Job Description
Title: Mobile Apps SDET
Duration: 6 Months
Location:Austin, TX
Job Description
The mobile technology organization is responsible for designing, building, supporting and evolving client-facing native mobile apps for Client. As a member of our mobile app development team, you will work on testing and automating the various functionalities of our mobile apps to meet our product needs. You will work closely with our development and product teams to pair your mobile technology and automation skills with product knowledge to deliver intuitive experiences for our customers.
What you are good at
This role requires the Software Development Engineer in Test to design, develop, and maintain automated test solutions for our iOS and Android mobile apps. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and execute testing strategies that meet our quality standards. Your responsibilities would include:
- Working on full cycle mobile app development on iOS and Android platforms.
- Development and maintenance of functional test automation scripts for mobile applications using Appium with Java.
- Ensuring automation is constantly running, analyzing, promptly reporting metrics and raising failures.
- Creating detailed, actionable reports with screenshots and videos upon failures.
- Analyzing mobile app requirements to create and execute automation test scripts.
- Expertise in handling iOS simulator and Android emulator configurations, cloud-based and/or real-device testing.
- Work effectively within Agile teams comprising developers; liaise with product owners and scrum master to plan, schedule, and accomplish test automation goals.
What you have
- 3+ years in Mobile application development.
- 4+ years of experience in developing and executing automated test scripts and maintaining test automation frameworks.
- Expertise with full cycle mobile app testing including UI, functional, compatibility, usability, and accessibility testing.
- Hands-on coding experience with Appium framework using Java programming for developing end-to-end mobile app automation tests.
- Skilled in developing and executing UI tests on XCUITest (iOS) and Espresso (Android).
- Proficiency in using platforms like Sauce Labs or Perfecto for cloud-based device testing.
- Familiarity with iOS and Android mobile operating systems, authentication methodologies, app settings, device configurations, and debugging network requests.
- Exposure to performance testing by monitoring memory usage, battery drain, and CPU usage during UI tests.
- Working knowledge of industry-standard tools such as JIRA/MTM, Zephyr/HPQ for logging bugs and managing test cases.
- Experience with maintaining scripts and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub.
- Knowledge of proper test case design, test automation best practices, and Lean DevOps methodologies for execution and reporting.
Good to have
- Familiarity with SWIFT/Kotlin programming languages for iOS/Android mobile app development.
- Understanding of working with RESTful APIs.
- Exposure to using AI-assisted tooling like CoPilot to maximize productivity and drive efficient automation workflows.
- Financial/Trading services industry experience is a plus.
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 40.00/hr.