Senior QA Engineer (Mobile)

Waracle are looking for a Senior QA Engineer for an exciting new role joining our world‑class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology‑driven transformation. We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business‑critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations.

This is a hybrid role working from the Waracle London office 2 days per week and is available on a Fixed Term Contract, initially for 6 months.

Are you a quality champion who thrives on collaboration and technical excellence? We are looking for a Senior QA who values a supportive environment where your expertise in mobile and backend testing will help shape the future of our digital products. At Waracle, we believe that diverse perspectives drive the best innovations, and we’re looking for a thoughtful mentor to help our teams grow while ensuring we deliver seamless, high‑quality experiences for our users.

In this position, you will be a technical driver for quality, focusing on high‑impact mobile delivery while ensuring backend integrity. You will:

• Lead Mobile Strategy: Define QA approaches for complex features across iOS and Android, integrating risk analysis and leading exploratory testing efforts.
• Architect Automation: Design and implement modular, reusable, and scalable automation components for mobile platforms, integrating quality checks directly into CI/CD pipelines.
• Champion Quality & NFRs: Independently design and automate tests for performance, security, and accessibility (A11y) to ensure our products are inclusive and robust.
• Collaborate & Influence: Work closely with developers to improve system testability through better logging and test hooks, and lead defect triage sessions to prioritise fixes based on business impact.
• Drive Technical Standards: Own initiatives such as mobile regression standards and stay at the forefront of mobile testing trends to ensure world‑class delivery.

What you'll bring:

• Mobile Testing Mastery: Deep experience in mobile testing across iOS and Android, with experience setting up mobile automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Automation Toolkit: Extensive experience with mobile automation frameworks such as Appium, Detox, or Maestro.
• Programming Skills: Proficiency in Python or Typescript would be preferred.
• Feature Validation: Expert knowledge in validating A/B testing scenarios and feature flag logic to ensure seamless user journeys.
• Infrastructure Knowledge: Proficiency with Git and experience defining and integrating automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines.
• Communication: Proven ability to communicate quality risks clearly in terms of business and financial impact.
• Experience with React Native or Flutter and a focus on ensuring quality across different mobile platforms.

Benefits:

• Rest & Recharge: 27 days of annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays (35 days total).
• Financial Future: Company‑matched 5% pension contribution and Death in Service benefit (2 x annual salary).
• Health & Wellness: Medicash Health Cash Plans, Employee Assistance Programme, and Group Sickness Cover.
• Flexible Working: Hybrid working with a home office setup budget to ensure you’re comfortable.
• Learning & Development: Access to Udemy Business and a dedicated L&D budget for continuous growth.
• Family First: Enhanced parental leave policies, including support for fertility journeys.
• Community: Regular fun meet‑ups, monthly office lunch, and the Spirit of Waracle charitable initiative.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.