Our client is seeking a Automation Test Engineer Retail & POS Systems with strong expertise in retail systems and a deep understanding of end-to-end retail operations. This role is ideal for someone who has experience testing applications with global reach, ensuring they meet the needs of diverse markets and customer bases. You ll be part of a multidisciplinary team of product managers, marketers, designers, and engineers who build digital products used by hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide. Your contributions will be critical in validating the quality, reliability, and performance including mobile apps, web applications, and backend services across various geographies and retail environments.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Product & Collaboration:
- Partner with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand business and technical requirements.
- Collaborate across teams to drive execution of roadmaps, manage priority changes, and communicate impacts effectively.
- Participate in iteration planning, daily stand-ups, and project status meetings.
- Collaborate closely with developers to verify and validate issues in new and existing applications.
- Quality Assurance Execution:
- Design, write, and execute manual and automated test cases to validate functionality and ensure requirements are met.
- Coordinate QA testing needs across project teams, managing timing and priorities.
- Identify, document, and track bugs, regression issues, and enhancement requests.
- Review user interfaces for consistency, usability, and functionality.
- Ensure user stories are brought to "Done" status through thorough testing and validation.
- Review user interfaces for consistency, usability, and functionality.
Automation & Tools:
- Implement automated testing scenarios using industry-standard tools and frameworks.
- Maintain and improve test automation coverage across platforms.
- Understand deployment strategies and manage testing environments effectively.
Reporting & Communication:
- Track and report testing progress, results, and quality metrics.
- Communicate testing status and issues clearly to project teams, business users, and product owners.
- Participate in iteration planning, project status meetings, and Agile ceremonies.
- Identify, document, and track bugs, regression issues, and enhancement requests.
- Follow issues through to resolution, including those found in test and production environments.
- Effectively communicate testing status, risks, and issues to project teams, business users, and product owners.
Continuous Improvement:
- Research and apply QA best practices, testing trends, and emerging tools.
- Document and assist in resolving complex problems and issues.
- Contribute to the improvement of QA processes and standards.
- Document complex problems and assist in their resolution.
- Maintain clear and comprehensive test documentation.
Environment & Deployment Awareness:
- Understand the deployment strategy and testing environments (e.g., staging, UAT, production).
- Ensure readiness of environments for testing and validate deployments.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
Experience:
- Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 7-10 years of experience in Quality Engineering, preferably in retail environments.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end retail operations and how they translate into workflows.
- Experience testing globally deployed applications across multiple regions and languages.
- Hands-on experience with manual and automated testing tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Appium).
- Solid grasp of Agile SDLC practices, including participation in ceremonies like sprint planning, retrospectives, and desk checks.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and testing strategies for cloud-native applications.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues in test/production environments and drive resolution.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience managingfull application lifecycles from planning and development to deployment and post-release support.
- Familiarity withretail systemsand back-office platforms such as POS, Mobile devices, or inventory management tools.
- Familiarity withCI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps practices for mobile and web platforms.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across product, design, and business teams.
- Experience working inAgile/Scrum environments, with a strong focus on iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
Rate: $55/hour (depends on experience level). This is a contract position with candidates expected to work 40 hours/ week.
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Peterson Technology Partners (PTP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a transparent, inclusive, and human-centered hiring experience.
For more than 27 years, PTP has operated as a premier Information Technology (IT) staffing, consulting, and recruiting firm built on trust, long-term partnerships, and technical excellence.
Based in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, IL, our team of more than 500 employees and consultants is dedicated to helping every client make the best hiring decisions possible.
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- summarize candidate responses,
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- It is used only to support fairness, consistency, and efficiency.
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- transparent
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- powered by innovative technology that enhances not replaces human judgment.
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