Senior Test Automation Engineer

What you'll do

• Define and own the end-to-end test automation strategy across mobile (iOS & Android) and web e-banking channels
• Design, build, and maintain scalable test frameworks using industry-standard tooling
• Establish test pyramid guidelines — unit, integration, E2E — and drive adoption across squads
• Lead risk-based test planning for regulated financial features (payments, authentication, account management)
• Implement and maintain automated UI and functional test suites for native iOS (Swift/ObjC) and Android (Kotlin) apps
• Integrate mobile test runs into CI/CD pipelines (Bitrise, GitHub Actions, Fastlane)
• Configure and manage device farms (Browserstack, Firebase Test Lab, or on-premise device pools)
• Validate biometric authentication flows, deep links, push notifications, and offline behaviour
• Build robust cross-browser E2E and component test suites for the web banking portal (React/Angular)
• Implement accessibility testing (axe-core, WCAG 2.1 AA) and ensure compliance across supported browsers
• Create and maintain API/contract tests (REST & GraphQL) to decouple frontend from backend test cycles
• Integrate automated tests into CI pipelines ensuring fast, reliable feedback on every pull request
• Define and monitor quality metrics: test coverage, flakiness rates, defect escape rates, and mean-time-to-detect
• Implement performance and load testing for critical banking transactions using k6 or JMeter
• Champion shift-left testing practices and contribute to developer-written testability
• Coordinate with the security team on automated OWASP-aligned security checks embedded in CI
• Validate encryption, certificate pinning, and secure storage on mobile in line with Swiss financial regulations (FINMA guidelines)
• Support audit and compliance activities with test evidence, traceability matrices, and reporting

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in test automation, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead QA role
• Proven hands-on expertise in both mobile (iOS + Android) and web test automation
• Strong programming skills in Python or TypeScript; ability to write clean, maintainable test code
• Experience with CI/CD integration of automated test suites in a real production environment
• Solid understanding of software testing principles: test pyramid, BDD, risk-based testing
• Experience working in agile teams on complex, multi-platform digital products
• German: Fluent (B2+) — primary working language of the team and documentation
• English: Business proficient — tooling, frameworks, and international collaboration

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