Manual Test Engineer

Job Summary:
As a SQA Engineer, you will lead testing efforts to ensure that our mobile apps deliver exceptional performance, usability, and stability. This is a hands-on role where you will work closely with development teams, business analysts, product managers, and designers to identify, isolate, and report issues while promoting best practices for mobile app quality.________________________________________Key Responsibilities:• Lead Test Strategy & Planning: Develop and drive test strategies, plans, and schedules for mobile applications across both iOS and Android platforms.• Mobile App Testing: Perform functional, integration, regression, performance, and security testing for iOS and Android applications, ensuring a seamless user experience across devices and operating systems.• Cross-Platform Testing: Ensure consistent behaviour and UI across multiple device types, screen sizes, and OS versions for both iOS and Android.• Bug Identification & Reporting: Identify, log, and prioritize defects in tracking systems like JIRA, providing clear and actionable steps to developers for issue resolution.• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and UI/UX designers to ensure quality is embedded throughout the product lifecycle.• Backend API Testing: Perform testing on backend services and APIs. Validate the integration of mobile applications with backend APIs, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and performance.• Test Documentation: Create and maintain detailed test cases, test scripts, and documentation for manual and automated tests.• Mentorship: Mentor junior QA engineers, providing guidance and sharing best practices for mobile app testing.• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the refinement of the QA process, improve existing testing methodologies, and stay updated on industry trends and new tools.________________________________________Required Skills and Qualifications:• Experience: 2+ years of experience in quality assurance with at least 4 years focused on mobile application testing (both iOS and Android).• Platform Knowledge: Deep understanding of iOS and Android operating systems, as well as their respective app stores, installation processes, and deployment workflows.• Testing Tools: Proficiency with mobile testing frameworks and tools such as Appium, XCTest, Espresso, or others.• Cross-Browser/Device Testing Tools: Hands-on experience using cloud-based testing platforms like BrowserStack, LambdaTest, or similar tools for cross-device and cross-browser testing.• API Testing: Proficiency with Postman or similar API testing tools for validating RESTful APIs. Experience in backend API testing and ensuring smooth communication between mobile apps and backend systems.• Manual Testing Expertise: Strong experience in manual testing for mobile applications, including functional, regression, and exploratory testing.• Bug Tracking Tools: Familiarity with bug tracking tools such as JIRA, TestRail, or similar.• Cross-Browser/Device Testing: Experience testing apps across various devices and OS versions, using emulators, simulators, or real device farms.• Agile Methodology: Strong understanding of Agile development processes (Scrum, Kanban) and experience working in Agile teams.• Excellent Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively articulate test plans, issues, and solutions.________________________________________Preferred Qualifications:• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.• Experience with mobile testing• Familiarity with backend testing and APIs (e.g., using Postman or REST Assured).• Experience with A/B testing and user acceptance testing (UAT).• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.