Mobile Automation Engineer

Role Overview

Looking for an SDET to rapidly convert existing manual Android/iOS flows into reliable, scalable automation. You’ll own critical-path coverage, wire suites into CI/CD, and raise release confidence—primarily coding in

TypeScript/JavaScript

. Responsibilities Design & build automation:

Implement and maintain mobile E2E tests for Android/iOS using

Appium

with

TypeScript/JS

(e.g., WebdriverIO/Appium Service or Appium + Mocha/Jest). Rapid conversion:

Analyze current manual flows, prioritize high-impact paths, and convert them to stable automated suites with clear reporting and artifacts (logs, screenshots, videos). Test strategy & coverage:

Own functional, regression, smoke, and data-driven suites; enforce screen-object/page-object patterns and reusable utilities. API validation:

Create lightweight API checks (Postman/JS

clients) and stitch them into E2E flows for setup/teardown and contract sanity. CI/CD integration:

Run tests on emulators/simulators and device farms (BrowserStack/Sauce/FTL); enable parallel runs, flake quarantine, and trend dashboards. Defect lifecycle:

Log, triage, and track issues in

DevRev

; provide crisp repro steps, evidence, and root-cause notes. Collaboration:

Work with developers, PMs, and QA to define acceptance criteria, shift-left checks, and release gates. Quality improvements:

Monitor flakiness and coverage gaps; contribute utilities, linters, and coding standards for the test framework. Version control:

Use

Git

(branching, PRs, code reviews) and maintain clean commit hygiene.

Required Skills & Qualifications Experience:

2–4 years in mobile testing with strong emphasis on automation for Android and iOS. Language:

Proficient in

TypeScript/JavaScript

for test development. Automation:

Hands-on with

Appium

(WDIO Appium service preferred) and test runners like

Mocha/Jest

; familiarity with XPath/iOS predicates/UiAutomator2/XCUITest locators. Tooling:

Comfortable with

Android Studio

,

ADB

,

Xcode

, simulators/emulators, and real devices via device farms. API testing:

Working knowledge of

Postman

or JS-based API clients; basic contract/assertion design. CI/CD:

Practical experience integrating tests into

GitHub Actions/GitLab/Jenkins

; artifact retention and parallelization. Process:

Solid grasp of

SDLC/STLC

and Agile; risk-based testing and regression planning. Databases:

Basic

SQL

for test data setup/validation. Soft skills:

Strong debugging, analytical mindset, and clear written/verbal communication.

Nice to Have AI/Agentic testing:

Experience with AI-assisted test generation, autonomous test agents, or intelligent flake detection. Web automation:

Appium/Selenium/WebdriverIO for any hybrid/web views. Observability:

Exposure to mobile performance profiling and crash analytics.

Success Metrics (First 3–6 Months) Coverage:

+X% automation of top user journeys; smoke runs blocking regressions on each PR. Stability:

Flaky test rate

Speed:

Regression runtime reduced by Z% via parallel runs and smart scoping. Quality signal:

N critical issues caught pre-release via automated gates.

Tech Stack (Indicative) Languages:

TypeScript/JavaScript Frameworks/Tools:

Appium, WebdriverIO (Appium service), Mocha/Jest, Postman/axios, Android Studio, Xcode, ADB, Git CI/CD & Infra:

GitHub Actions/GitLab/Jenkins, BrowserStack/Sauce/FTL, DevRev for tracking