Lead Mobile QA & Automation Engineer

<p><p><b>Description : </b><br/><br/><b>Core Responsibilities : </b><br/><br/><b>Test Strategy & Planning :</b><br/><br/></p><p>- Build risk-based matrices covering functional, integration, performance, and security scopes; tether each matrix to product OKRs (e.g., user-retention, session length)<br/><br/><b>Automation Frameworks & Tooling</b><br/><br/></p><p>- Architect modular UI/API automation in Java 11+ using Appium, TestNG, and Allure; enable parallel grid execution via BrowserStack or AWS Device Farm<br/><br/></p><p>- Implement contract-testing (Pact) to flag breaking backend changes; add property-based fuzzing for resilience.<br/><br/><b>CI/CD & Observability :</b><br/><br/></p><p>- Embed quality gates in GitHub Actions or Xcode Cloud; publish flakiness and coverage dashboards.<br/><br/></p><p>- Visualise runtime anomalies with MetricKit exporters feeding Grafana panels.<br/><br/><b>Manual & Exploratory Testing :</b><br/><br/></p><p>- Conduct session-based deep-dives on new iOS 26 paradigms (widgets, Live Activities, Vision Pro handoff); verify accessibility (VoiceOver, Switch Control) and localisation paths.<br/><br/><b>Minimum Qualifications : </b><br/><br/>- 4 + yrs in mobile QA (?

2 yrs iOS automation).<br/><br/>- Familiarity with Xcode 16+ and iOS SDK nuances.<br/><br/>- Hands-on device-farm orchestration and MDM-secured lab management.<br/><br/>- Robust Java (streams, lambdas, TestNG listeners) and scripting (Bash/Python) chops.<br/><br/>- Mastery of Appium + XCTest/XCUITest; comfort with Fastlane tools (scan, gym, snapshot).</p><br/></p> (ref:hirist.tech)