Senior QA Engineer

We are seeking a Senior QA Engineer with deep expertise in manual software testing and extensive hands-on experience with Jira. This role requires someone who is extremely fluent in English, capable of leading quality efforts, owning test processes, and communicating clearly and confidently across technical and business teams.

This is a senior, execution-heavy role. You will be expected to operate independently, enforce QA standards, and ensure product readiness across complex systems.

Please do not apply unless you are highly proficient in speaking the English language, as our company deals with many international clients, and we require ease of communication during operations.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead and execute end-to-end manual testing for web-based and enterprise applications
• Design, document, and maintain detailed test cases, test plans, and test scenarios
• Own Jira-based QA workflows, including defect creation and lifecycle management, story validation and acceptance criteria review, traceability between requirements, test cases, and defects
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and UAT testing
• Provide clear, professional, English-written defect reports with exact reproduction steps
• Collaborate closely with product owners and developers to ensure quality gates are met
• Review requirements early to identify gaps, risks, and ambiguities
• Validate fixes and confirm release readiness before deployments
• Act as a quality gatekeeper for production releases

Mandatory Requirements (Non-Negotiable)

• Extremely fluent English (spoken and written) – MUST
• Strong, proven experience using Jira on a daily basis – MUST
• Senior-level experience in manual software testing
• Deep understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, and defect life cycle
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Exceptional attention to detail and documentation discipline

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: AED3,000.00 - AED4,000.00 per month

Experience:

• QA: 1 year (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)