QA Automation Engineer - GenAI at NorthBay Solutions
Abu Dhabi
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Jul 1, 2026
Abu Dhabi
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior QA automation role focused on testing cloud-native, AI/ML, and generative AI platforms. Day-to-day work covers designing test strategies, building and maintaining automation frameworks, API testing, and embedding tests into CI/CD pipelines, with a particular emphasis on validating model accuracy, fairness, and bias in AI/ML systems. The role also involves mentoring junior engineers and suits an experienced automation engineer with a background in both functional and non-functional testing.
Senior level · 7+ years · National · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This role is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE — explicitly onsite and restricted to UAE-based candidates. US benchmark data will not apply.
The title carries no seniority level word; 'Unspecified' is set for advertised seniority. The 7+ years requirement and mentorship responsibilities support a Senior classification.
Pytest and Selenium are listed together as interchangeable examples of automation frameworks ('Pytest, Selenium, or similar tools'); they are captured as a single requirement with alternatives. However, both are also individually named under Required Qualifications, so the capability is clearly a hard gate.
Postman is listed under Key Responsibilities with 'or comparable tools'; it is treated as a hard gate on API testing capability, with Postman as the named example.
JIRA appears in the responsibilities section as an example defect-tracking tool ('such as JIRA'); it is treated as a hard gate on defect management tooling.
AI/ML and GenAI testing experience (model validation, bias detection, feature/data pipeline testing) is listed under Preferred Skills and is marked accordingly.
Cloud platform familiarity (AWS, Azure, GCP) is listed under Preferred Skills only.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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