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QA Manual &amp; Automation Lead – Mobile Applications
Role Overview We are looking for an experienced QA Manual &amp; Automation Lead to drive quality engineering for mobile applications across Android and iOS. This role combines hands-on automation development (UI and API) with QA leadership — owning test strategy, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high-quality, reliable releases within a CI/CD-driven Agile environment.
Key Responsibilities
QA Leadership
<ul>
<li>Lead and mentor QA engineers across manual and automation testing</li>
<li>Define and implement the overall QA strategy for mobile applications</li>
<li>Prepare test plans, estimates, risk assessments, and release-readiness reports</li>
<li>Drive automation adoption and improve test coverage and execution efficiency</li>
<li>Review test cases, automation code, and test results</li>
<li>Collaborate with Product, Development, DevOps, and other stakeholders to ensure product quality</li>
</ul>
Mobile UI Automation
<ul>
<li>Design, develop, and maintain mobile UI automation frameworks using Java, TestNG, and Appium</li>
<li>Automate functional, regression, smoke, and end-to-end mobile scenarios</li>
<li>Implement reusable automation components using Page Object Model (POM) and framework best practices</li>
<li>Execute tests on Android and iOS devices, emulators, and simulators</li>
<li>Troubleshoot synchronization, locator, device, and application-specific automation issues</li>
<li>Improve automation stability, reliability, and execution time</li>
</ul>
API Automation
<ul>
<li>Design and develop API automation tests using Java and REST Assured</li>
<li>Validate REST APIs for status codes, response payloads, headers, authentication, and business logic</li>
<li>Integrate API automation with mobile UI automation for end-to-end validation</li>
<li>Perform API regression and integration testing</li>
<li>Analyze API failures and collaborate with development teams on root cause resolution</li>
</ul>
Manual Testing
<ul>
<li>Review requirements and create comprehensive test scenarios and test cases</li>
<li>Perform functional, exploratory, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing</li>
<li>Validate mobile applications across different devices, OS versions, and screen sizes</li>
<li>Identify, document, and track defects through the complete defect lifecycle</li>
</ul>
Git &amp; CI/CD
<ul>
<li>Maintain automation source code using Git, following branching, PR, and code-review practices</li>
<li>Integrate UI and API automation suites with Jenkins/CI-CD pipelines</li>
<li>Support scheduled and deployment-triggered automated test execution</li>
<li>Analyze CI/CD automation failures and ensure timely resolution</li>
</ul>
Qualifications
<ul>
<li>8+ years of experience in Mobile Application Testing across Android &amp; iOS</li>
<li>Strong hands-on experience with Appium and Java programming</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with TestNG and designing/maintaining automation frameworks</li>
<li>Strong experience in API Automation using REST Assured</li>
<li>Solid knowledge of Git, Maven/Gradle, and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines</li>
<li>Good understanding of REST APIs, JSON, HTTP methods, and authentication mechanisms</li>
<li>Strong grasp of QA processes, SDLC, STLC, and Agile methodologies</li>
</ul>
Candidate Profile An ideal candidate is a hands-on QA leader who thrives at the intersection of automation engineering and team mentorship — comfortable owning both strategic QA decisions and deep technical implementation (frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, cross-platform mobile testing). Prior experience leading a QA team in a fast-paced Agile/product environment is strongly preferred.