Senior QA Automation Engineer (Mobile – Appium)

ZealHire Inc.; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ZealHire Inc. in Nashville is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer focused on mobile apps using Appium.

You will own mobile automation frameworks, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and drive test strategies across native iOS and Android platforms. You will collaborate with product and development teams, mentor junior QAs, and help raise engineering quality through robust test design and observability tools.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years QA experience with mobile automation
• 3+ years mobile automation with Appium
• Strong Python & Pytest skills
• Experience testing native mobile apps (iOS/Android)
• CI/CD, Git, and test reporting familiarity

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain mobile automation frameworks in Python + Appium + Pytest for native iOS and Android apps
• Integrate test suites into CI/CD with parallelization, flaky test management and actionable reporting
• Define and run smoke, regression, and E2E suites for release candidates
• Collaborate with Product/Dev to derive risk-based test strategies and coverage for complex mobile flows
• Champion best practices in test design and data management
• Triages defects with logs/screenshots/videos; verifies fixes
• Leverage tools to debug and improve observability; contribute utilities
• Conduct code reviews for test code and mentor junior QAs

Skills

QA experience

Mobile automation

Appium

Python

Pytest

CI/CD

Git

SDLC/STLC

Communication

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Allure

Job description

Senior QA Automation Engineer (Mobile – Appium) | JPC-8874

Job Title: Senior QA Automation Engineer (Mobile – Appium)

Location: Nashville TN Work model: Flexible (work from office at least 3 days a week) (Local candidates)

Domain: Native Mobile Apps (iOS & Android)

USC, GC

Video + Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Test Automation Ownership: Design, implement, and maintain mobile automation frameworks in Python + Appium + Pytest for native iOS and Android applications.
• CI/CD & Quality Gates: Integrate test suites into CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins/GitHub Actions) with parallelization, flakiness control, and actionable test reporting (HTML/Allure/Extent).
• Release Readiness: Define and run smoke, regression, and E2E suites for release candidates; sign-off on quality gates across environments.
• Test Strategy & Coverage: Collaborate with Product/Dev to derive risk-based test strategies, traceability (user stories → test cases), and coverage for complex mobile flows (offline/online, push, deep links, permissions).
• Quality Engineering: Champion best practices in test design (AAA, Page Object/Screenplay), data management, mocks/stubs, and deterministic test execution.
• Defect Lifecycle: Triage failures quickly, provide high-quality bug reports with logs, screenshots, and videos from device farms; verify fixes and drive closure.
• Observability & Tooling: Leverage network proxy tools (e.g., Charles) and logcat/syslog to debug; contribute utilities, fixtures, and helpers that improve developer productivity.
• Mentoring & Reviews: Conduct code reviews for test code, mentor junior QAs, and elevate engineering bar for mobile quality.

Required Qualifications

• 5–8 years of QA experience with 3+ years focused on mobile automation (iOS & Android) using Appium.
• Strong proficiency in Python and Pytest (fixtures, parametrization, markers, command-line options).
• Proven experience testing native mobile apps (UIKit/Swift/Objective-C on iOS; Kotlin/Java on Android—consuming from QA perspective).
• Solid understanding of mobile app build pipelines and artifacts (APK/AAB, IPA, signing, provisioning profiles) and OS-level nuances (permissions, backgrounding, network conditions).
• Experience with Git, branching strategies, and CI (Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps).
• Strong fundamentals in STLC/SDLC, test design techniques, defect lifecycle, and regression management.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional agile teams.

Nice-to-Have (Preferred)

• Experience with Selenium for complementary web flows in the same ecosystem.
• Exposure to API testing (e.g., Python requests or REST Assured conceptually), and contract testing basics.
• Performance testing exposure for mobile endpoints (JMeter or equivalent).
• Familiarity with TestNG/JUnit concepts (for cross-stack collaboration), Maven/Gradle basics, or reporting frameworks like Allure/Extent.
• Knowledge of security testing fundamentals (e.g., using Burp Suite) for mobile API traffic.
• Prior experience with Charles/Proxyman for network inspection and throttling tests.
• Experience working in product-led environments with rapid release cycles.
• CI/CD & VCS: Jenkins / GitHub Actions, Git/Bitbucket
• Debugging & Observability: Charles Proxy, adb, Xcode/iOS logs, Android logcat
• Reporting: Allure / HTML / Extent (or team standard)

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