Roche

QA Mobile Automation Engineer - Freelancer (m/f/d)

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3 days ago
Vienna, AustriaSenior
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Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement a scalable, reusable test automation framework for iOS and Android mobile applications.
  • Improve test strategies, automation frameworks, and QA processes.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define acceptance criteria and improve testability.
  • Analyze test failures, reproduce defects, and provide detailed bug reports.
  • Own the strategy for increasing mobile test automation coverage and reducing manual testing.
  • Advocate for safe applications that meet high quality and safety standards.
  • Integrate automated tests into GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for frequent and reliable releases.
  • Mentor and collaborate with QA engineers and developers while sharing testing best practices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
  • 6–9 years of software QA experience, including at least 3 years of mobile automation experience.
  • Hands-on experience with Appium, Espresso, UIAutomator2, XCUITest, and TestNG or JUnit.
  • Programming or scripting experience with Java, Kotlin, Swift, or JavaScript.
  • Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, TestRail, and GitHub.
  • Experience with backend or API testing using Postman, JMeter, Katalon, Charles Proxy, or similar tools.
  • Understanding of Agile/Scrum and strong professional English communication skills.
  • Experience using AI tools to accelerate test automation while maintaining quality, reliability, and user safety.
  • Preferred experience with AWS or other cloud platforms, security or privacy regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR, startup or high-growth environments, ISTQB or CASTP certifications, SQL and database validation, SAFe, and device-cloud platforms such as BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, or AWS Device Farm.

Benefits

  • Meaningful work on healthcare products intended to improve patients’ lives.
  • Innovative, collaborative, cross-functional working environment.
  • Support for technical evangelism through blogs, conferences, and publications.
  • Access to modern AI tooling and support for responsible use in daily work.
  • Inclusive, family-friendly, sustainability-focused workplace with learning, development, and flexible modern-workplace opportunities.
  • Freelance position located in Roche’s Vienna office with collaboration across teams in India, Austria, and Spain.

Tech Stack

Apache JMeterAppiumAWSGitHub ActionsiOSJavaJavaScriptJUnitKotlinPostmanSQLSwiftTestNG

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About Roche

10,000+ employees

Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). For more information, please visit https://careers.roche.com Read our community guidelines here: https://www.roche.com/some-guidelines.htm #Roche #Biotechnology #Pharmaceuticals #Diagnostics #Healthcare #PersonalisedHealthcare #GreatPlaceToWork #Innovation

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