Mobile QA Automation Engineer

  • Pontoon
  • Chester, Cheshire
  • Aug 14, 2025
Contractor I.T. & Communications

Job Description

Role: Mobile QA Automation Engineer

Location: Chester, 3 days per week on site required

Duration: 12-month contract

Rate: Via umbrella

About the Company

Join a leading global financial services organisation with a reputation for innovation, scale, and technological excellence. You'll be part of a forward-thinking Global Technology division that ensures employees worldwide have the cutting-edge tools they need to work effectively and securely. This is an organisation that invests heavily in technology, fosters collaboration, and values continuous improvement - making it an exceptional environment for technology professionals to grow their skills and make a tangible impact.

About the Team

Within the Global Technology group, the Employee Experience Technologies function is dedicated to delivering best-in-class productivity solutions. The Collaboration Productivity team provides essential applications such as Microsoft 365 Teams, OneDrive, Exchange, SharePoint, and other mission-critical tools. Working across these platforms, the Integrated Test Release Strategy team drives consistent testing practices, ensures compliance with enterprise standards, and supports the shift towards an agile system design lifecycle framework.

The Role

As a Microsoft 365 Mobile App QA Automation Engineer, you'll design, develop, and execute automated test scripts to guarantee the quality, performance, and reliability of Microsoft 365 mobile applications. You will work closely with development and product teams to identify testing requirements, automate test cases, and ensure seamless functionality across iOS devices and other platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Build, maintain, and enhance automation frameworks to accommodate new features and app updates.
  • Develop automated test scripts for Microsoft 365 mobile applications, particularly on iOS.
  • Design test plans and cases based on functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Execute automated tests, analyse results, and identify defects or performance issues.
  • Collaborate with developers and product managers to ensure quality from concept to delivery.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
  • Perform manual exploratory testing where required.
  • Monitor, report, and verify defect fixes to ensure high-quality releases.
  • Stay updated on mobile testing tools, frameworks, and industry trends.

Skills & Experience Required:

  • Proven experience testing third-party mobile applications on managed mobile devices, ideally Microsoft 365 or similar enterprise apps.
  • Strong knowledge of automation frameworks such as Appium, Selenium, or UiPath (RPA).

  • Proficiency in Java, Python, or JavaScript.
  • Familiarity with iOS platforms and relevant testing tools.
  • Understanding of API testing and integration points.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
  • Knowledge of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
  • Experience with Agile project management tools (Jira, Confluence).

What's in it for You?

  • Work with industry-leading technology in a globally recognised organisation.
  • Be part of a collaborative, innovative team driving enterprise-level solutions.
  • Opportunity to shape and improve testing frameworks that impact thousands of employees worldwide.
  • Exposure to a broad technology stack in a fast-moving, supportive environment.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered please click the "apply" button.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.