Senior Android QA Engineer – Offline & Runtime Testing 7+ Year

About the job

Job Title: Senior Android QA Engineer – Offline & Runtime Testing

Location: Remote/ Hybrid

Experience:

7+ Years

Employment Type: Contract 2 hire

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly hands-on Senior Android QA Engineer with strong experience in testing real-world mobile application behavior, particularly in offline-first systems, synchronization workflows, and Android runtime conditions.

This role focuses on validating how applications behave in real-life scenarios such as network interruptions, background execution, app restarts, and long-running sessions. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in manual testing on real devices, along with strong debugging skills using logs and tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform end-to-end testing of Android applications on real devices, ensuring reliability under real-world conditions
• Validate offline-to-online behavior, including synchronization, retry mechanisms, and local data persistence
• Test background execution scenarios, including app lifecycle events, app restarts, and long-running sessions
• Execute workflow-heavy and state-dependent testing across complex user journeys
• Identify and troubleshoot issues such as data inconsistencies, duplicate transactions, partial sync failures, and state corruption
• Conduct integration and API validation across backend systems and external services
• Debug issues using Logcat, ADB, logs, and crash traces to identify root causes
• Perform targeted regression testing for release-critical and high-risk flows
• Collaborate closely with developers and product teams to ensure high-quality releases
• Validate application behavior under network variability (low/no connectivity scenarios)
• Perform basic performance and stability validation for response time and sync operations

Mandatory Skills

• 7+ years of experience in mobile QA with strong focus on Android testing
• Hands-on experience testing Android applications on real devices (not just emulators)
• Strong experience in offline-first application testing, including:
• Data synchronization
• Retry mechanisms
• Local storage validation
• Experience testing Android app lifecycle behavior, including:
• Background execution
• App restart and recovery
• Session continuity
• Strong debugging skills using:
• Logcat
• ADB
• Crash logs and system logs
• Experience in API and integration testing
• Strong understanding of state-driven and workflow-heavy applications
• Proven ability to perform hands-on testing (not just coordination or planning roles)
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

Preferred Skills

• Experience testing enterprise or field-based Android applications
• Exposure to crash reporting or observability tools
• Experience testing tablet-based or enterprise device environments
• Basic exposure to test automation (Appium/Espresso) is a plus, but not mandatory
• Experience in FinTech, Logistics, or Telecom domains is an advantage

Requirements added by the job poster

• Can start immediately