Mobile QA Engineer

About the Role

Seeking a strong mobile manual tester with proven background in creating and executing test plans and test cases driving testing of mobile applications, their functions and their logic to ensure quality releases and products. The successful candidate must have a solid foundation in testing mobile applications software for Android and iOS. The successful candidate will work in testing and debugging native applications for mobile devices. This position will be primarily responsible for testing mobile applications but is expected to eventually contribute to the team’s existing automated testing framework. The candidate will be adding to this framework in terms of both designing/developing automated test cases and converting existing manual test cases to automated ones. This position is expected to adhere to industry best practices of source control, code review, automated testing (unit and regression) to the team.

Responsibilities

Test native mobile applications that make heavy use of networking code, primarily manually and also contributing to our automation solutions. This role is a hybrid between a traditional software QA role and an automation engineer. The emphasis of the work is expected to be in manual testing, at least initially. But as the degree of automation in our mobile systems increases, the candidate will be progressively dedicating more and more time into developing automationUnderstand the requirements, design and build manual and automated test scenarios to thoroughly test mobile apps’ features and logicAdopt various testing methodologies like exploratory, regression, acceptance, validation, boundary and sanity testing to ensure features are usable, reliable and work as designed and specifiedDesign and implement test plans, test scripts and automated UI testsResponsible for testing all functionalities and features of our mobile applications running on mobile devices (iOS/Android), ensuring the applications meet the required standards and requirements. Able to load application software to iOS and Android devices and extract data and logs from those devices for debugging and defect reporting purposesPerformance/Load testing: Coordinate with development teams for benchmarking of product before releasing. Conduct suitable experiments for performance testing & running performance tests or battery profiling testsWork closely with mobile developers to recognize and report all discovered problems, bottlenecks, deadlock, non-responsive states and any other issue that compromises the quality of the product. Be prompt in defect reporting, work with developers and tech leads, followupBe actively involved in all phases of testing life cycles such as Functional, Regression, End2End, Alpha & Release Testing, write and execute test plans and test casesBe creative in designing and executing tests for edge or rare cases. “Think like a user”, try to replicate real mobile users’ actions, thinking and behaviors with respect to the productBe actively involved in Agile development model, working with developers in sprints, in-sprint testing and defect reporting, participate in Agile ceremoniesidentify and implement QA processes and best practices as part of providing quality products for the Business, with no quality escapes

Key skills

Should have minimum 3 years of manual testing experience for mobile appsAny prior background or exposure in mobile test automation development is a PLUSShould be a person familiar with testing native mobile applications as well as with IDEs, testing and profiling toolsExperience with testing tools such as ADB, Postman Rest API, Charles ProxyAny prior knowledge of the Python programming language is a PLUS (to use for automation)Any prior experience with programming languages such as Java and or Swift is a value addWorking knowledge and understanding of CI/CD conceptsKnowledge of version control systems preferably Bitbucket or GithubUnderstanding of HTTP/S communicationUnderstanding of Bluetooth and Location concepts or functions on a mobile phoneUnderstanding of JSON formats and parsersExperience with Instrumentation and Profiling tools that mobile platforms provideWorking understanding of native apps properties, behavior and life cycle in the iOS and Android OSExperience working in Agile-scrum environment and using Agile methodologies and toolsAbility to work as part of a team and interact effectively with othersGood documentation skills, ability to accurately communicate defects to developers or othersFlexible to attempt alternate solutions to resolve issues and adjust to a dynamic, changing technical and business environmentShould have the ability to work independently and be a self-starter. Direction and support will be provided by the manager, technical lead or other senior engineers, but the candidate is expected to be a proactive member not afraid to put forth his/her own ideas

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