QA Mobile Automation Engineer

Job Description

About You

You are a QA Mobile Automation Engineer with deep expertise in mobile automation, API automation, and CI/CD integration. You are passionate about building scalable automation frameworks, improving testing efficiency, and driving quality initiatives across complex applications.

You enjoy solving technical challenges, mentoring team members, and establishing automation best practices that improve software quality and delivery speed. You are comfortable acting as a technical leader, collaborating with stakeholders, and influencing quality decisions throughout the software development lifecycle.

Experience within banking and mobile banking environments is highly valued.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in QA Automation.
• Strong experience automating APIs using Playwright.
• Strong experience automating mobile applications using WebDriverIO.
• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript skills.
• Experience testing REST APIs, authentication flows, and token management.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience using Git and modern software development practices.
• Experience leading QA automation initiatives and promoting automation best practices.
• Experience with mobile banking applications is highly preferred.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with k6 performance testing.
• Banking certifications.
• Mobile testing certifications.

You will be accountable for the following responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable automation frameworks.
• Automate API, mobile, and end-to-end testing scenarios.
• Build and maintain mobile automation suites using established frameworks and best practices.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery.
• Analyze automation results, identify risks, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Drive quality initiatives across the project and promote automation excellence.
• Establish QA automation best practices and continuous improvement processes.
• Mentor and support team members through technical guidance and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and business stakeholders to ensure software quality.
• Act as a technical leader and trusted advisor for QA Automation initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in QA Automation.
• Strong experience with Playwright and WebDriverIO.
• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript skills.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Mobile Banking experience is highly desirable.

Additional Information

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.