Lead Mobile QA Automation Engineer

unanet; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

unanet is seeking a seasoned Quality Engineering Leader to drive testing across enterprise mobile products and related web apps and APIs. You will shape testing strategy, build automation, and guide a QA team through complex product work.

You will oversee manual and automated test plans, design automation frameworks, and integrate checks into CI/CD while reducing technical debt and ensuring release readiness.

Qualifications

• Seven+ years in quality engineering for complex software.
• Three+ years testing iOS and Android enterprise apps.
• Three+ years in test automation and automation frameworks.
• Experience leading a team and writing test cases.
• Knowledge of testing methods, coverage analysis, and exploratory testing.
• Experience with mobile and API testing (Appium, Maestro, Postman, Python, SmartBear).

Responsibilities

• Set and oversee manual and automated test plans across business applications.
• Design, build, and maintain test automation frameworks for mobile, web, and APIs.
• Integrate automated checks into CI/CD pipelines and improve coverage.
• Lead root cause analysis and release readiness decisions.
• Mentor QA engineers and contribute to hiring and onboarding.

Skills

Quality engineering

Mobile testing

Test automation

Leadership

Test methods

Coverage analysis

Exploratory testing

Application hardening

Appium

Maestro

Postman

Python

SmartBear

Education

Computer science degree or equivalent

Tools

Appium

Maestro

Postman

Python

SmartBear

Job description

Role overview

Lead quality engineering for enterprise mobile products built with React Native, covering iOS and Android as well as related web applications and APIs. You will shape testing strategy and delivery practices, build automation that supports reliable releases, and guide a QA team through complex product and technical work.

Responsibilities

• Set and oversee manual and automated test plans across business applications, including regression, performance, release, and exploratory testing.
• Design, build, and maintain test automation frameworks and suites for mobile interfaces, web applications, integrations, and REST APIs.
• Integrate automated checks into CI/CD pipelines, review test code, and improve coverage while managing technical debt and testing infrastructure.
• Assess quality risks, prioritize the QA backlog, investigate complex defects, and lead root cause analysis and release readiness decisions.
• Partner with engineering, product, QA, and leadership to define acceptance criteria and quality standards.
• Mentor QA engineers and help grow the team’s testing practices, including contributing to hiring and onboarding.

Requirements

• At least seven years in quality engineering, ideally with B2B SaaS or other complex business software.
• Three or more years testing iOS and Android enterprise applications, and three or more years in test automation.
• At least one year leading a team, alongside hands‑on experience writing test cases and implementing automation.
• Knowledge of test methods, coverage analysis, exploratory testing, and application hardening.
• Experience with mobile and API testing; examples in the source include Appium, Maestro, Postman, Python, and SmartBear.
• Strong prioritization, collaboration, and problem‑solving skills; a computer science degree or comparable experience.

Nice to have

• Experience mentoring quality engineers and familiarity with AI‑assisted QA tools or workflows.