Mobile Automation Engineer

GYMSHARK; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based Bonus

Funded Healthcare benefit

25 days holiday + birthday

Contributory Employer pension scheme

Flexible benefits programme

Gymshark Employee Discount

High Street cashback and discounts

Wellbeing support

Enhanced Family Leave

Life Assurance

Job summary

Gymshark is hiring a Mobile Automation Engineer to join the Quality Engineering team in a hybrid Solihull role. You will own automation suites for iOS and Android, build and maintain the Appium/Java framework, and collaborate with mobile developers and QE engineers to improve release quality.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, automation strategy, and contributing to the overall testing maturity, with opportunities to explore AI-assisted tooling to speed up test creation.

Qualifications

• Experience automating native mobile apps (iOS/Android)
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining mobile automation frameworks with Appium
• Strong Java programming skills, OO design
• Familiarity with BDD frameworks (e.g. Cucumber)
• Experience running tests on BrowserStack or similar cloud devices
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
• Understanding mobile app architectures and testing on real devices
• Methodical, quality‑first mindset with attention to edge cases
• Good communication across engineering, QE and product functions

Responsibilities

• Add and maintain automated tests for iOS and Android apps using Java and Appium
• Run and scale automated tests across real devices using BrowserStack
• Integrate mobile automation into CI/CD pipelines to support rapid releases
• Collaborate with mobile developers and QE engineers to define test strategy and coverage
• Investigate failures and drive fixes to improve suite reliability
• Maintain and improve Appium/Java test framework and infrastructure
• Contribute to code reviews and share automation best practices
• Report test coverage and quality metrics to stakeholders
• Explore AI-assisted or agentic tooling to speed up test creation and triage

Skills

Mobile automation

Java

Appium

Cucumber

CI/CD

BrowserStack

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Android

iOS

Testing mindset

Communication

Tools

Appium

BrowserStack

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Postman

RestAssured

Job description

OVERVIEW

We're looking for a Mobile Automation Engineer to join our Quality Engineering (QE) team, helping us build and scale automated testing for our iOS and Android apps. You'll add to and maintain the automation framework that catch issues before stakeholders ever see them, working closely with mobile developers, fellow automation engineers, and product teams to keep our releases fast and dependable.

This is a hands-on, mid-level role: you'll take ownership of automation suites and specific quality areas within mobile, while collaborating with senior engineers on framework direction and best practice.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Adding and maintaining automated tests for our iOS and Android apps in Java using Appium.
• Run and scale automated test execution across real devices and browsers using BrowserStack.
• Integrate mobile automation into CI/CD pipelines to support fast, reliable, and frequent releases.
• Collaborate with mobile developers and QE engineers to define test strategy and identify areas for automation coverage.
• Investigate test failures, distinguishing genuine defects from flaky tests, and drive fixes to improve suite reliability.
• Maintain and improve the Appium/Java test framework and our BrowserStack test infrastructure.
• Contribute to code reviews, share automation best practice, and help raise the overall quality bar across the mobile team.
• Report on test coverage and quality metrics to stakeholders across engineering and product.
• Explore and adopt AI and agentic tooling to speed up test creation, triage failures, and improve automation coverage.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Essential Criteria:

• Experience in test automation, with meaningful hands‑on experience automating native mobile applications (iOS and/or Android).
• Practical experience building and maintaining mobile automation frameworks with Appium.
• Solid programming skills in Java, object orientated programming.
• Experience with BDD frameworks (e.g. Cucumber).
• Experience running automated tests on BrowserStack (or a similar cloud device platform).
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitrise, CircleCI).
• Understanding of mobile app architecture and the unique challenges of testing on real devices vs. emulators/simulators.
• A methodical, quality‑first mindset with strong attention to detail and a knack for spotting edge cases.
• Good communication skills and comfort collaborating across engineering, QE, and product functions.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with performance or accessibility testing on mobile.
• Familiarity with API testing tools (e.g. Postman, RestAssured).
• Exposure to other cloud device farms (e.g. Sauce Labs, AWS Device Farm, Firebase Test Lab).
• Experience working in an e‑commerce or consumer app environment.
• Curiosity about, or hands‑on experience with, AI‑assisted or agentic testing tools.

CLOSING DATE

Monday 28th September 2026

LOCATION

Please note this is a hybrid role and requires the successful candidate to attend at least 3 days a week in GSIQ, Solihull, UK.

BELONGING AT GYMSHARK.

Our mission is to be a place where everyone belongs. We're an equal opportunities employer, and for us that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application. We're committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you'd like to request a reasonable adjustment please email [e-mail].

ABOUT US.

We're here to unite the conditioning community. We believe that putting the sweat in today, prepares us for tomorrow. So, we give people the tools they need to reach further, go faster, be stronger. We celebrate those who show up - for themselves - to be their physical or mental best, whatever that means for them. It's what we want for our community, and our team. A team that's growing rapidly around the world. A collective of talented individuals working together to invent Gymshark's future. Our plans are ambitious, and we're looking for people who want to join us for the ride - our growth will be your growth.

THE PERKS.

Standard benefits include:

• Performance‑based Bonus opportunity
• Funded Healthcare benefit
• 25 days holiday, additional day for your birthday & Bank Holidays
• Contributory Employer pension scheme
• Flexible benefits programme - including salary sacrifice EV scheme, dental insurance, cycle to work, tech scheme, holiday trading
• Gymshark Employee Discount & long service awards
• Access to High Street cashback and discounts
• Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support
• Enhanced Family Leave package
• Life Assurance

Office location specific benefits include (IQ):

• Gym Membership to The Lifting Club (LC)
• Onsite lunch provision & coffee bars
• EV charge points available

Office location specific benefits include (LDN):

• Funded multi‑site fitness membership

Note: The bonus program and benefits have certain eligibility requirements. Gymshark reserves the right to amend these programs in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.