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Institute of Foundation Models

Researches and develops foundation models

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

QA & Testing +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAbu Dhabi - United Arab EmiratesNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI, or a related technical field is required.
  • Extensive experience in software quality assurance, test automation, and validation of complex software systems.
  • Strong proficiency in Python, with hands-on experience in test automation frameworks such as PyTest or similar.
  • Understanding of AI/ML model testing challenges, including non-deterministic outputs, dataset biases, and model evaluation metrics.
  • Experience testing distributed systems, RESTful APIs, cloud-native applications, and microservices architectures.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
  • Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to identify edge cases and failure modes.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement comprehensive test plans and test cases for AI-powered applications, APIs, and platform features.
  • Develop automated testing frameworks for AI models, data pipelines, and software features, primarily leveraging Python.
  • Evaluate AI model outputs for correctness, fairness, robustness, and consistency across various tasks and datasets.
  • Collaborate with AI researchers, data scientists, and engineers to define testing metrics and acceptance criteria for AI models.
  • Conduct manual and exploratory testing where automation is insufficient, especially for AI feature behavior.
  • Perform end-to-end testing across distributed systems, APIs, databases, web applications, and model inference pipelines.
  • Implement performance testing for both AI inference and software systems to ensure responsiveness and scalability.
  • Develop continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) pipelines to ensure reliable and repeatable testing processes.
  • Track, analyze, and report defects and quality metrics to stakeholders, driving root cause analysis and resolution.
  • Contribute to internal quality standards, best practices, and documentation to strengthen the QA function within IFM.

Desired Qualifications

  • Master’s degree or equivalent experience in AI systems, software testing, or quality assurance preferred.
  • Experience testing AI models (LLMs, computer vision, multi-modal models) and AI-enhanced software features.
  • Proficiency with AI/ML libraries and frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Hugging Face for model validation.
  • Familiarity with data quality assurance, dataset validation, and annotation workflows.
  • Knowledge of cloud infrastructure platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Arabic language proficiency to assist in linguistic, data, or region-specific validation scenarios.
  • Contributions to open-source QA tools or AI testing frameworks.

About the Company

Institute of Foundation Models

Researches and develops foundation models

IFM builds and studies foundation models—large AI models designed to learn broadly from diverse data and be used across many tasks. Its work centers on academic research to create open, fast, and practical models that address real-world societal needs, rather than narrow applications. The models are developed by a global team across Abu Dhabi, Paris, and Silicon Valley, with a strong emphasis on openness and collaboration to advance AI science and accessibility. Unlike typical private labs that lock models behind paywalls, IFM aims to provide publicly accessible, efficient models that can be used by researchers and developers to solve real problems. The overarching goal is to push the science of foundation models forward while ensuring their benefits reach society at large.

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