-mobile apps tester
About the company
A large ASX-listed Australian business, part-way through a significant technologyprogramme. The digital squads own the customer-facing mobile apps and the APIsbehind them, with real volume going through them every day. Small teams, shortfeedback loops, genuine ownership of what you ship.
About the role
A Sydney-based contract role inside one of the digital squads, owning theautomation across the native mobile apps and the services behind them. There areexisting custom frameworks in place, including work in Maestro, that you willinherit, extend and improve. You will work alongside the squad's test analysts anddevelopers and cover the full quality picture, not just the automation layer.
Duties / Key responsibilities
- Build, scale and maintain native mobile automation across iOS and Android- Extend the existing custom frameworks rather than starting over
- Wire automated execution into the CI/CD pipeline and own the quality gates
- Build and maintain API automation to support end-to-end coverage
- Generate automation results and reporting the squad actually uses
- Run cross-device testing, plus visual UX and accessibility checks
- Analyse defects and write them up clearly enough for developers to act on
- Advise the squad on when regression, performance or PEN testing is warranted
Benefits
- Own the automation approach across a squad, not a seat on a test factory floor- Consumer mobile products with genuine scale behind them- Broad scope across mobile, API and pipeline rather than a narrow automation lane- Existing framework to build on, not a greenfield write-up nobody reads- Small squad, direct access to the people making the decisions- Sydney based, with flexibility on where you work from
Skills and experience
- Recent hands-on native mobile automation on customer-facing apps
- Strong in at least one of Swift, Kotlin, Java, TypeScript or C#
- Frameworks such as XCUITest, Espresso, Maestro or Appium
- Demonstrated CI/CD pipeline work and automated test execution setup
- API testing and automation, using API responses to shape coverage
- Postman, BrowserStack, Azure App Insights or equivalent
- Cross-device and accessibility testing
- Exposure to Playwright or Selenium for any web surface in scope
- Retail or payments background
If you're interested in this opportunity and feel you're the right fit, pleaseclick "apply" or contact Luke Prendergast, luke.prendergast@allurapartners.com.au
About Allura Partners
Allura Partners was founded to support private equity firms by placing C-Suitesto lead, transform, and scale portfolio companies. Today, in addition to ourproven private equity specialisation, we've become a trusted partner for majorASX-listed and private enterprises in Australia, offering executive search,recruitment, and business transformation. Known for integrity, reliability, andresults, our expertise spans Executive Search, Accounting & Finance,Transformation & Change, and Technology & Digital. We connect businesses andtop-tier talent, exceeding expectations and driving lasting impact.