Role Overview
Looking for an SDET to rapidly convert existing manual Android/iOS flows into reliable, scalable automation. You'll own critical-path coverage, wire suites into CI/CD, and raise release confidenceprimarily coding in 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: 24 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 36 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
