Senior Test Automation Engineer - 6 Months Contract

About us

Appnovation is a global, full-service digital partner that combines Strategy, Experience & Design, Engineering and Managed Services. We build digital solutions that deliver real impact today and serve as foundations for future growth.  Bold ambition. Practical action. Endless possibilities.

About the Role

As a Senior Test Automation Engineer - Contractor - specializing in mobile ecosystems, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and performance of native applications for iOS and Android platforms. We are looking for someone who is able to master the complexities of testing real-device hardware, mobile operating systems, and associated backend integrations.

You'll 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.

This role is a unique opportunity for a tester who wants to be at the forefront of automation acceleration by utilising Large Language Models & Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with AI. 

Your day-to-day will involve:

Native App & Device Testing: Validating user experiences across iOS and Android, ensuring seamless performance on physical devices and various OS versions.

API & Integration Testing: Rigorously testing the data layer and service integrations that power the mobile front-end.

MCP server utilisation for automation acceleration: Utilizing MCP servers to enhance your testing workflows, allowing for faster test generation, smarter debugging, and tighter integration with AI-assisted development tools.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering with developers and designers to translate complex requirements into comprehensive test strategies.

This position is perfect for a technically curious QA professional looking to bridge the gap between traditional mobile testing and the next generation of AI-accelerated quality engineering. You’ll be working with modern mobile frameworks, building automation pipelines, and helping to deliver quality applications at scale.

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 & non-English languages such as Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
• Validate user interfaces for responsiveness across mobile & 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, 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 with automating API tests using Postman or similar tools.
• Experience integrating automating 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 and understanding of 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, 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 regression testing tools such as Percy or Applitools.
• Experience automating WhatsApp chatbot applications using applicable 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