Mobile Automation Engineer

Role Overview

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 HTTP 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