iOS Tester

Role: iOS Tester

Location: Cincinnati, OH/ Charlotte, NC/ Portland, OR/ Boca Raton, FL/ Chicago, IL/San Jose, CA

Job Description:

• Design, develop, and maintain native iOS automation tests that drive key functionalities within the Kroger Ecommerce App.This includes:
• Navigation and informational features that guide and inform our customers.
• User interfaces that empower customers to seamlessly select their grocery preferences (delivery or pickup)
• Be part of our software team testing new and existing native components and experiences to support sprint and release events.
• Contribute to the team's testing efforts by writing clean, maintainable code automation code, test cases, and release processes.
• build and maintain the automation suite for iOS platform including monitoring the build pipeline to ensure tests are performing to expectation.
• Expected to provide manual testing on iOS platform when required
• Provide subject matter expert input for new feature planning and development including documentation such as how-to instructions, set-up, and reports to shareholder and partner teams.
• Help determine root cause for defects and document repeatable steps to reproduce.
• Champion strong communication practices and effectively interface with Product, Design, development, and other QA teams.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in software development and testing, with a focus on the iOS platform.
• Strong proficiency in iOS application development using Swift and SwiftUI
• Hands-on experience with iOS testing frameworks such as XCTest & XCUITest
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, CircleCI, Github).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of Accessibility and Security: testing apps that are accessible to everyone and secure from vulnerabilities is important.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Can translate requirements, wireframes and mock-ups into test cases that are executed in the automation platform
• Strong problem-solving skills, detail oriented, works well in a team and individually.

Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively work in a fast paced environment utilizing the Agile methodology
• Develop and maintain functional automation test scripts utilizing modular frameworks and best practices
• Execute test scripts to validate correct functionality of application
• Use SQL for back-end database validation
• Perform various types of testing including smoke, white box, black box, integration, end-to-end, regression, and system testing as needed
• Participate in requirement & design review sessions; evaluate requirements & design docs from a quality test automation standpoint
• Manage test coverage based on risk analysis
• Document defects and evaluate priority of defect based on overall application functionality
• Coordinate test script reviews with stakeholders as appropriate.
• Adhere to requirement review, defect writing & test script writing guidelines
• Ensure completion of all deliverables within schedule, budget and quality constraints.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis sessions
• Ensure that projects follow prescribed software development life cycle standards.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with the project team.
• Multi-task to meet assignment deadlines
• Accurately estimate work assignments
• Show assertiveness
• Identify obstacles and roadblocks; and offer suggestions to work around obstacles
• Help drive and improve QA process within the team you are assigned

Regards

Ejaz Ahamed

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