Mobile Automation Engineer

The Role: We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer with a strong experience in the full mobile automation lifecycle and a passion for quality. A successful candidate would join a motivated mobile application development team to play a key role in ensuring the reliability, usability, and performance of our applications and SDKs across various mobile platforms. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys a variety of work, thrives in a remote environment, and is comfortable learning new skills and educating developers to embed quality throughout the development lifecycle. Key Responsibilities: Follow BDD practices to create test scenarios using Gherkin syntax that define clear and testable requirements for the product behaviour.

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Java/Kotlin, Appium, and Cucumber.
• Conduct API testing and validation using REST tools and frameworks.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitrise, or similar tools.
• Report on automation results using Zephyr Scale within Jira
• Triage issues with automation results to ensure that tests remain reliable over time.
• Perform exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and usability issues.
• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and other QA engineers to ensure high-quality releases.
• Promote a quality-first mindset across the engineering team.
• Assist developers in the creation of automated tests.
• Stay current with emerging testing tools, trends, and technologies.

Essential:

• Experience with manual exploratory testing.
• Experience with automation.
• Solid understanding of QA principles, testing methodologies, and best practices.
• Proficiency with: Git, Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG, Java, BDD / Gherkin
• Analytical thinker and effective problem solver.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence developers to prioritize quality.
• Willingness to learn new tools and technologies.

Desirable:

• Appium 2.0 and mobile test automation Kotlin and Kotlin-based test clients. Android/iOS development
• REST API test creation and validation.
• BrowserStack, Jenkins, and/or Bitrise.
• Interest in applying AI in testing.

Originally posted on Himalayas