Kraken is looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join the Consumer team. You will focus on building and maintaining applications that expose Kraken's product offering to the mass market. Your work will involve developing features, establishing testing processes, and leading automation projects to ensure the quality of our consumer applications.

What You'll Do

Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and mobile developers to establish and refine testing processes for iOS and Android applications.
Design and implement mobile UI automation tests that are resilient to UI changes, reliable, and capable of delivering precise and actionable feedback.
Lead mobile test automation projects from planning to execution, ensuring seamless integration with the CI/CD pipeline.
Proactively document and report bugs, and work with development and product teams to resolve issues before release to users.
Advocate for best practices in mobile test strategy, including device coverage, performance profiling, and accessibility checks.

What We're Looking For

Proficient in a test automation language such as JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Kotlin with mobile automation libraries.
Hands-on experience with mobile testing frameworks/tools such as Maestro, Appium, Detox, Espresso, or XCTest.
Proven experience building and maintaining UI automation test suites for mobile apps, with understanding of platform-specific nuances.
Experienced in mobile app deployment with a strong understanding of iOS & Android release processes, including App Store Connect, Google Play Console, platform review guidelines, release trains, OTA updates, and overall mobile release cycles.
Familiarity with Agile development cycles and continuous testing practices for mobile environments.
Comfortable with QA processes including bug tracking, documentation, and manual exploratory testing of mobile apps.
Experience testing across a diverse set of devices, screen sizes, and operating systems.
A creative, detail-oriented mindset with a passion for breaking things on mobile to make them better.

Nice to Have

A passion for secure, reliable, fast and privacy-focused software.
A strong practicing interest in the cryptocurrency space or personal/professional experience investing and trading securities through online platforms.
QA experience with fintech/crypto products.

Technical Stack

Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Kotlin
Frameworks/Tools: Maestro, Appium, Detox, Espresso, XCTest

Team & Environment

You will be joining the Consumer team at Kraken, focused on building mass-market applications.

Work Mode

This role is open to candidates in 70+ countries globally.

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