Job Title
Senior Test Architect - Mobile Apps
Job Description
Your Role
The Test Architect is technically-focused — ensuring the testing ecosystem (strategy, frameworks, tools, pipelines) is robust, scalable, and compliant by design and market standards.
Owns test strategy, tooling decisions, framework design and automation vision. Accountable for quality and engineering excellence (Craftsmanship).
Analyses defect patterns (root-cause, clustering by module/device); recommends systemic fixes
Attends standup as needed; advises on technical blockers, workplace issues or framework gaps.
Authors and maintains the overarching Test Strategy document (risk-based, model-based, exploratory); defines coverage models, test levels (unit → system → acceptance), and device/OS matrix for mobiles.
Defines quality attributes & KPIs (code coverage thresholds, mutation score, static-analysis rules); designs guardrails in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., blocking merge on test failure).




Architects the test suite to be comprehensive enough to catch issues pre-release; designs shift-left practices (contract tests, API-level validation) to reduce late-found defects. Participate in feature design review to understand testability and failure mode reviews.
Designs parallelized test execution, test data management, smart test selection (impact analysis), and optimized CI pipelines to reduce duration.
Owns the AI & automation architecture: framework selection, layer split (UI vs API vs unit), mobile-specific tooling (Appium/Detox/Espresso/XCUITest), and maintainability standards.
Defines the branching strategy (e.g., GitFlow, trunk-based with feature flags); sets up automated smoke/regression suites that gate RC promotion; ensures test environments mirror branch structure.
Mentors testers on technical skills (automation, tooling, medical domain nuances); sets coding standards for test code; defines architecture of automation. Represent Cross Functional (PH/PIC Mobile)Architect forum to bring in learnin

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