QA Engineer ( POS & Payments )

Location: Cincinnati / Mason, OH - 5 Days
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 12 Months
Start Date: ASAP
Interview Process: 2 Rounds

Rate: $52 - $57

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced QA Engineer POS & Payments to support quality assurance for enterprise retail applications and transaction-processing systems. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in functional, regression, API, and integration testing, with a focus on end-to-end business workflows.

Experience with Point-of-Sale (POS), payment processing, or retail transaction systems is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional and regression testing across POS applications and retail store workflows.


• Validate end-to-end payment and transaction scenarios.


• Perform API and integration testing.


• Develop, maintain, and execute test cases for new features and enhancements.


• Identify, reproduce, document, and track software defects.


• Participate in defect triage and root-cause analysis discussions.


• Validate defect fixes and perform regression testing.


• Support release readiness activities and production validation.


• Collaborate closely with developers, product teams, business stakeholders, and other QA resources.


• Contribute to test planning, test strategy, and overall QA execution.


• Assist with test automation initiatives where applicable.


• Ensure test coverage across critical business and transaction workflows.

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in QA / Software Testing.


• Solid experience with functional and regression testing.


• Experience testing complex enterprise applications and end-to-end workflows.


• Hands-on experience with API and integration testing.


• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, test case design, defect management, and release validation.


• Ability to troubleshoot, reproduce, analyze, and clearly document defects.


• Strong communication and collaboration skills.


• Ability to work effectively with development, product, and QA teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing Retail or POS applications.


• Experience with payment or transaction-processing systems.


• Experience testing checkout, tender, authorization, refund, void, or similar transaction flows.


• Experience with test automation.


• Retail, grocery, or store-technology experience.


• Experience testing high-volume transaction environments.


• Familiarity with end-to-end integration testing across POS, payment, and backend systems.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually as applicable.