Senior mobile qa engineer (ios & android)

Senior Mobile QA Engineer (iOS & Android)

£400 - £425 per day | Outside IR35 | Initial 6-Month Contract | Hybrid (Stratford, London) | Immediate Start Available

Our trusted partner within the Ed-Tech sector, employing over 10,000 people across 100 countries and supporting more than 600 million users globally, is seeking an experienced Senior Mobile QA Engineer to join a high-profile product engineering team developing innovative mobile learning applications.

This role is ideal for a QA professional with extensive experience testing native and cross-platform mobile applications across iOS and Android environments, coupled with a strong background in test automation and modern Agile delivery practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance activities across mobile applications, ensuring exceptional user experience on both iOS and Android platforms.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans and test cases.
• Design, implement and maintain automated testing frameworks and tooling.
• Perform functional, regression, exploratory, performance, usability and compliance testing.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Developers and Infrastructure teams throughout the SDLC.
• Identify, document and manage defects through to resolution.
• Support continuous improvement of QA processes, automation capabilities and CI/CD practices.
• Provide guidance on mobile testing best practices, device compatibility and platform-specific considerations.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Senior QA Engineer within a mobile application environment.
• Extensive testing experience across iOS and Android platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with mobile automation tools such as Appium, Cypress, Selenium or Playwright.
• Experience testing APIs and backend services supporting mobile applications.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience building and maintaining automated test suites.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Highly Desirable

• Experience testing AI-powered applications, conversational interfaces or chatbots.
• Experience with Python and/or TypeScript.
• Experience testing voice-enabled applications.
• Experience within Ed-Tech, Education, SaaS or Product-led organisations.
• Exposure to AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with performance, security or compliance testing.

The interview process consists of two remote stages with the opportunity to start immediately.