A test suite that passes every time isn't automatically a good one. Sometimes it just means nobody wrote a test hard enough to catch what's actually broken. We're hiring a
Mobile Test Automation Engineer who writes the harder tests — remote, $125,000 a year.
What the Job Covers
Desktop software mostly runs in a predictable environment. Mobile doesn't — a dropped signal mid-checkout, a session interrupted by an incoming call, the same screen rendering just slightly off across a dozen devices and OS combinations. Good automated coverage is built around that unpredictability rather than the polished flow a product demo would follow.
What Fills Your Day
- Writing automated test scripts in Python or Java, aimed at real usage patterns instead of ideal ones
- Working inside mobile testing frameworks like Appium or XCTest, depending on the platform
- Running regression tests and hunting down performance bottlenecks before they hit production
- Reviewing test cases and results to find gaps in coverage, not just re-checking existing failures
- Keeping automated tests actually running inside CI/CD pipelines, not just sitting there unused
A search for
mobile test automation engineer roles often turns up jobs that are mostly script maintenance. This one involves real strategy — deciding what actually needs coverage, not just executing someone else's test plan.
What's Expected Coming In
Solid scripting in Python or Java, and real hands-on time with mobile testing frameworks — not a role for picking up Appium from a tutorial after starting. You need to understand how mobile platforms differ, since a test that runs clean on one OS version can fail on another for reasons unrelated to the actual bug.
Remote, and it runs on trust in your own judgment. Nobody's reading every script line by line before it merges. What tends to set someone apart is knowing which parts of an app genuinely need automated coverage and which are better left to manual checks, instead of automating everything just because it's possible.
What Helps an Application
- Time working inside Agile environments, close to developers rather than testing after the fact
- Familiarity with tools beyond one framework — Selenium or UI Automator, for example
- A concrete case where your test suite caught a bug before it reached production
- Some background building or keeping CI/CD pipelines running smoothly
Where This Sits at Naukri Mitra
Test automation isn't tacked onto the end of the process at Naukri Mitra — engineers get pulled in early enough that testability shapes how features get built in the first place, not just how they're checked afterward. Remote here reflects that trust. Real calls on test coverage stay with you, without someone signing off on every one.
How the Work Moves
Some stretches stay steady — writing new tests, refining suites, chipping away at coverage gaps at a reasonable pace. Then a release approaches, and regression testing needs to run quickly across multiple devices and OS versions at once. Handling both means keeping test quality high even when the clock's tight.
Why This Is Worth Doing
Bugs you catch here never reach a user — a different kind of impact than most engineering work gets recognized for. Remote means your schedule follows the actual testing workload, not a fixed office clock, and real ownership over test strategy stays with you.
Who You'd Work With
Video calls and shared channels with developers and QA fill most of your collaboration time. Getting a test written correctly is only half of it — you also have to make the case for why it exists. A well-supported argument for expanding coverage in one area tends to move faster than a test dropped in without any explanation behind it.
Applying
Send a resume that walks through your history in mobile test automation, the scripting languages you're fluent in, and the frameworks you've used. Add one concrete story — a defect your suite flagged before it shipped, or a coverage strategy you put together that made a real difference. This
Mobile Test Automation Engineer role is open now, remote, with applications reviewed as they come in.
