Senior Mobile QA Engineer (Contract, B2B)

Contract: B2B, invoiced through your own company
Length: 6 months
Start date: 4 January 2027
Location: Fully remote, Romania. Applications from outside Romania won't be considered.

Why this role

You'll test the iOS and Android apps for a major UK bank, as one of two QAs in a native mobile squad.

You'll join at the start of the project, so you'll help shape how testing and automation are done from day one.


Who you'll be working for

hedgehog lab is a digital product consultancy with 20 years of experience. We're B Corp and Great Place to Work certified.

We help public and private sector clients through digital transformation, across retail, health tech and financial services.

hedgehog lab is delivering this project as its own team. You'll work alongside three iOS engineers and three Android engineers based in the UK, plus another QA in Romania.


What you'll be doing

You'll plan and write test cases from user stories and acceptance criteria, working with the engineers, product owners and designers.

You'll write and maintain automated tests for the iOS and Android apps, and run them in the CI/CD pipeline.

You'll carry out manual, exploratory and API testing on real devices, covering new features, releases and hotfixes.

You'll test accessibility with VoiceOver and TalkBack, check security and fraud scenarios, and report on quality at the end of each release.


What you'll need

Essentials:

• 5+ years in QA, covering manual and automated testing, with recent senior experience

• Testing native iOS and Android apps, on real devices and emulators

• Building and maintaining mobile test automation (e.g. Appium, XCUITest, Espresso)

• API testing of REST services

• Comfortable working in English, written and spoken

Nice to have:

• Accessibility testing with VoiceOver and TalkBack, against WCAG

• Running tests in CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)

• Financial services or other regulated industries

• Testing security and fraud scenarios, and standards such as PCI DSS

• Using AI tools such as Claude Code in QA work

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