Cohesive Technologies is a global IT Services & Solutions company providing IT Staffing Services and Application Development Services necessary for technology leaders to deliver business value. We help our people and clients succeed by leveraging our expertise, deep industry and market knowledge, proprietary assessment tools and techniques, and project delivery methodologies. Through relationships with thousands of specialized professionals, we bring an unparalleled ability to match talent with opportunities by assessing, recruiting, developing and engaging the best and brightest people for our clients. We combine broad geographic presence, world-class solutions and a tailored, consultative approach to help our people and clients achieve higher performance and outstanding results.
Position : Software Engineer - Mobile Automation and DevOps
Location : San Diego, CA
Position Type: Full-time
Job Overview:
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Build and run the automation, data, and CI backbone that powers robotic testing and CI of next-gen wearables-spanning Android and lab robots-so we ship faster with higher quality
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Design, build, and maintain mobile automation for Android (ADB, UiAutomator, Appium).
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Write backend and tooling in Node.js, Buck, and Python (CLI services, job runners, dashboards, small APIs).
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Own CI/CD for mobile + firmware: build, test, artifact, deploy, and revert changes.
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Operate SRE-style: cron jobs, alerting, metrics, log pipelines, and on-call for lab systems.
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Build data queries & small ETL to turn logs into insights (Presto/Trino).
Basic Qualifications:
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Strong JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js) and Python in production tools/automation.
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Mobile test automation on Android (Espresso/UiAutomator/Detox/Appium). Appium preferred.
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CI/CD ownership: pipelines, artifacting, secrets, caching, flaky-test mitigation.
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SQL fluency (Presto/Trino or MySQL) for debugging, simple ETL, and dashboards.
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SRE basics: cron jobs, Linux/Unix tooling, systemd, log rotation, shell scripting, metrics/alerts.
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Comfortable with device tooling: ADB.
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Git code review discipline, and solid debugging habits.
Preferred additional skills, personal traits and experience:
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Team player
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Proactiveness in collaborating and execution.
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Flexibility to switch technical context
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Willingness to learn new methods / tools / processes
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Ability to prioritize and multitask
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Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
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Strong passion for creativity and solving cutting edge industry problems
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Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Nice to have:
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xcodebuild/devicectl/XCUITest/xcrun automation tool knowledge.
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iOS provisioning/signing experience.
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AOSP understanding on custom OEMs.
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Agentic AI for data analysis.
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Micropython, FreeRTOS, and/or Zephyr experience.
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Networking, server-to-server LAN communication and data transfer.
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Chef or another CM.
Cohesive Technologies is an equal access/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other classification prescribed by applicable law.
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