Proactive hire - FY 26 - Mobile Automation Engineer (Appium)

Proactive hire - FY 26 - Mobile Automation Engineer (Appium)

Date: 5 Oct 2026

Company: QualityAI

Country/Region: IN

Job Description: Mobile Automation Engineer – Appium

Role Summary

As a Mobile Automation Engineer you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks for Android and iOS applications using Appium. You will ensure end-to-end mobile quality by building robust frameworks, improving test coverage, and supporting continuous delivery of mobile releases.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Appium-based mobile automation frameworks
• Automate functional and regression scenarios for Android and iOS platforms
• Ensure automation stability across devices, OS versions, and form factors
• Collaborate with mobile developers for early defect detection
• Analyze test results and contribute to release readiness decisions

What You Will Do

• Automate native, hybrid, and mobile web applications
• Manage test execution on emulators, simulators, and real devices
• Maintain object repositories and reusable automation utilities
• Integrate mobile automation with CI pipelines
• Perform root-cause analysis of test failures and device issues

What You Will Bring

• Appium Mobile Automation (Android & iOS)
• Test Framework Design (Java/TestNG, Python/PyTest)
• CI Integration for Mobile Testing
• Experience with device farms (BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, LambdaTest)
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with Jenkins, Git, REST API, XML, JSON, HTML
• Strong experience in mobile automation strategy and execution
• Deep understanding of mobile app architecture and lifecycle
• Commitment to high-quality, user-focused mobile experiences
• Strong programming skills in one or more languages commonly used for mobile automation, such as Java, Kotlin, Swift/Objective-C, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python
• Hands‑on experience with mobile test automation frameworks including Appium, Espresso, XCUITest, Detox, or similar tools. Candidate with XCUITest experience preferred.
• Proven ability to design and maintain scalable, reliable mobile test frameworks for both iOS and Android platforms.
• Experience integrating mobile test automation into CI/CD pipelines and working with device farm services such as AWS Device Farm, Firebase Test Lab, Sauce Labs, or BrowserStack.
• Strong understanding of mobile application architecture, including lifecycle management, threading, memory, networking, and permissions.
• Demonstrated ability to debug native mobile crashes, instrumentation issues, and performance-related problems.
• Excellent communication skills and experience collaborating within Agile, cross-functional engineering teams.

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related discipline
• 4–7 years of experience in test automation, with strong mobile focus
• 3+ years of hands‑on Appium experience is preferred

Knowledge and Skills

• Appium with Java/Python
• Test frameworks: TestNG, JUnit, PyTest
• Mobile locators: XPath, Accessibility ID, iOS Predicate
• Android Studio, Xcode, ADB
• CI tools: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
• Version control: Git

Additional Skills (Good to Have)

• Mobile performance and battery testing
• BDD tools like Cucumber
• Basic understanding of REST APIs for end-to-end mobile flows
• Exposure to Scrum/Agile methodologies

Must Have's

• Appium
• Test NG
• Pytest