Mobile Automation Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage mobile automation teams, ensuring efficient and effective processes.
• Design, develop, and maintain comprehensive automated test suites for mobile applications (iOS and Android) using Java and Appium.
• Implement various types of automated tests, including functional, regression, integration, and performance tests for mobile applications.
• Integrate automation frameworks with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing for mobile builds.
• Analyze test results, identify root causes of failures in mobile applications, and report defects clearly and concisely.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure the testability of mobile applications and promote best practices for mobile automation.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in mobile automation.
• Contribute to the improvement of mobile automation frameworks and processes.
• Perform performance testing on mobile applications to identify performance bottlenecks and ensure responsiveness.
• Analyze native mobile application logs and UI elements to identify potential issues.
• Conduct manual testing as needed, including exploratory testing, usability testing, and ad-hoc testing.
• Create and execute manual test cases and test plans.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members on both automated and manual testing techniques.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years hands-on experience in Appium for mobile UI automation
• Experience managing a team of mobile testers
• Strong proficiency in Java/C#/Python for test automation development.
• Solid understanding of mobile application architecture, common design patterns and the mobile development lifecycle.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git, GitHub, GitLab).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced, agile team environment.

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