Automation QE Manager - (Client & Backend)
About The Position
The Find My Team deeply cares about helping customers keep track of the things thatthey care about. We are a group of highly motivated test engineers who build innovative solutions to help drive the quality for the Find My app. We are seeking an experienced Automation QE Manager to lead our quality engineering efforts across client applications and backend services. This role will be responsible for designing and scaling automation frameworks for client-side testing and server/API testing, while managing a team of quality engineers to ensure high-quality software delivery across the platform.The ideal candidate combines hands-on automation expertise, strong technical leadership, and experience building scalable test infrastructure for modern distributed systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with 3+ years in a leadership or management role.
- Strong hands-on experience in automation development using Swift and Java.
- Experience testing client applications, APIs, and distributed backend services.
- Solid understanding of APIs, microservices architectures, and service communication.
- Experience building scalable automation frameworks from scratch.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automation integration.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with iOS automation frameworks (e.g., XCTest, XCUITest).
- Experience with Java automation frameworks (JUnit, TestNG, RestAssured, etc.).
- Familiarity with containerized environments and cloud platforms.
- Experience with performance testing and reliability testing.
- Knowledge of test data management and service virtualization.
- Experience implementing quality metrics and reporting dashboards.
- Strong technical leadership and mentoring abilities.
- Excellent cross-team collaboration and communication skills.
- Ability to drive quality culture across engineering teams.
- Strategic mindset with hands-on technical depth.
Responsibilities
- Quality Engineering Leadership -Lead and mentor a team of automation and quality engineers responsible for client and server testing.
- Define and implement the automation strategy across mobile/client and backend services.
- Establish best practices, coding standards, and quality metrics for automation frameworks.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and DevOps teams to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle.
- Client-Side Automation -Design and maintain automation frameworks for client applications using Swift((e.g., XCTest, XCUITest).
- Develop automated tests for UI, integration, and functional validation.
- Improve test reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation.Server/API Automation -Architect and maintain automation frameworks for API testing and backendservices , including designing, implementing, and maintaining automated testsuites (Java, Python, or JavaScript)
- Develop automated tests for APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Validate service contracts, data integrity, and service interactions.
- Implement mocking, service virtualization, and contract testing.
- Automation Infrastructure -Drive adoption of test frameworks, reporting tools, and automation platforms.
- Ensure automation runs efficiently in CI/CD environments.
- Establish test environments, test data strategies, and observability for testing.
- Work closely with DevOps to scale testing infrastructure.
- Define automation coverage goals and quality KPIs.
- Participate in architecture and design reviews to influence testability.
- Identify quality risks and implement proactive mitigation strategies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
