Automation Engineer – Android

JOB DESCRIPTION Automation Engineer –Android -Princ Software Apps Engineer Duration:6-months+(strong potentialto full-time conversion) Location:Remote Target Pay Rate:$75 per hour Preferred Time Zone:PST(though other time zones will be considered) Interview Process:2-4 roundsof interviews (including anin-depth coding test) Coding test is 100% required Candidate will be a W-2 employee of IPM (Top-rated, women-owned business since 1992) Benefits offered:Medical Insurance, IPM contributes 50% of our Bronze plan premium toward the employee premium, Direct Deposit, Paid Time Off (in applicable states) Voluntary benefits available:Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, 401K/ fully vested upon election, 401K matching, Basic Life Insurance & AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability U.S. CitizenorGreen Card only candidates North Americancandidates only Automation Engineer – Android Darsan Technologies, Inc., the IT recruiting partner of IPM is actively searching for a qualified Android Automation Engineer for our valued client:Yahoo. With a strong foundation of 900 million users monthly, Yahoo is in the midst of a renaissance; backed by substantial investment to drive meaningful, long-term growth, led by great products. Are you up for the challenge of writing a chapter on one of the biggest consumer product success stories in history? This won’t be easy, but if you’re motivated by huge opportunities, backed by an organization that is ready to invest in bold initiatives, and can’t wait to start building, Yahoo is the place for you. A little about our client: Yahoo Yahoo is composed of organizations, each led by a GM, driving key product lines. This role is within the Yahoo Mail group, which includes its flagship product, Yahoo Mail. You'll be starting on offense; the product line (4.5+ star apps & responsive web experiences), business, and tech (modern front-end stacks with significant backend re-architecture just beginning) provide a healthy start, with lots of upside to realize. Now, we need you to be a key part of our next chapter - embarking on the mission to create the best consumer-focused platform for running the “business of life,” in email and beyond. You'll join a team of engineers who strive to deliver our users best consumer mail experience and are willing to meticulously refine the details to achieve this goal. A lot about YOU You are passionate about growing your skills and value high quality application development on modern tech stack and cloud. You'll enjoy building the next generation of communication products, web and mobile platforms. You are interested in how best to drive tasks to completion, collaborate to achieve your goals, think through scenarios and edge cases, learn from your leadership, and understand the broader impact of your work. If you're interested in joining a world-class team of passionate people and industry veterans who care about code quality, architecture, design and user experience as much as having fun together, then we’d like to talk to you. Responsibilities: As anAutomation Engineer, you'll be a critical contributor to the quality and efficiency of theYahoo Mail Android application. Your responsibilities will include: • Leading the design, development, and implementation of a robust, scalable automation testing pipelinefor the Yahoo Mail Android app, driving comprehensive test coverage and efficient execution within our CI/CD systems. • Architecting and evolving automated test frameworks and toolsthat enable continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) for mobile releases. • Developing, maintaining, and enhancing sophisticated automated test suitesfor functional, regression, performance, and integration testing across diverse Android devices, OS versions, and network conditions. • Collaborating deeply with Android development, product, and manual QA teamsto embed automation into every stage of the development lifecycle, ensuring testability and quality are considered from inception. • Identifying, analyzing, and triaging complex defectsuncovered by automation, working closely with engineering teams to ensure timely resolution and root cause analysis. • Mentoring and guiding other engineerson best practices in test automation, code quality, and building highly testable Android features. • Establishing and reporting on key quality metricsderived from automation results, providing actionable insights to leadership and cross-functional teams. • Researching, evaluating, and advocating for new automation technologies and methodologiesto continuously advance our testing capabilities and efficiency. • Acting as a subject matter expertfor Android test automation, influencing architectural and design decisions to promote inherent testability and reliability of the application. Qualifications: • BS in Computer Science (or equivalent) with8+ years of experiencein software development or quality assurance, with a strong focus on mobile test automation. • Proven expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining complex automated test frameworks and pipelines for Android applications at scale. • Strong programming skills in Kotlin, Java, or similar object-oriented languagescommonly used in Android development. • Extensive hands-on experience with leading mobile test automation tools such asEspresso, Appium, UI Automator, or similar technologies. • Deep technical knowledge ofAndroid platform behaviors, lifecycles, user flows, system integrations, and common mobile architecture patterns. • Solid understanding and practical experience withCI/CD pipelines, including integrating automated tests into continuous integration systems (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI). • Proficiency with mobile debugging tools likeADB, logcat, Charles Proxy, emulator/simulator environments, crash log analysis, and bug tracking systems (e.g., JIRA). • Strong foundation in Computer Science principles, including data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns. • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical issues and solutions clearly to diverse audiences. • Experience working effectively in Agile/Scrum development methodologies. * Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with writing tests using AI and/or ML frameworks such as Firebase Test Lab • Experience with performance, network, and security testing for mobile applications. • Understanding of backend systems and APIs that support mobile applications. • Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and cloud platforms. Experience contributing to open-source test automation projects or active participation in relevant technical communities." Job Types: Full-time, Contract Pay: $75.00 per hour Expected hours: 40 per week Benefits: • 401(k) • 401(k) matching • Dental insurance • Health insurance • Vision insurance Experience: • Software development or Quality Assurance: 8 years (Required) Location: • United States (Required) Work Location: Remote