Lead AQA Engineer (Mobile Automation Focus)

About Rafeeq

Rafeeq is Qatar’s leading all-in-one delivery and lifestyle super app, connecting users with 6,000+ partner businesses across the country. As we scale across the GCC, we are strengthening our engineering standards and product quality.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Lead AQA Engineer to own and drive the quality assurance strategy across mobile (iOS/Android), web, and backend systems, with a strong focus on mobile test automation. You will lead the QA function, build scalable testing processes, and ensure high product reliability in a fast-growing tech environment.

This role requires relocation to Doha, Qatar.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement QA strategy and best practices across mobile, web, and backend

• Lead and mentor QA engineers (manual & automation)

• Own mobile automation strategy (iOS/Android): test pyramid, coverage, stability, and execution speed

• Build and maintain automated test frameworks (mobile UI, web UI, and API)

• Implement reliable mobile E2E automation (device farms, emulator/simulator strategy, flaky test control, reporting)

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (PR checks, nightly runs, release gates)

• Oversee test planning, execution, and reporting (release readiness, quality metrics, risk assessment)

• Drive regression, stability, and performance testing (app startup time, key flows latency, crash-free sessions)

• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and DevOps

• Own defect lifecycle and continuous quality improvements (root-cause analysis, prevention, quality gates)

Requirements

• 5+ years in QA, including 2+ years in a leadership role

• Strong experience in automation (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, or similar)

• Hands-on experience building mobile automation for iOS & Android (E2E/UI tests, frameworks, patterns)

• Solid API testing knowledge (REST, auth, contract testing basics)

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins or similar)

• Understanding of mobile-specific QA topics: releases, device fragmentation, flaky tests, permissions, deep links, push notifications

• English level: B2+

• Willingness to relocate to Doha

Nice to Have

• Experience with mobile device farms (BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, Firebase Test Lab, AWS Device Farm)

• Experience in marketplace / delivery / super app products

• Performance testing experience (mobile performance profiling is a plus)

• Cloud environment experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

• Experience scaling QA in high-growth environments