Mobile QA Engineer

Must Have Technical Skills

• Core Mobile Tech in Scope
• Ionic (Angular/React/Vue front‑end), Capacitor/Cordova plugin ecosystem and bridge behavior (JS ↔ native), Web View rendering (WKWebView) nuances, and offline/online hybrid flows.
• iOS (Swift) basics needed for black‑box/gray‑box validation: view lifecycle, networking, push notifications, background modes, Keychain, and deep links/universal links.
• Plugin Testing: validating Capacitor/Cordova plugins (Camera, Geolocation, Push, File system, In‑App Purchases, Biometric/Auth), permission prompts, and error states.
• Build & Packaging Awareness:
  Xcode schemes, provisioning profiles, signing, Test Flight distributions;
  Podfile/SPM dependencies for iOS; understanding how Web assets are bundled in Ionic builds.
• Strong grounding in test strategy, test plans, risk‑based testing, functional and non‑functional coverage (performance, reliability, security, accessibility).
• (Java/Type Script/Python) for cross‑platform E2E on hybrid apps.
• (if React‑Native is used in parts) and Charles/Proxyman for traffic inspection & mocks.
• Proficiency with Xcode Instruments (crash logs, memory, energy), Console.app, device syslogs, and Safari Web Inspector for WKWebView.

• Own test strategy and coverage for features implemented with Ionic + Capacitor/Cordova and native Swift components.
• Design, write, and maintain test cases, checklists, and automation for smoke/regression/performance suites.
• Validate hybrid ↔ native bridges: ensure Capacitor/Cordova plugins behave consistently across iOS versions/devices; verify permission flows, fallbacks, and error handling.
• Execute builds on Simulators & Real Devices; triage issues with reproducible steps, logs, and videos; drive quick root‑cause with developers (front‑end, native, backend).
• Set up and maintain QA environments, test data, mocks/stubs; collaborate with Dev Ops to wire suites into CI/CD with clear pass/fail signals.
• Gate releases: run release checklists, Test Flight validation, app upgrade paths, and store‑submission readiness (screenshots, privacy labels, review notes).
• Champion quality metrics (defect escape rate, flaky test rate, runtime, coverage) and continuously improve the test pyramid (component → integration → E2E).
• Security & Privacy checks in collaboration with App Sec (TLS, cert pinning behavior if applicable, PII handling, clipboard/pasteboard policies, ATS, tracking transparency).
• Test plans, decisions, edge cases, and known limitations; provide clear defect reports with logs, HAR files, and device context.

Salary Range - $130,000-$140,000 a year