Mobile Automation Engineer — AI‑Driven Testing & CI/CD

The Inside Job; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Inside Job is hiring a Mobile Automation Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team in a hybrid setup. You will own and scale automated tests for iOS and Android apps, focusing on building a robust automation framework with Appium and Java.

You'll collaborate with mobile developers and QE to define test coverage, investigate flaky tests, and drive improvements across the release pipeline. A hands-on mid-level role with opportunities to shape automation direction and practices.

Qualifications

• Experience automating native mobile apps (iOS and/or Android).
• Hands-on experience building/maintaining mobile automation frameworks with Appium.
• Strong Java programming skills and OOP concepts.
• Experience with BDD frameworks (e.g. Cucumber).
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitrise, CircleCI).
• Understanding of mobile app architecture and testing on real devices vs emulators.
• Methodical, quality-first mindset with attention to edge cases.
• Good communication across engineering, QE, and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Add and maintain automated tests for iOS and Android apps using Appium.
• Integrate mobile automation into CI/CD pipelines for fast, reliable releases.
• Collaborate with mobile developers and QE engineers to define test strategy and coverage.
• Investigate test failures and drive fixes to improve reliability of the suite.
• Contribute to code reviews and share automation best practices.
• Report on test coverage and quality metrics to stakeholders.
• Explore AI-assisted tooling to speed up test creation and coverage.

Skills

Appium

Java

Test automation

BDD (Cucumber)

CI/CD integration

Communication

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Bitrise

CircleCI

Sauce Labs

Firebase Test Lab

AWS Device Farm

Job description

The Inside Job is hiring a Mobile Automation Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team in a hybrid setup. You will own and scale automated tests for iOS and Android apps, focusing on building a robust automation framework with Appium and Java.

You'll collaborate with mobile developers and QE to define test coverage, investigate flaky tests, and drive improvements across the release pipeline. A hands-on mid-level role with opportunities to shape automation direction and practices.