Manual QA Engineer – Mobile Application Testing (Native)

Newly formed team for testing newly created mobile application.

Testing Experience:

• 3-5 years of QA experience, preferably in Mobile Application testing (iOS and Android), ideally in E-commerce or consumer apps.
• Experience with native mobile platforms (Android, iOS), including understanding of OS-specific behaviors and device-specific testing.

Requirements & Test Design:

• Define requirements during use case preparation.

• Conduct interviews with product owners, business analysts, and other stakeholders to gather mobile-specific functional and non-functional requirements.
• Clarify and document any device/os-level dependencies, network condition scenarios, edge cases, etc.
• Create test cases/checklists in Allure TestOps or equivalent tools based on mobile-specific functional requirements.
• Define mobile testing layers in Allure Define mobile testing layers in Allure TestOps.

Test Level Testing:

• Mobile App Functional Testing: Proficiency in verifying UI/UX flow, business logic validation, and mobile-specific functional scenarios.
• Mobile Integration Testing: Validating integrations with backend APIs, push notifications, deep linking, biometric authentication, in-app purchases, etc.
• Cross-device and Cross-platform Testing: Ensure consistent functionality across different devices, screen resolutions, OS versions.
• Network Condition Testing: Test app performance under varying network conditions (2G/3G/4G/5G, Wi-Fi, offline mode).
• Regression Testing: Ensure previously tested features work after updates or bug fixes.
• End-to-End Testing (E2E): Participate in E2E validation covering mobile-to-backend workflows.
• Smoke/Sanity Testing during release cycles.

Test Case & Planning Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain detailed test plans and test cases specific to mobile activity/component level.
• Maintain and update test suites for new OS versions or app updates.
• Validate failed test automation runs from mobile CI/CD pipelines.
• Estimate, prioritize, and plan mobile testing activities.
• Review mobile-related user stories and tech specs to provide QA feedback.
• Maintain traceability matrix mapping test cases to requirements.

Reporting & QA Metrics:

• Track metrics like crash rates, defect densities, open defect counts for mobile environments.
• Identify QA process bottlenecks in mobile test lifecycle and propose improvements.
• Log and track mobile-related issues (device-specific bugs, OS compatibility issues, etc.).
• Report mobile-specific environment issues (test device availability, app installation failures).
• Provide defect analysis and support to business teams reporting issues on mobile platforms.

Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills:

• Critical analysis of mobile-specific conditions, device logs, crash reports.
• Strong troubleshooting using mobile logs, adb/xcode logs, console output.
• High attention to detail in documenting mobile testing outcomes.
• Actively participate in improving mobile QA strategy and ensuring its execution.

Communication & Collaboration:

• Communicate mobile QA findings and test coverage status clearly.
• Collaborate with product teams, developers, and mobile automation engineers.
• Cooperate with mobile automation QA to align manual coverage with automated tests.
• Use tools like MS Teams, Jira/Confluence, Email, ensuring mobile-specific details are well documented.

Methodology Awareness & Experience:

• Experience working in SCRUM/Agile teams for mobile projects.
• Knowledge of Mobile CI/CD pipelines, versioning systems, mobile build management tools (e.g., Bitrise, Fastlane).

Architecture & Technical Knowledge:

Basic understanding of:

• Mobile app architectures (MVC, MVVM, Clean Architecture).
• REST API integration with mobile clients.
• Push notification mechanisms (Firebase, APNS).
• App security: token-based auth, encryption, secure storage.
• Analytics & logging tools (Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics, Sentry).
• App distribution channels (TestFlight, Google Play Internal Testing).

• Soft Skills:
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and autonomous in mobile QA processes.
• High ownership of quality delivery on mobile releases.
• Culturally aware, team-oriented, and resilient under high-priority release pressure.
• Capable of handling multi-device multitasking and prioritization.

Toolkit:

• JIRA, Confluence, Allure, Postman, Firebase Console, Xcode, Android Studio, adb, Charles Proxy, TestRail (or equivalent test management tool), Git-based repos, Appium logs analysis, mobile testing tools (e.g., BrowserStack, SauceLabs, Kobiton).

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Mobile automation frameworks (Appium, Detox, Espresso, XCTest).
• Familiarity with Playwright/Mobile Web testing.
• Domain experience in FMCG/E-commerce mobile applications.
• Understanding of JTI processes and mobile deployment workflows.