Mobile Automation Test Engineer

Job Title: Mobile test automation engineer

Department: Testing Factory

About Business line/Function: 

Testing Factory provides software testing services, including manual and automated testing, as well as performance testing. The team ensures quality, reliability, and compliance of applications across BNP Paribas Personal Finance, supporting delivery and transformation initiatives.

Position Purpose: 

As a Mobile Test Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the highest quality of our mobile applications. You will design, execute, and manage comprehensive automation strategies across the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for both iOS and Android platforms, utilizing a mix of real devices and simulators

You will work closely with business, development, and product teams in an Agile environment to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions.

You will also leverage modern testing practices and tools, including AI-assisted testing approaches, to improve efficiency and test coverage.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Analyzing product requirements and specifications.
• Creates and upscales an automation framework.
• Propose a mobile test automation strategy/plan, facilitating automated scripts, maintenance and design
• Design test scenarios and cases ensuring there is traceability back to all business requirements
• Maintain existing automation scripts whenever necessary following functional changes for the respective flow/application
• Defines requirements for test data 
• Ensures adherence to testing best practices and the Client's testing standards
• Integrate automated tests into the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline to ensure early detection of defects and provide rapid feedback to development teams
• Perform the automated execution results analysis and debug automated test scripts
• Identify, document, and report software defects and inconsistencies using bug tracking systems
• Create clear and concise test documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test scripts, to facilitate knowledge transfer and maintain consistency in testing processes
• Perform manual testing activities (25% from the activity) - functional, regression, and exploratory and accessibility testing on iOS and Android device
• Prepare manual test deliverables required for all release processes

Contributing Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business, developers, and product owners
• Participatein Agile ceremonies
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and best practices
• Support improvements in testing tools and methodologies
• Use AI-assisted tools for test design and execution where applicable

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• 5+ Years of experience in UI Mobile Test Automation on both iOS and Android with the following tech stack: JavaScript, WebdriverIO, Cucumber, BrowserStack, Allure
• Proven experience in API automation testing with the following tech stack: REST Assured (Java)or Super-Agent(JS)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitLab
• Previous experience with manual REST API testing in PostmanorBruno
• Manual testing in BrowserStack and/ or on-site devices iOS & Android
• Extensive knowledge of mobile testing concepts, methodologies, tools, and best practices
• Extensive experience with test management tools like Octane, Jira  

Specific Qualifications:

• Experience of planning and executing testing across all layers
• Good testing and troubleshooting experience across the software development lifecycle
• Good planning, organization, time management skills to prioritize and manage multiple testing effort
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to communicate efficiently with the team (business, developers, PM)
• Effective communication skills for conveying test strategies & plan for automation
• Detail-oriented with a user-centric mindset
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical Skills:

• Skill 1 UI Mobile Test Automation on both iOS and Android
• Skill 2 JavaScript
• Skill 3 –WebdriverIO
• Skill 4 –Cucumber
• Skill 5 –BrowserStack
• Skill 6 –Allure
• Skill 7 –API Automation -REST Assured (Java)/ Super-Agent(JS)
• Skill 8 –Proven experience in designing, configuring, and maintaining end-to-end automation pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitLab CI
• Skill 9 –Manual REST API testing in PostmanorBruno

Behavioral Skills: 

• Skill 1 – Ability to research and gather information from stakeholders
• Skill 2 – Strong planning, organization, and time management
• Skill 3 – Effective communication and collaboration with teams
• Skill 4 – Strong problem-solving skills
• Skill 5 – Attention to detail and quality mindset

Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in IT, Banking, Finance, or related field

Location: ISPL Chennai

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.