Description :

GSPANN is hiring a POS Automation Test Lead to guide quality engineering for retail store checkout systems, focusing on test automation, strong release quality, and clear testing standards across teams.

Roles and Responsibilities :

- Lead quality engineers by setting guidance and standards that deliver the highest quality for each release.

- Manage test schedules and strategies in line with project scope and delivery dates, prioritizing work with minimal supervision.

- Drive testing capabilities across multiple programs and projects, influencing stakeholders to unify development, processes, and initiatives across the organization.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project objectives, gather requirements, design automated tests, troubleshoot issues, and implement scalable test solutions.

- Develop high-quality automation test engineering best practices, test strategies, and principles.

- Design and deliver training that develops and elevates skills within the team.

- Build engaging, purposeful, high-quality customer experiences in partnership with software engineers, User Experience / User Interface (UX/UI) designers, quality engineers, and product managers.

- Support automation script code reviews and provide guidance on automation best practices.

- Ensure the Agile team has the resources and skills it needs by identifying gaps and managing resource allocation, task assignment, and delegation.

- Manage test-related activities for project delivery, including task dependencies, test schedules, test data creation, and test environment utilization.

- Develop and monitor test metrics, and communicate them to key stakeholders on a regular basis.

- Implement new testing technologies identified through ongoing research.

- Drive assessments of project readiness and performance deviation based on identified risks and testing results.

Skills and Experience :

- Hold a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

- Bring 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance (QA), development, or both.

- Demonstrate 5+ years of experience leading and mentoring QA engineers, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality releases on time.

- Apply 3+ years of experience with automation tools such as Playwright or Cypress, programming as needed.

- Bring 1+ years of hands-on experience implementing AI solutions that improve the efficiency of business or engineering workflows, along with familiarity with AI tools such as Copilot.

- Demonstrate an understanding of CI/CD concepts and their significance.

- Bring 5+ years of experience testing microservices, back-end integrations, and orchestration layers.

- Work with a POS system for 2+ years; Oracle Xstore experience is an advantage.

- Apply risk assessment to determine appropriate levels of testing.

- Utilize code repositories such as GitHub, and Jira for project management and defect tracking.

- Manage ambiguous situations and Information Technology (IT) issues with effective solutions that keep project deliverables on time and within budget.

- Develop, implement, maintain, and manage manual and automated testing systems and environments using a variety of test tools and software testing practices.

- Demonstrate clear technical specification writing and strong estimating and planning skills.

- Apply strong communication and presentation skills across teams and roles, including presenting testing topics to internal and external QA peer groups.

- Demonstrate insightful, logical problem isolation and solving skills with a results-driven, goal-oriented approach.

- Manage time in a focused, methodical manner, adapting independently and thriving through change.

- Bring the ability to lead projects individually, own and implement the testing process, and mentor team members.

- Demonstrate strong collaboration, negotiation, and influencing skills.

- Manage multiple large projects simultaneously and work a flexible schedule based on department and company needs.