Mobile QA Engineer

Mobile QA Engineer (Hybrid Apps – Ionic / Capacitor / Swift / Cordova)

Location: McLean, VA (Onsite, 5 days/week)
Employment: Fulltime

Role Overview

Seeking a Mobile QA Engineer with deep experience testing hybrid mobile applications (Ionic/Cordova/Capacitor) and validating native iOS components built with Swift. This role owns the full QA lifecycle for hybrid + native features, ensuring high‑quality, stable, and performant mobile releases.

Core Mobile Technologies in Scope

Hybrid Stack

• Ionic framework (Angular / React / Vue fronts)
• Capacitor / Cordova plugin ecosystem
• JavaScript ↔ Native bridge behavior
• WKWebView rendering nuances
• Offline/online hybrid flows

iOS (Swift) – Needed for Gray/Black Box Testing

• View lifecycle
• Networking stack
• Push notifications & background modes
• Keychain & sensitive data storage
• Deep links / universal links

Plugin Testing

Validation of Capacitor/Cordova plugins such as:

• Camera
• Geolocation
• Push notifications
• Filesystem
• In‑App Purchases
• Biometrics / Authentication
• Permission prompts, fallbacks, and error states

Build & Packaging Awareness

• Xcode schemes & build settings
• Provisioning profiles & signing
• TestFlight distribution
• Podfile / Swift Package Manager dependencies
• Understanding how web assets are packaged in Ionic builds

Automation & Tools

• Java / TypeScript / Python for hybrid app E2E automation
• Charles / Proxyman for network inspection & mocks
• Xcode Instruments (memory, CPU, energy, crash logs)
• Console.app & device syslogs
• Safari Web Inspector for WKWebView

Roles & Responsibilities

Testing Ownership

• Own test strategy for hybrid (Ionic/Capacitor/Cordova) and native iOS features
• Develop and maintain test cases, checklists, and automation suites (smoke, regression, performance)

Hybrid ↔ Native Bridge Validation

• Ensure consistent plugin behavior across devices & OS versions
• Test permission flows, fallback paths, timeout handling, and error states

Execution & Defect Triage

• Execute builds on simulators and real devices
• Provide reproducible defect steps, logs, syslogs, webview traces, videos
• Collaborate with front‑end, native, and backend engineers for RCA

Environment & CI/CD

• Set up QA environments, test data, mocks/stubs
• Integrate automated suites into CI/CD
• Maintain clear pass/fail quality signals

Release Readiness

• Gate mobile releases through structured release checklists
• Validate TestFlight builds
• Test app upgrade paths
• Validate store‑readiness (screenshots, privacy disclosures, review notes, etc.)

Quality Leadership

• Track quality metrics (defect escape rate, flaky tests, runtime, coverage)
• Improve test pyramid: component → integration → E2E

Security & Privacy

Work with security teams to validate:

• TLS & certificate‑pinning behavior
• PII handling
• Clipboard/pasteboard access
• App Tracking Transparency
• ATS configuration

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain test plans, edge cases, risk assessments, and known limitations
• Provide clear, actionable defect reports with logs, HAR files, and device context

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