mission to redefine digital transformation, we combine sovereign capabilities with scalable, high-performance compute infrastructure, positioning itself at the forefront of AI innovation in the Middle East and beyond.
• The opportunity
• Senior QA Engineer will be directly responsible for the test engineering activities across the Core42 generative AI enablement platform and data sovreignity platform.
• You’ll ensure that the robust test plan are in place considering functional as well as non-functional aspect, focus on test coverage, hand’s on automation experience with exposure to AI and with robust CI/ CD implementation experience for the test.
• Additionally, able to closely collaborate with stakeholders working in agile environment with transparent and accurate test status reporting.
• Your key responsibilities
• Collaborate with product and development team to understand requirement, technical details and design effective test strategies and deduce test scenarios.
• Good technical knowledge with hands on expertise on designing automation framework, writing automation test cases, execution and maintaining the pipelines.
• Experience of QA activities of platform services and working knowledge in cloud infrastructure.
• Manage test efforts effectively, ensuring timely delivery under tight release deadlines.
• Well versed working in Agile culture and active participation is required in all the agile ceremonies and able to estimate the effort effectively.
• Good debugging skills in the microservice architecture in terms of analysing the errors and bugs.
• Good communication, collaboration, analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
• What we’re looking for

/ Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Electronics Engineering, or a related field. A Master’s degree or advanced certifications are often preferred.
• 8 or more experience in software test engineering and test automation with CI/CD experience.
• Good communication, collaboration, analytical, debugging reporting, and problem-solving skills with high sense of accountability for quality of the product.
• Good experience in testing web applications, backend API’s, native mobile applications both functional and open-source automation tools.
• Hands-on coding experience with automated testing framework preferably Playwright with Python, others experience Selenium / Appium is also applicable for API using request library (Python) or any similar like Rest Assured (if Java automation background).
• Experience in testing python-based test framework -PyTest.
• Hands on experience in testing backend platform services, able to write shell script and nice to have cloud DevOps skills.
• Hands on experience on building CI/CD preferably Bitbucket or GIT.
• Experience in Test Management Tools and API testing – JIRA, Postman, QMetry, Confluence.
• Able to query databases and comfortable in writing fundamental SQL queries.
• Exposure to cloud platform Azure or AWS, exposure to use AI tools and technologies.
• (b) Preferred technical skills
• Good experience in testing web applications, backend API’s, native mobile applications both functional and open-source automation tools.
• Good functional knowledge of testing API using POSTMAN or any other tools like Newman, CURL etc.
• Experience in working with Test management tools like Zephyr, QMetry, HP Quality Center, JIRA, Azure DevOps, or any other similar tool.
• Experience with database querying using SQL, PostgreSQL nice to have experience on elastic search and MongoDB.
• Experience in testing framework preferably PyTest any others like TestNG and JUnit can be considered.
• Experience in working on platform and foundation services in any cloud infrastructure with DevOps experience preferred.
• Experience in working on cloud platform preferably Azure with understanding on AI services, good to have AWS exposure also.
• Good to have knowledge on monitoring tech stack like timeseries Database Influx DB and Grafana.
• Nice to have understanding on non-functional requirement and performance engineering with Python Locust, writing scripts as per requirements, web-based performance tools like sitespeed.io
• What working at Core42 offers
• With a diverse team of 1,100+ employees from 68 nationalities, we foster an inclusive, innovative and collaborative environment.
• At Core42, we foster a culture grounded in trust, accountability and high performance.
• We are united by our values:

Grit

Passion

Impact

• , as we aim to inspire progress and create meaningful change.
• Our team members thrive in an environment where each person’s contributions propel us forward, and together, we commit to achieving extraordinary results.
• Competitive Salary: We offer an attractive salary package based on your skills and experience
• Yearly Bonus: In recognition of your contributions, you will receive a performance-based annual bonus
• Exclusive Discount Cards: Access special benefits with Esaad and Fazaa cards, offering discounts across a wide range of services
• Premium Family Insurance: We provide comprehensive health coverage, including dental, vision and life insurance, ensuring the well-being of you and your family
• Learning & Development: We offer access to top-tier learning platforms to help you grow in your career. Learn at your own pace with unlimited access to premium courses.