Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

About us:

Symplast stands as a premier solution tailored for Plastic Surgeons and Medical Spas. Established in 2013 by seasoned plastic surgeons, Symplast is recognized as the leading Mobile EHR/Practice Management software in the plastic surgery and med spa sector. Serving over 3,500 aesthetic professionals nationwide, Symplast provides a secure, HIPAA-compliant cloud platform. Its all-encompassing mobile application streamlines aesthetic operations from any global location, integrating features from front desk management to AI-driven insights, ensuring seamless practice operations. As a pioneering authority in telehealth and telemedicine within aesthetics, Symplast offers unmatched capabilities. Our offerings range from a user-centric Patient App and insightful Marketing Analytics to a top-tier EHR, comprehensive Practice Management System, adept Insurance Billing, and more, making us the industry's most advanced technological provider. Our diverse, fully remote team harnesses cutting-edge technologies across iOS, Android, MacOS, and Windows, powered by a micro-service infrastructure on the world's top cloud providers.

Position Overview:

Symplast is seeking an experienced Mobile Automation Engineer to join our forward-thinking, fully remote team. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, build, and implement test automation frameworks across mobile platforms (iOS and Android), web applications, and native applications for macOS and Windows. Your expertise will ensure a seamless, high-quality experience for users, with a strong focus on automating tests for these platforms using cutting-edge tools and technologies. You will play a key role in integrating these automation tests into our continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline, contributing to the speed and reliability of our releases.

As part of a rapidly evolving organization serving the medical aesthetics industry, you will collaborate with teams that leverage technologies like AI, telemedicine, and cloud-based microservices. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your skills in a high-velocity agile environment, making a significant impact on the future of healthcare technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Automate tests for mobile, desktop, and web applications using Java, Appium, Cypress, and Playwright. Understand application features and write test scripts to replicate user actions across different platforms.
• Implement and maintain automated API testing to ensure backend services communicate effectively with mobile and web applications.
• Develop and execute automated performance tests to ensure scalability, reliability, and responsiveness of applications.
• Develop and maintain an automated functional test suite, ensuring the creation of reliable test scripts following best practices.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD process, continuously improving and expanding the coverage of automation tests.
• Identify and correct issues in existing automated scripts, adjusting current testing tools to fit different testing environments, including various mobile and desktop setups.
• Collaborate closely with development and DevOps teams to enhance test coverage, resolve issues, and streamline the release process.
• Set up, manage, and maintain test data to ensure comprehensive coverage for functional and non-functional tests.
• Actively participate in retrospectives, sprint planning, and product discussions, providing feedback from testing results to help shape the product.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in automated testing across all phases of the SDLC, with at least 4-5 years focused on iOS and MacOS native application automation using Appium and Java.
• At least 5 years of experience with Cypress or Playwright for web application automation tests.
• Extensive experience in mobile app automation testing using Appium and a deep proficiency in mobile app testing tools.
• Experience with RESTful API Automation: Solid experience in automating API tests using tools like Postman, RestAssured, or similar.
• Mastery in maintaining and enhancing Selenium Java automated tests integrated with Appium.
• Experience with Performance and Load Testing using tools like JMeter, k6, Locust, or similar.
• Demonstrated experience in testing native mobile applications for Windows, MacOS, and iOS platforms.
• Proficiency in advancing test framework design and implementation and continuously enhancing test suites for maximum test coverage.
• Familiarity with source control/configuration management tools like Git and Azure DevOps.
• Proficient in standard QA methodologies and tools, including functional API testing, integration testing, and UI functionality and usability testing, with a focus on automation.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, or Azure Pipelines.
• Proven experience collaborating within a remote or distributed development team, thriving in an agile, high-velocity setting.

Preferred Technical Proficiencies:

• Automation Tools: Playwright, Cypress, XCUITest, Appium + Webdriver.
• Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python
• Understanding of Client-Server Architecture.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience working in cloud-based environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Security Testing: Familiarity with security testing practices to address vulnerabilities in mobile and web applications.
• Database Testing: Proficiency in verifying data integrity and backend workflows through automated tests, ensuring seamless integration between the application and the database.
• Experience with tools for generating automated test reports (e.g., Allure TestOps, ReportPortal) to provide clear insights into test results.