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Intermediate / Senior Automation Test Engineer (Mobile & Web)

Inspired Testing
1 day ago
Full-time
Remote
South Africa
Web Development

Introduction

About Us:

Inspired Testing is a leading innovative and forward-thinking Quality Engineering and Software Testing consultancy. Our teams of exceptional consultants and engineers provided solutions that helps our customers deliver quality software faster, more effectively, and more frequently. Our brand is trusted and highly respected globally, and we are looking for a technically strong, hands-on Automation Test Engineer with proven experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing automated test solutions across web and mobile devices applications. The key requirement for this role is strong, practical mobile application automation experience. This is a non-negotiable MUST-HAVE. Candidates who have strong Playwright experience but limited or no hands-on mobile automation experience will not be suitable. The ideal consultant will be comfortable writing code, contributing to automation frameworks, troubleshooting automation issues, and experience automating both web and native mobile applications.

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The Team:

We're at an exciting point where there's ample opportunity to make a big impact in scaling the people, processes, and technology in service of that mission. Our team’s strength is in its diversity and its acceptance of new ideas and new ways to look at old challenges. We know humans are not one-dimensional, and we celebrate the uniqueness everyone brings to the problems we solve and the culture we create.

Duties & Responsibilities

Requirements

  • Experience automating both web and native mobile applications.
  • Experience across Android and/or iOS.
  • Experience designing, building, or contributing to automation frameworks.
  • Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with automated test execution and reporting.
  • API automation/testing experience.

 

MOBILE APPLICATION AUTOMATION – NON-NEGOTIABLE

  • Strong, hands-on experience with mobile application automation – MUST HAVE.
  • Demonstrable experience automating mobile applications, rather than simply executing existing automated tests.
  • Practical experience with mobile automation framework
  • Experience with Android and/or iOS automation.
  • Ability to develop, maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance mobile automation scripts/frameworks.

Desired Experience & Qualification

PLAYWRIGHT

  • Strong hands-on experience with Playwright.
  • Experience building and maintaining automated tests using Playwright.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and improve existing Playwright automation.
  • Experience working with modern web application automation.

 

PROGRAMMING / CODING

  • Strong programming and coding capability.
  • JavaScript and/or TypeScript experience strongly preferred.
  • Ability to write, maintain, debug, and enhance automation code.
  • Strong understanding of automation principles and test design.

 

Technical Expectations

The successful consultant should be able to:

  • Build and maintain automated test scripts.
  • Contribute to and improve automation frameworks.
  • Develop automation for both web and mobile applications.
  • Investigate and troubleshoot automation failures.
  • Identify opportunities to improve automation coverage and efficiency.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Work collaboratively with developers, QA teams, business analysts, and other technical stakeholders.
  • Clearly explain technical issues, automation approaches, and recommendations.

 

Behavioural & Stakeholder Requirements

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Comfortable engaging directly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Able to explain technical concepts and automation approaches clearly.
  • Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
  • Proactive and solutions-focused approach.
  • Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of automation deliverables.
  • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving ability.