Senior Mobile Automation Quality Engineer (JavaScript + Appium)

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Job Description

As a Senior Mobile Automation Quality Engineer at Publicis Sapient, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of mobile applications by applying your expertise in mobile testing and automation tools. You will collaborate closely with business and development teams to define acceptance criteria and streamline the testing process through automation.

Your Impact:

• Create and implement test plans by analyzing and reviewing project requirement documents specific to mobile applications.
• Participate in requirements gathering sessions with business teams to help define acceptance test criteria for mobile features.
• Estimate and develop automation tests for mobile applications using appropriate tools and frameworks.
• Design, develop, test, maintain, and execute automated test scripts across different test environments.
• Manually execute test cases as needed based on business requirements, ensuring traceability of test results.
• Work closely with the software development team to enhance testing through a deep understanding of mobile application architecture and source code, reporting and debugging issues.
• Configure and schedule test automation within a Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline.
• Create automated test cases, execute tests, and report defects and overall testing status.
• Mentor junior team members on mobile testing best practices and automation techniques.

Qualifications

Your Skills and Experience

• Proficient in JavaScript ES6/TypeScript
• Practical knowledge of OOPS principles (Classes, Objects, Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, Polymorphism)
• Familiarity with ES6 modules, asynchronous functions, and anonymous functions.
• Understanding of Page Object Model (POM) or Page Factory design patterns.
• In-depth knowledge of Appium architecture and Appium scripting
• Experience in testing mobile applications on different browsers for both iOS and Android platforms.
• Knowledge of how to configure and conduct test strategy on real devices in addition to simulator testing.
• Knowledge of end-to-end testing and parallel execution techniques.
• Familiarity with framework design and development.
• Behavior-Driven Development (BDD): Experience with Cucumber for BDD is essential. Understanding of BDD (Behavior Driven Development) and TDD (Test-Driven Development) concepts.
• Familiarity with QA/QE processes, including:
  • The test pyramid and its application.
  • Shift-left testing approach: automation within the same sprint rather than in a subsequent sprint.
  • Knowledge of the defect lifecycle and management processes (test management, reporting, etc.).
• Proficiency with JIRA and X-Ray for issue tracking and test management.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and experience working in Agile development methodologies.
• Excellent analytical, diagnostic, and debugging skills.
• Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively within a team.

Preferred Skills

• Retail domain knowledge is preferred but not mandatory.
• Framework implementation using Espresso and XCUIT 
• Hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver. Knowledge of WebDriver architecture is a plus.

Additional Information

Opennes to travel:

This position requires availability to travel twice per quarter, each travel for a week to Dallas for client workshops. 

Hybrid Work: During the first quarter, commuting to our Mexico City offices will be required for team meetings with the Dallas team. The work schedule will alternate in a two-week rotation: Week 1 will be fully onsite, while Week 2 will follow a hybrid model—onsite work on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with remote work on Tuesday and Thursday. This alternating schedule will continue throughout the quarter. 
After the first quarter, commuting is expected to remain at one week per quarter.