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Lead Mobile QA Automation Engineer
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Role overview Lead quality engineering for enterprise mobile products built with React Native, covering iOS and Android as well as related web applications and APIs. You will shape testing strategy and delivery practices, build automation that supports reliable releases, and guide a QA team through complex product and technical work.
Responsibilities - Set and oversee manual and automated test plans across business applications, including regression, performance, release, and exploratory testing. - Design, build, and maintain test automation frameworks and suites for mobile interfaces, web applications, integrations, and REST APIs. - Integrate automated checks into CI/CD pipelines, review test code, and improve coverage while managing technical debt and testing infrastructure. - Assess quality risks, prioritize the QA backlog, investigate complex defects, and lead root cause analysis and release readiness decisions. - Partner with engineering, product, QA, and leadership to define acceptance criteria and quality standards. - Mentor QA engineers and help grow the team’s testing practices, including contributing to hiring and onboarding.
Requirements - At least seven years in quality engineering, ideally with B2B SaaS or other complex business software. - Three or more years testing iOS and Android enterprise applications, and three or more years in test automation. - At least one year leading a team, alongside hands-on experience writing test cases and implementing automation. - Knowledge of test methods, coverage analysis, exploratory testing, and application hardening. - Experience with mobile and API testing; examples in the source include Appium, Maestro, Postman, Python, and SmartBear. - Strong prioritization, collaboration, and problem-solving skills; a computer science degree or comparable experience.
Nice to have - Experience mentoring quality engineers and familiarity with AI-assisted QA tools or workflows.