Mobile QA Engineer

Location: Falls Church, VA

Salary: $120,000.00 USD Annually - $130,000.00 USD Annually

Description:

Mobile QA Engineer (Hybrid Apps - Ionic / Capacitor / Swift / Cordova)

Location: McLean, VA (Onsite, 5 days/week)

Employment: Fulltime

Role Overview

Seeking a Mobile QA Engineer with deep experience testing hybrid mobile applications (Ionic/Cordova/Capacitor) and validating native iOS components built with Swift. This role owns the full QA lifecycle for hybrid + native features, ensuring high-quality, stable, and performant mobile releases.

Core Mobile Technologies in Scope

Hybrid Stack

Ionic framework (Angular / React / Vue fronts)

Capacitor / Cordova plugin ecosystem

JavaScript ? Native bridge behavior

WKWebView rendering nuances

Offline/online hybrid flows

iOS (Swift) - Needed for Gray/Black Box Testing

View lifecycle

Networking stack

Push notifications & background modes

Keychain & sensitive data storage

Deep links / universal links

Plugin Testing

Validation of Capacitor/Cordova plugins such as:

Camera

Geolocation

Push notifications

Filesystem

In-App Purchases

Biometrics / Authentication

Permission prompts, fallbacks, and error states

Build & Packaging Awareness

Xcode schemes & build settings

Provisioning profiles & signing

TestFlight distribution

Podfile / Swift Package Manager dependencies

Understanding how web assets are packaged in Ionic builds

Automation & Tools

Java / TypeScript / Python for hybrid app E2E automation

Charles / Proxyman for network inspection & mocks

Xcode Instruments (memory, CPU, energy, crash logs)

Console.app & device syslogs

Safari Web Inspector for WKWebView

Roles & Responsibilities

Testing Ownership

Own test strategy for hybrid (Ionic/Capacitor/Cordova) and native iOS features

Develop and maintain test cases, checklists, and automation suites (smoke, regression, performance)

Hybrid ? Native Bridge Validation

Ensure consistent plugin behavior across devices & OS versions

Test permission flows, fallback paths, timeout handling, and error states

Execution & Defect Triage

Execute builds on simulators and real devices

Provide reproducible defect steps, logs, syslogs, webview traces, videos

Collaborate with front-end, native, and backend engineers for RCA

Environment & CI/CD

Set up QA environments, test data, mocks/stubs

Integrate automated suites into CI/CD

Maintain clear pass/fail quality signals

Release Readiness

Gate mobile releases through structured release checklists

Validate TestFlight builds

Test app upgrade paths

Validate store-readiness (screenshots, privacy disclosures, review notes, etc.)

Quality Leadership

Track quality metrics (defect escape rate, flaky tests, runtime, coverage)

Improve test pyramid: component ? integration ? E2E

Security & Privacy

Work with security teams to validate:

TLS & certificate-pinning behavior

PII handling

Clipboard/pasteboard access

App Tracking Transparency

ATS configuration

Documentation & Reporting

Maintain test plans, edge cases, risk assessments, and known limitations

Provide clear, actionable defect reports with logs, HAR files, and device context

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