Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

6thStreet is a one-stop shop for style-conscious women, men and kids in the UAE, KSA and Kuwait. The fashion-savvy destination offers collections from over 150 international fashion brands such as Dune London, ALDO, Naturalizer, Nine West, Charles & Keith, New Balance, Crocs, Birkenstock, Skechers, Levi’s, Aeropostale, Garage, Nike, Adidas Originals, Rituals, and many more. The online fashion platform also provides free delivery, free returns, cash on delivery and the option for click and collect.
As a QA Automation Engineer, you would be an active participant in all phases of the project life cycle and will be required to work closely with a variety of internal business partners to ensure that all testing requirements are understood, documented, implemented, executed and meet the expectations. You will manage and work activity with the QA team focused on automation, performance, and quality engineering for mobile applications (iOS & Android) and Progressive Web Apps (PWA). You will be responsible for analysis, functional experience, requirements gathering, creating/ maintaining end to end test cases with sanity, regression, and by automation.

Build and manage a team of manual and automation QA engineers, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
Define, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks for both App and Web platforms using tools such as Appium, Selenium, Playwright, and Python.
Drive performance and load testing strategies for App and PWA to assess scalability, responsiveness, and user experience under real-world conditions.
Lead QA task, planning, and execution for App (Native + Hybrid) and PWA platforms.
Work closely with developers to understand system architecture and technical aspects, facilitating effective testing.
Establish and track key QA metrics such as defect rates, test coverage, automation ROI, and regression duration.
Implement security testing protocols to identify vulnerabilities and ensure the protection of sensitive user and financial data.
Prepare and maintain documents throughout the QA cycle covering goals, test cases, scenarios, results, limitations, and outcomes.
Review and improve test architecture, code coverage, and maintainability of automated tests.
Collaborate with DevOps, BAU, and engineering to integrate automated tests into CI/ CD pipelines.
Drive mobile performance testing and ensure app compatibility across OS versions and devices.
track product quality across sprints and releases.
Own QA documentation including test plans, SOPs, bug reports, and release sign-offs.
Advocate for best practices in QA, security, performance, and compliance.
Assist developer, product and operation team by tracking, documenting, and reporting quality levels proactively.

6+ years of overall experience in QA or Automation Engineering (iOS & Android App) with at least 2+ years in a team management role.
~ Strong hands-on experience of 3+ years in App Automation (Android & iOS) and Web automation using Appium, Selenium, Playwright.
~ Hands-on experience with automation frameworks and tools like Appium, Selenium, Playwright, JMeter, PostMAN, GitHub, Jenkins, etc.
~ Solid expertise in performance and load testing for App and PWA platforms.
~ Working knowledge of debugging, SQL, JSON, XPath, and CI/CD pipelines and integrating automation into delivery workflows.
~ Good command over XPath, Web Console, XML, JSON, SQL queries and scripts.
~ Solid understanding of functional, API, performance, and security testing.
~ Experience managing quality for e-commerce or high-scale mobile-first platforms is a strong plus.
~ Working knowledge of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and QA best practices.
~ Proficient in SQL, JSON, XPath, and debugging tools.
~ Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
~ Education , Knowledge, and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science or equivalent with 6+ years of experience in a quality assurance environment with automation framework.
Minimum 3+ years of experience in App/ PWA automation or any Testing tool.
Minimum 2+ years of experience in API Automation, App/ PWA Performance testing.

Full-time role
Competitive salary
Company employee discounts across all brands
Medical & health insurance
Good vibes work culture.

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