Senior Test Automation Engineer

Senior Test Automation Engineer – Contractor Appnovation is a global, full-service digital partner that combines Strategy, Experience & Design, Engineering and Managed Services. About The Role As a Senior Test Automation Engineer – Contractor, you will specialize in mobile ecosystems, ensuring the quality and performance of native applications for iOS and Android platforms. You will master testing real‑device hardware, mobile operating systems, and backend integrations. Day-to-Day You will work across the team with developers, designers, and other QA engineers to understand requirements and validate that features work as expected. Your day‑to‑day will include executing test cases, reporting bugs, performing API testing, and building out the test automation suite. Key Responsibilities Automate & execute functional, regression, and UI/UX testing on native applications on iOS and Android platforms, ensuring feature parity and platform‑specific compliance. Manage and execute tests across a diverse fleet of physical devices and cloud‑based labs using BrowserStack. Automate & test REST APIs using tools like Postman, validating responses and data accuracy based on API schemas. Use MCP servers to accelerate automation test scenarios with the help of LLMs and AI. Report bugs clearly with steps to reproduce, screenshots, and relevant details to help developers fix issues quickly. Test multilingual content to ensure proper display of English and non‑English languages such as Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Validate user interfaces for responsiveness across mobile and tablet screen sizes. Participate in daily standups and provide testing status updates to the team. Review and provide feedback on requirements and user stories from a testing perspective. Maintain test documentation including test cases and test results. What We Are Looking For 3‑5 years of native app testing experience using WebdriverIO (TypeScript) & Appium. Strong experience with iOS and Android platforms including XCode and Android Studio. Experience with automating native apps in the cloud, ideally with BrowserStack. Strong experience with API testing using tools like Postman or similar REST clients. Experience with performance testing APIs and associated endpoints using tools such as JMeter or Blazemeter. Experience integrating native applications into CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, Bitbucket pipelines, Jenkins, Azure Pipelines or AWS CodePipeline. Experience using LLMs such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, RooCode & MCP tools to accelerate automated test scenarios. Experience with Git for branching and version control. Understanding of software testing fundamentals including test case design, bug reporting, and test execution. Cross‑device testing experience and ability to identify device‑specific issues. Strong attention to detail with ability to identify edge cases and potential issues. Good communication skills for reporting bugs, asking questions, and collaborating with developers, designers, and project managers. Eagerness to embrace AI to accelerate testing. Ability to work independently while knowing when to ask for help. Nice‑to‑Have Native visual regression testing tools such as Percy or Applitools. Experience automating WhatsApp chatbot applications using frameworks such as Botium. Basic SQL knowledge for querying databases to validate data. Knowledge and experience of industry standard security practices such as OWASP. Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and how to test for them. Equal Opportunity Employer At Appnovation, we recognize that diverse teams are the strongest teams. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is not only something that we embrace – we celebrate it We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds, lived experiences and industries to apply. Come join us at Appnovation, and learn more about how we stay true to our company values as we build better lives through better digital. Accommodations Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment process. #J-18808-Ljbffr