Mobile App QA Intern

Role: Mobile App QA Intern

About Purple Business

Purple Business is an AI-powered business growth platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Mobile App Testing & Quality Assurance
• Perform functional, regression, exploratory, integration, and usability testing of Flutter-based iOS and Android applications.
• Identify bugs, crashes, performance issues, UI inconsistencies, and unexpected application behavior.
• Create detailed test cases, testing scenarios, checklists, and bug reports.
• Validate user journeys, onboarding flows, navigation, forms, and other core product features.
• Test application behavior across different devices, operating system versions, and screen sizes.
• Verify bug fixes and conduct regression testing before releases.
• UI/UX & Visual Quality Testing
• Compare implemented Flutter interfaces against approved Figma designs.
• Identify inconsistencies in typography, colors, spacing, layouts, responsiveness, and visual hierarchy.
• Test animations, transitions, interactive components, and user feedback states.
• Identify usability issues and recommend improvements to enhance the overall user experience.
• Collaborate with the visual design team to maintain high standards of UI quality.
• iOS & Android Environment Testing
• Test applications across Android and iOS environments.
• Understand platform-specific behavior, permissions, notifications, navigation, and device compatibility.
• Test app builds distributed through TestFlight, Android internal testing, and other development environments.
• Validate application behavior under different network conditions, interruptions, and background/foreground states.
• Identify platform-specific crashes, inconsistencies, and performance issues.
• API, Network & Backend Testing
• Use tools such as Postman, Charles Proxy, Proxyman, or similar tools to inspect API requests and responses.
• Verify API integrations, authentication flows, error handling, and data consistency.
• Test application behavior during API failures, slow network connections, timeouts, and unexpected responses.
• Collaborate with backend developers to identify and reproduce integration issues.
• Analytics, Performance & Crash Monitoring
• Validate analytics events, user interactions, screen tracking, and conversion funnels.
• Work with tools such as Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics, and other monitoring platforms.
• Identify performance bottlenecks, slow loading screens, memory issues, and application crashes.
• Test loading states, caching, and overall application responsiveness.
• Help ensure accurate event tracking across iOS and Android.
• AI Feature Testing
• Test AI-powered workflows, generated content, and intelligent features within the Purple Business application.
• Verify that AI responses, recommendations, and generated outputs are displayed correctly within the UI.
• Identify AI workflow failures, unexpected outputs, loading issues, and error-handling problems.
• Develop testing scenarios for different user inputs, business use cases, and edge cases.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to report issues and improve the reliability of AI-powered experiences.
• Test Documentation & Team Collaboration
• Maintain organized bug reports, testing checklists, and quality assurance documentation.
• Track issues and progress using Trello or other project management tools.
• Provide clear bug reproduction steps, screenshots, screen recordings, and device details.
• Collaborate with Flutter developers to verify fixes and prevent regressions.
• Participate in product reviews, testing discussions, and release planning.
• Share regular updates on testing progress, identified issues, and application quality.

Requirements

• Good understanding of mobile application testing principles and QA methodologies.
• Familiarity with Flutter-based applications and the iOS and Android ecosystems.
• Ability to write structured test cases, identify edge cases, and document bugs clearly.
• Understanding of functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing.
• Familiarity with Postman and network debugging/proxy tools.
• Basic understanding of REST APIs, JSON, HTTP requests, and response codes.
• Strong attention to UI/UX details and ability to compare implementations against Figma designs.
• Familiarity with analytics, event tracking, and crash reporting.
• Good analytical thinking, debugging skills, and attention to detail.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, designers, and product managers.

Preferred Skills

• Basic knowledge of Flutter and Dart.
• Experience with Flutter widget testing, integration testing, or automated testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with Appium or other mobile automation tools.
• Experience with Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics, or similar monitoring tools.
• Understanding of Git, CI/CD, and mobile release processes.
• Familiarity with Android Studio, Xcode, TestFlight, and Google Play Console.
• Experience testing AI-powered applications or API-integrated mobile products.

What You'll Gain

• Hands-on experience testing a real AI-powered mobile application.
• Direct collaboration with the Purple Business founding, engineering, and design teams.
• Exposure to Flutter development workflows, mobile testing tools, and release processes.
• Practical experience in functional testing, API debugging, analytics validation, and AI feature testing.
• Opportunities to contribute to product quality and user experience improvements.
• Mentorship and experience working in an early-stage product technology startup.