Senior Mobile Automation QA

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Malta.

📋 Description

• Conduct functional, regression, smoke, integration, and exploratory testing of native mobile applications.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive test cases, test scenarios, and test data.

• Identify, document, and monitor defects throughout the development lifecycle.

• Work collaboratively with developers, product owners, and other QA engineers to investigate and resolve issues.

• Engage in release validation and provide insights on application quality.

• Recognize repetitive and regression scenarios that are suitable for automation.

• Design, maintain, and execute automated tests for native Android and/or iOS applications utilizing Appium and TypeScript.

• Utilize Mocha for test organization and execution.

• Construct and sustain scalable, reusable, and reliable mobile automation frameworks.

• Implement automation best practices including Page Object Model (POM), reusable utilities, appropriate waits, robust locators, and effective assertions.

• Run automated test suites both locally and using BrowserStack.

• Conduct cross-device and cross-platform testing.

• Analyze automation failures and carry out root-cause analysis.

• Maintain and enhance automated regression coverage as new features are introduced.

• Continuously seek opportunities to replace suitable manual regression scenarios with automated tests.

• Initially divide the role approximately 50% manual testing and 50% automation, transitioning towards around 80% automation and 20% manual testing.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in automating both Android and iOS applications.

• Experience in developing or enhancing an Appium automation framework.

• Understanding of Page Object Model (POM) and automation design patterns.

• Familiarity with parallel execution and cross-device testing.

• Knowledge of Node.js, npm, and TypeScript configuration.

• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.

• Familiarity with API testing is a plus.

• Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

• Over 3 years of QA experience with a significant emphasis on automation and/or mobile testing.

• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Appium and TypeScript.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

• Mobile automation (e.g., Appium) is preferred but not required.

• Fundamental knowledge of security testing is preferred.

• Experience in microservices testing is a nice-to-have.

🏝️ Benefits

• Study Leave.

• Fully paid sponsorship schemes for further studies.

• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies.

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• Variable bonus linked to KPI.