QA Automation - Senior Engineer

Job Description

About the Role
We’re looking for a hands-on Mobile QA Automation Engineer who is passionate about delivering smooth and reliable customer experiences across our mobile platforms. In this role, you’ll focus on building and maintaining mobile automation test coverage to support fast-paced product development. You’ll work closely with developers, product managers, and support teams to ensure we release high-quality iOS and Android apps that our users trust.                                                                                                    

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain test automation for iOS and Android apps using Appium, XCUITest, or similar tools.
• Write test scripts using JavaScript, Java, or Python to validate key customer-facing flows and mobile app performance.
• Run and analyze test results as part of continuous integration workflows (e.g., GitHub Actions, Bitrise, Jenkins).
• Track and validate bugs, performance issues, and edge case behavior in coordination with dev and support teams.
• Contribute to regression testing and smoke tests before mobile releases.
• Create and manage test data, automate repetitive validation steps, and improve test reliability over time.
• Collaborate with customer support and product teams to reproduce real-world issues reported by users.
• Document test scenarios, results, and known issues clearly for internal reference.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of QA experience, with at least 2 years in automating mobile applications.
• Proficiency in testing customer-facing mobile apps for both iOS and Android.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools like Appium, XCUITest, Espresso.
• Familiarity with REST API testing using Postman or similar tools.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving, agile environment with shifting priorities and short release cycles.
• Exposure to cloud-based test platforms like AWS Device Farm, BrowserStack, or Firebase Test Lab.
• Working knowledge of databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) for data validation.
• Ability to think from the end user’s perspective and ensure usability and functionality in production scenarios.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills — you can clearly describe issues and steps to reproduce them.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience working with early-stage or growth-stage startups is a plus.
• Located in or able to work within U.S. Eastern time zone hours.

Mandatory Competencies