Senior Mobile Automation Tester - Appium,BDD cucumber, API Testing

Sonata Software; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonata Software in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Mobile QA Engineer to design and execute test strategies for mobile applications across Android and iOS, and to contribute to automation and CI/CD integration.

You will collaborate with product, development, and UX teams, mentor junior QA engineers, and drive best practices in testing, performance, and security to ensure release readiness.

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT and 4+ years in software QA with mobile testing and API testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in Software Testing/Quality Assurance.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in Mobile Application Testing.
• Strong understanding of STLC and SDLC methodologies.
• Experience testing Android and iOS mobile applications.
• Experience with defect tracking and test management tools.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts for mobile applications.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, usability, and exploratory testing on Android and iOS applications.
• Validate application functionality against business and technical requirements.
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects using defect management tools.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and UX teams to ensure quality deliverables.
• Participate in requirement reviews and provide feedback on testability and quality risks.
• Perform API testing using tools such as Postman, Swagger, or REST Assured.
• Conduct mobile compatibility testing across different devices, OS versions, screen sizes, and network conditions.
• Execute performance, accessibility, and security testing for mobile applications.
• Develop and maintain automation test scripts using standard automation frameworks.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Prepare test reports, quality metrics, and release readiness assessments.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and drive best practices in mobile testing.

Skills

Mobile testing

Manual testing

API testing

Mobile compatibility

Test design

Defect tracking

SQL testing

Agile/Scrum

STLC/SDLC

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Appium

Selenium

Espresso

XCUITest

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

JMeter

BrowserStack

Job description

Job Summary

Job Title - Senior Mobile QA Engineer

Location

Location - Chennai / Bangalore / Hyderabad (or as per business requirement)

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts for mobile applications.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, usability, and exploratory testing on Android and iOS applications.
• Validate application functionality against business and technical requirements.
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects using defect management tools.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and UX teams to ensure quality deliverables.
• Participate in requirement reviews and provide feedback on testability and quality risks.
• Perform API testing using tools such as Postman, Swagger, or REST Assured.
• Conduct mobile compatibility testing across different devices, OS versions, screen sizes, and network conditions.
• Execute performance, accessibility, and security testing for mobile applications.
• Develop and maintain automation test scripts using standard automation frameworks.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Prepare test reports, quality metrics, and release readiness assessments.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and drive best practices in mobile testing.

Qualifications & Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in Software Testing/Quality Assurance.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience in Mobile Application Testing.
• Strong understanding of STLC and SDLC methodologies.
• Experience testing Android and iOS mobile applications.
• Experience with defect tracking and test management tools.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Mandatory Skills

• Android and iOS Mobile Application Testing, Appium
• Manual Testing (Functional, Regression, Integration, System Testing)
• API Testing using Postman/Swagger
• Mobile Compatibility Testing
• Test Case Design and Execution
• Defect Tracking Tools (Jira/Azure DevOps/Bugzilla)
• SQL and Data Validation
• Agile/Scrum Methodology
• STLC and SDLC

Good to Have Skills

• Selenium
• Espresso
• XCUITest
• Flutter Integration Testing
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• Azure DevOps
• JMeter
• LoadRunner
• Firebase Performance Monitoring
• BrowserStack
• Sauce Labs
• Firebase Test Lab
• Mobile Security Testing
• OWASP Mobile Security Guidelines
• Travel Domain Experience
• Enterprise Mobile Application Testing
• Mobile Testing Certifications
• Selenium Certification
• Scrum/Agile Certifications