Sr QA

**Job Description:** **Role Overview:** As a QA Engineer at Alyke, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the robustness, scalability, and user-friendliness of our Android and iOS apps. Your responsibilities will include developing and executing test plans, leading test automation efforts, collaborating with cross-functional teams, maintaining testing frameworks, and mentoring junior QAs. Your contributions will be essential in driving high-quality releases and shaping the future of social connections through Alyke. **Key Responsibilities:** - Develop, maintain, and execute test plans and detailed test cases for mobile and web applications. - Own test automation strategy and execution for Alyke's mobile apps (iOS & Android) strong hands-on experience in Appium is a must. - Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and designers to ensure high-quality releases. - Lead efforts on regression, performance, exploratory, smoke, and compatibility testing. - Build and maintain test frameworks and CI/CD integrations to ensure faster release cycles. - Triage issues effectively and ensure that critical bugs are identified, documented, and resolved. - Mentor junior QA team members and help instill a quality-first mindset across the engineering team. - Analyze logs, crashes, and performance metrics to detect edge cases and instability. **Qualifications Required:** - 3-6 years of experience in software testing, with a strong focus on mobile app testing. - Strong command of automated testing tools like Appium (required), Selenium, TestNG, or similar. - Hands-on experience with mobile app testing on both Android and iOS. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI. - Experience with bug tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail). - Solid understanding of REST APIs, databases, and debugging tools such as Charles Proxy, Postman, or Firebase. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. - Bonus: Knowledge of performance testing, security testing, or experience in startups. This job at Alyke offers you the opportunity to be part of a groundbreaking product that is revolutionizing social connections. You will have ownership of impactful responsibilities within a small yet dynamic team. Additionally, you can expect competitive compensation, equity options, a culture that values autonomy, transparency, and collaboration, and a flexible work environment with a remote-friendly culture.,