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Mobile Automation Engineer

Purple Drive
Washington, DC Contractor
POSTED ON 10/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/20/2026

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

  • Strong experience in both automated testing of mobile applications across iOS and Android platforms as well manual testing.
  • Hands-on expertise with Appium, Java, Selenium, REST Assured, Postman, API Automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Proven experience in test case design, test execution, exploratory testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), defect management, and test reporting.
  • Experience in performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner.
  • Good understanding of AWS services including AppSync, API Gateway, GraphQL APIs, DynamoDB, and cloud-native application architectures.
  • Experience testing Spring Boot microservices and enterprise integrations.
  • Strong knowledge of functional, regression, integration, accessibility, performance, usability, and security testing practices.
  • Familiarity with DevOps, Agile methodologies, and continuous testing practices.
  • Knowledge of mobile accessibility standards and OWASP mobile security guidelines.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable mobile automation frameworks for iOS and Android platforms using Appium and industry-standard tools.
  • Develop, review, and execute comprehensive manual and automated test cases formobile applications, APIs, and end-to-end business workflows.
  • Perform exploratory, functional, regression, integration, system, accessibility, performance, and security testing activities.
  • Validate application functionality across multiple devices, operating systems, browsers, and environments.
  • Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and faster release cycles.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, DevOps teams, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure quality deliverables.
  • Create and maintain test plans, test cases, test scenarios, test data, traceability matrices, and automation assets.
  • Execute manual test cycles, identify defects, perform root cause analysis, and work closely with development teams for issue resolution.
  • Participate in defect triage meetings and support release validation and production readiness activities.
  • Ensure compliance with enterprise quality standards, accessibility requirements, and security best practices.
  • Leverage AI-assisted testing approaches to improve automation coverage, productivity, and overall test effectiveness.
  • Support performance testing initiatives and provide inputs on application quality, reliability, and scalability.
  • Review automation scripts developed by team members and contribute to continuous improvement of automation frameworks and testing processes.
  • Prepare and publish test execution reports, defect metrics, test summary reports, and quality status updates for project stakeholders.
  • Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), production validation, and post-release verification activities.

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