Senior QA Automation & Release Engineer

Job Title: Senior QA Automation & Release Engineer

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE | Employment Type: Full-time | Work Mode: On-site

We are looking for a hands-on Senior QA Automation & Release Engineer to own mobile release engineering and test automation across Android, iOS, Web and API platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain Fastlane-based Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for Android, iOS and Huawei applications.
• Manage mobile builds, code signing, certificates, provisioning profiles, keystores and release credentials.
• Manage releases across Google Play, Apple App Store/TestFlight and Huawei AppGallery .
• Build and maintain automation frameworks using Selenium, Appium and/or Playwright .
• Develop API automation and support performance/load testing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve build, pipeline, signing and release issues end-to-end.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and maintain reliable regression coverage.
• Work with modern AI-augmented QA tools for test generation, failure analysis and automation.
• Collaborate closely with QA, Development and DevOps teams to ensure release readiness.

Must Have

• 6+ years of QA automation experience.
• 2–3+ years of hands-on mobile CI/CD/release ownership .
• Strong hands-on experience with Fastlane and Jenkins .
• Experience with Android Gradle and iOS Xcode/xcodebuild .
• Experience with mobile code signing and store releases.
• Strong experience with Appium, Selenium or Playwright .
• Programming experience in Java, Python or TypeScript .
• Strong troubleshooting and release-management skills.

Preferred

• Huawei AppGallery/HMS experience.
• REST Assured or equivalent API automation.
• JMeter and K6/Gatling/LoadRunner.
• Experience with Playwright MCP, Appium MCP, n8n or AI-assisted QA .
• Background in fintech, gaming or e-commerce .

This is an individual contributor role for someone who enjoys owning both automation quality and the reliability of mobile release pipelines.