Quality Assurance Engineer

Company Overview: Dar, the founding member of the Sidara group, is an international multidisciplinary consulting organization specializing in engineering, architecture, planning, environment, project management, facilities management, and economics. Sidara operates in 60 countries with 20,500 professionals, Dar connects people, places, and communities through innovative solutions to the world's most complex challenges. We deliver projects from inception through completion, embracing challenges to empower communities worldwide. Learn more at www.dar.com. Our Vision and Values: We aspire to be the chosen home of those with a gift for crafting solutions that empower people and an unwavering passion for learning and innovation. Our core values shape our culture and guide our decision-making. We are committed to: Excellence Responsibility Empowerment Connectivity Courage Responsibilities: The role encompasses, but is not restricted to, the following responsibilities: Proactively engage with business users and product teams to thoroughly understand and analyse product requirements, translating them into clear, concise, and testable scenarios. Collaborate with products owners and teams to review detailed user stories, ensuring they are testable and accurately reflect business needs. Define test strategies, plans, and coverage for both functional and non-functional requirements. Implements scalable and reliable automated tests and frameworks. Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for web, mobile, and API testing using tools such as Katalon, Selenium, Appium, Postman, JUnit, NUnit, or equivalent. Implement and maintain automated regression and smoke testing suites integrated into the CI/CD pipeline. Execute test scripts and automated test runs during build pipelines and report results in Azure DevOps dashboards while maintaining effective test cases. Integrate automated tests within the DevSecOps pipeline, enabling continuous testing with every build and deployment. Implement security and performance testing as part of automated validation steps. Track and report testing KPIs, analyze software test results and recommends a course of action if necessary to ensure that standards demanded by the organization are maintained. Identify and recommend improvements to testing processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. Strong understanding of software testing principles, SDLC, and STLC. Proficiency in automation frameworks such as: Selenium / Cypress / Playwright / Appium / Detox / Katalon Postman / Newman / RestAssured Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions. Working knowledge of programming/scripting languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or C#. Experience with test data management and mocking tools. Understanding of SQL and ability to validate data integrity across databases. Exposure to security and performance testing tools (OWASP ZAP, JMeter, etc.) is a plus. Analytical and detail-oriented mindset. Strong communication and documentation skills. Ability to work collaboratively in Agile/Scrum teams. Commitment to automation-first and shift-left testing principles. Automation coverage ratio across modules. Reduction in manual regression efforts over time. Percentage of builds validated automatically in CI/CD pipeline. Defect detection rate pre-release vs post-release. Equal Opportunity Statement While we carefully review all applications, only candidates who meet the specified requirements will be contacted for further consideration. We appreciate your understanding and thank you for your interest. Show more