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 < Y% with quarantine + fix SLA. 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