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Founded in 2018, Pocket FM is India's leading audio storytelling platform, transforming the way millions of people consume stories. We offer high-quality serialized content across genres such as Romance, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Mythology in eight languages, and have built a strong global presence with over 200 million listeners worldwide. With users spending an average of 120 minutes daily on the platform, Pocket FM has emerged as one of the fastest-growing audio platforms, rapidly expanding its reach across the US, Europe, LATAM, and Southeast Asia. Our unique model combines free listening with micropayments for premium content, powering strong business growth — in FY25 we reached an ARR of INR 2,000 crore, with over 100,000 hours of content on the platform. We're also at the forefront of innovation, leveraging AI-generated content to scale efficiently. Role Overview We are looking for a driven SDET-1 with 2–3 years of experience to help us deliver a flawless watch experience across our Android and iOS apps. You'll own quality end-to-end — from understanding requirements and designing test strategies, to building automation, validating analytics and payment flows, and championing quality across cross-functional teams. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys both breaking things thoughtfully and building the tooling that keeps them from breaking. Responsibilities • Design and execute test plans, test cases, and regression suites for Android and iOS apps. • Build and enhance mobile automation frameworks using Java/Python + Appium. • Perform API testing (REST APIs, authentication, payloads, and status codes). • Validate analytics and event tracking using tools like Charles Proxy. • Test critical user journeys including ads, payments, in-app purchases, coin economy, and content unlocks. • Perform SQL-based database validation to ensure data integrity. • Identify, track, and drive defects through resolution. • Improve automation, test coverage, and CI/CD quality practices. • Collaborate with Product, Android, iOS, and Backend teams in a fast-paced environment. • Leverage AI tools to streamline testing and boost efficiency. Skills and Qualifications Must Have Skills 2–3 years of experience in Manual & Automation Testing for Android and iOS applications. Strong coding skills in Java or Python. Hands-on experience with Swift + XCUITest, Kotlin + Espresso, or Python + PyTest. Experience with API testing (Postman, Charles Proxy) and SQL/database validation. Good understanding of CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/GitLab CI) and Git. Strong problem-solving, debugging, and test design skills. Good to Have Skills Experience building test automation frameworks (Appium, TestNG, Selenium). Exposure to analytics/event validation, payment & ad flow testing. Familiarity with AI-powered developer tools (Cursor, Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude Code, etc.). Experience working in Agile, cross-functional teams. You can get more updates, insights and everything behind the scenes at Pocket FM here - Pocket FM
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