Senior Software Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 6, 2026.
Skills Required:
Mobile Automation (XCUITest, Espresso), Swift, Kotlin, Contentstack CMS Testing, Firebase, REST API Testing, Charles Proxy, Postman, CI/CD (Bitrise, GitHub Actions)
This role will be responsible for:
- Defining and executing comprehensive mobile quality and automation strategies for top level cCommerce iOS and Android applications.
- Building highly composable, maintainable test automation frameworks from the ground up using native tools (XCUITest, Espresso) and modern scripting.
- Validating dynamic content delivery, schema integrations, and webhooks driven by Contentstack CMS and real-time Firebase backend infrastructure.
- Ensuring the longevity, performance, accessibility, and security of our mobile applications through continuous test integration and meticulous release profiling.
- Mentoring a team of quality and software engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, shift-left testing, and engineering excellence.
Required:
- 8+ years of software quality engineering experience with a strong focus on native iOS and Android mobile platforms.
- 5+ years of hands-on test automation experience using native frameworks: Swift (XCUITest) for iOS and Kotlin (Espresso / Compose UI Test Kit) for Android.
- 3+ years of experience testing and validating headless CMS integrations (Contentstack preferred) via REST Delivery, GraphQL, and Sync APIs.
- 5+ years of experience validating cloud backend architectures and Firebase cloud services (Firestore, FCM, Remote Config, Auth, Crashlytics).
- 5+ years of experience with API testing tools (Postman, Bruno) and network debugging proxies (Charles Proxy, Fiddler, or Proxyman).
- 5+ years of experience integrating mobile automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (Fastlane, Bitrise, Xcode Cloud, or GitHub Actions).
- 8+ years of experience in defect tracking, root-cause analysis, and performance profiling using Xcode Instruments and Android Studio Profiler.
- Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA principles and hands-on accessibility testing with VoiceOver and TalkBack.
- Strong understanding of mobile application design patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture) and how they impact testability.
- 5+ years of experience developing and executing test strategies within an agile development methodology.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and be able to communicate quality metrics to both technical and Business audiences.
- Possesses strong leadership and interpersonal communication skills, effectively conveying quality vision and influencing a wide range of stakeholders across the organization.
- Ability to work under pressure with a strong sense of urgency.
- Responsible, conscientious, organized, self-motivated and able to work with limited supervision.
- Detail-oriented and possess strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze potential future issues.
- Able to support off-hours work as required, including weekends, holidays, and 24/7 on call responsibilities on a rotational basis.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM-related field, or foreign equivalent.
Recommended:
- Experience testing mobile applications in an online ecommerce environment.
- Experience with cloud testing grids (Sauce Labs, BrowserStack, or AWS Device Farm).
- Experience with Server-Driven UI (SDUI) testing strategies.
- Experience with mobile security testing (SSL Pinning, OAuth 2.0, Keychain/KeyStore encryption).
- Knowledge of SOX, PII, PCI, CCPA, HIPAA regulations for mobile transactions, security, and confidentiality.
Skills
Mobile App Testing, Automation Testing, SWIFT, Kotlin, Software Quality Assurance, Application Testing, API Testing, POSTMAN, Espresso Test, XCUI Test