Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat has been the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app across eight countries in the region. We are seeking an Automation Engineer for a hands-on software engineering role focused on building and scaling mobile quality infrastructure — making mobile quality measurable, releases automatic, and developers faster.
About the Role – Mobile Quality Infrastructure at talabat
Core Focus: Mobile CI/CD pipelines, quality guardrails, and release automation
Planning Horizon: 1 day to 3 months, delivering team-level impact
Key Tools: GitHub Actions, Bitrise, Jenkins, Maestro, Appium, XCUITest, Espresso, Postman
Company Scale: talabat – 6,000+ employees, operating across 8 countries in the region
Role Distinction: A software automation engineer who builds quality infrastructure, not a manual QA tester
Career Growth & Engineering Impact
Strategic Location: Dubai – a regional hub for talabat’s engineering and product teams
Multi-Great-Place-to-Work Winner: Join a company recognized for its high-performance, positive culture
Developer-Centric Mission: Build tools and automation that make developers’ lives faster and easier
Career Growth: Progress within talabat’s defined IC2 career progression framework
Position Overview
This Automation Engineer role executes and maintains mobile CI/CD pipelines, implements automated app quality guardrails, and supports release infrastructure automation. You will build integrations linking crash logs and test results to observability dashboards, implement API/contract testing to block backend changes that break mobile apps, build automated mock servers and test data generation scripts, and write automated linting rules and bots that reduce manual code review time for product squads.
Why This Role Matters: As Automation Engineer, you build the mobile quality infrastructure that keeps talabat’s engineering teams shipping fast and reliably across 8 countries, own CI/CD pipelines and release automation rather than executing manual tests, implement cross-stack quality guardrails that catch issues before they reach customers, reduce manual code review time through automated linting and bots, and treat product engineers as your primary customers in a developer-experience-first engineering culture.
Key Responsibilities
Quality & Delivery Infrastructure
- Execute and maintain mobile CI/CD pipelines, including PR builds, caching strategies, and the in-house macOS device farm
- Implement automated app quality guardrails in CI enforcing performance, stability, and screen availability thresholds
- Support automation of release infrastructure within 1-day to 3-month planning cycles
Quality Insights & Tooling
- Build integrations that link crash logs and test results to observability dashboards
- Automate the collection of incident data across mobile releases for clear regression visibility
Cross-Stack Quality Guardrails
- Implement API/Contract testing (e.g., Postman) within the CI pipeline to block breaking backend changes
- Build automated mock servers and test data generation scripts to stabilize E2E UI testing
Code Review & Developer Automation
- Write and maintain automated linting rules and static analysis checks to catch architectural violations early
- Implement scripts and bots that reduce manual code review time for product squads
Qualifications & Requirements
Experience Requirements
- 1 to 3 years of experience as a Software Engineer, SDET, or Platform/DevOps Engineer
- Aligns with talabat’s IC2 career progression timeframes
Coding Skills
- Strong programming ability in at least one language: TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, or Kotlin
- Ability to write clean, maintainable production code
CI/CD & Testing Skills
- Hands-on experience configuring CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitrise, Jenkins, etc.) and writing Bash scripts
- Experience building or contributing to automated testing frameworks (Maestro, Appium, XCUITest, Espresso)
System Thinking & Mindset
- Solid understanding of mobile application architecture and frontend-backend interactions
- High empathy for developer experience (DevX), viewing product engineers as primary customers
About talabat
Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat has been the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, offering convenience and reliability across eight countries in the region. talabat harnesses innovative technology to simplify everyday life for customers, optimize operations for restaurants and local shops, and provide riders with reliable earning opportunities, with 6,000+ talabaty building a high-performance culture recognized as a multi great place to work award winner.
Career Excellence: Build mobile quality infrastructure that powers fast, reliable releases at one of the region’s leading on-demand delivery platforms.
Who Should Apply?
- SDETs/Automation Engineers: With 1-3 years building CI/CD and test automation infrastructure
- Platform/DevOps Engineers: Comfortable with GitHub Actions, Bitrise, or Jenkins pipelines
- Mobile QA Automation Specialists: Skilled in Maestro, Appium, XCUITest, or Espresso
- Software Engineers: With TypeScript, Python, Swift, or Kotlin experience interested in quality infrastructure
- DevX-Focused Engineers: Passionate about improving developer experience through automation
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