Senior Mobile Automation Engineer (Android+IOS)

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about crafting products that users and team members love to engage with? We're seeking an individual who is enthusiastic about the power of voice and eager to redefine communication, collaboration, and idea sharing with our AI-powered collaborative note-taking app. As our core product gains rapid adoption, this role will play a pivotal part in enhancing how people and teams communicate. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, and agile startup environment and is committed to delivering high-quality product experiences.

Your Impact

Build and scale Android automation framework from scratch using Kotlin and Espresso

Maintain and expand iOS automation suite using XCUITest and Swift

Define and drive mobile automation strategy and best practices

Improve test coverage, reliability and execution speed

Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines to enable faster and safer releases

Partner with engineering, product and QA teams to deliver high-quality user experiences

Identify gaps in testing and proactively improve quality processes

Debug and resolve flaky tests and automation failures at scale

Evaluate tools and introduce new automation innovations (AI, intelligent testing)

We’re Looking for Someone Who

5+ years of experience as an SDET or Software Engineer in mobile (Android-focused) environments

Experience building scalable Android automation frameworks from scratch

Strong experience with Espresso and/or UIAutomator using Kotlin

Experience writing, executing and maintaining automated test suites

Experience building reusable test frameworks, tools and utilities

Experience with unit, integration and end-to-end testing of Android applications

Experience testing complex user workflows and edge cases

Experience supporting automation for large-scale mobile applications

Preferred experience with Jetpack Compose testing

Nice to have experience with real-time / streaming applications

Nice to have cross-platform exposure (iOS – XCUITest)

Strong understanding of Android architecture (MVVM, Jetpack, lifecycle)

Understanding of mobile app performance, reliability and edge cases

Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions or similar)

Experience integrating automation into release workflows

Experience debugging flaky tests and improving stability

Familiarity with device farms (Firebase Test Lab, AWS Device Farm, Sauce Labs)

Understanding of QA methodologies for mobile releases

Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

Ownership mindset with end-to-end quality responsibility

Ability to collaborate across engineering, product and manual QA teams

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Nice to have experience testing AI/ML-based features

Bonus Points

Debugging flaky tests at scale

API + backend validation for mobile flows

Performance testing basics

Experience with AI-driven test optimization

About Otter.ai

We are in the business of shaping the future of work. Our mission is to make conversations more valuable.

With over 1B meetings transcribed, Otter.ai is the world’s leading tool for meeting transcription, summarization, and collaboration. Using artificial intelligence, Otter generates real-time automated meeting notes, summaries, and other insights from in-person and virtual meetings - turning meetings into accessible, collaborative, and actionable data that can be shared across teams and organizations. The company is backed by early investors in Google, DeepMind, Zoom, and Tesla.

Otter.ai is an equal opportunity employer. We proudly celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants throughout the hiring process.

Accessibility & Accommodations

Otter.ai is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our hiring process. If you need assistance or an accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact hr@otter.ai at least 3 business days before your interview.

*Otter.ai does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies without a written agreement in place for permanent placements. Any resume or other candidate information submitted outside of established candidate submission guidelines (including through our website or via email to any Otter.ai employee) and without a written agreement otherwise will be deemed to be our sole property, and no fee will be paid should we hire the candidate.

Salary range

Salary Range: $140,000 to $175,000 USD per year.

This salary range represents the low and high end of the estimated salary range for this position. The actual base salary offered for the role is dependent on several factors. Our base salary is just one component of a comprehensive total rewards package.

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