Senior Mobile Automation Tester (Appium and Selenium)

We are seeking a skilled Senior Mobile Automation Tester to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing test automation strategies and frameworks for mobile applications using Appium and Selenium. The role involves leading quality assurance efforts to ensure the highest software development and delivery standards.

About Cognizant’s QEA Practice:

We are the largest Quality Assurance Practice Globally servicing 800+ Clients including 50+ clients in the Fortune 100. We bring industry-leading vision and expertise to help with the Quality Engineering transformation journey for our reputed clients. We provide Next Gen QA offerings like System Modernization assurance, Business Process Assurance, Quality Engineering, Cloud Platform Assurance, Customer Experience Assurance and Robotic Test Automation. We have been ranked #1 for Market Impact by Everest Group four times in a row and ranked #1 for completeness of vision, test advisory and Digital Business Assurance in Gartner Magic Quadrant!

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, and implement automated tests using Appium for mobile applications on both Android and iOS platforms.
• Design, implementation, and delivery of scalable, maintainable, configurable and robust test automation frameworks.
• Ability to analyze and translate requirements and development stories into test scripts to ensure complete test coverage.
• Perform functional, regression and cross-browser testing on iOS and Android devices.
• Test applications on different devices, browsers, screen sizes, and OS versions.
• Provide expertise in Mobile Testing ensuring comprehensive test coverage across different devices and platforms.
• Handle the entire testing process from data validation to front end GUI using a combination of SQL, manual, and automation testing techniques.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure that testing aligns with business objectives.

What you’ll need to succeed (required skills):

• Overall 7+ years of experience in web, UI and mobile automation testing using Selenium Web Driver and Appium.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in Appium testing.
• Knowledge of mobile browser automation and mobile testing using mobile devices.
• Should have knowledge on how to set up and run the tests for multiple browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari).
• Thorough understanding of the defect life-cycle process and industry standard defect tracking tools.
• Experience with test management tools like JIRA, JTMF.

What will help you stand out (preferred skills):

• Good knowledge of continuous integration tools like Jenkins.
• Willingness to learn new technologies, approaches, and test tools.

At Cognizant, we're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can make an impact in various ways. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you only meet the required skills listed. Consider what transferrable experience and skills make you a unique applicant and help us see how you'd be beneficial to this role.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Working Arrangements:

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client office in Toronto, ON. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various well-being programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.