Software Testing Automation Lead

Role Overview

The Automation Lead for the Point of Sale (POS) business is responsible for driving end-to-end automation strategy, framework development, and quality governance across POS applications, devices, and integrations. This role ensures high-quality releases by designing scalable automation solutions tailored to payment systems, in-store hardware, peripherals, and complex retail workflows.

You will lead a team of automation engineers, collaborate closely with product, development, and operations teams, and play a key role in accelerating delivery through optimized test coverage and robust automation pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Automation Strategy & Leadership
• Define and own the automation roadmap for POS systems (frontend UI, backend services, device interactions).
• Lead, mentor, and upskill a team of automation engineers.
• Establish automation KPIs (coverage, stability, execution time) and ensure continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation maturity across the POS ecosystem.
• Framework Architecture & Development
• Design and build scalable, reusable automation frameworks for web, mobile ( IOS & Android), and device-level POS testing.
• Integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.).
• Implement best practices in coding standards, version control, and documentation.
• Ensure automation solutions support multi-platform POS devices (payment terminals, printers, scanners, cash drawers, tablets).
• Functional & Non-Functional Test Automation
• Automate regression, smoke, and integration test suites for POS workflows (transactions, refunds, offline mode, sync, etc.).
• Collaborate with performance and security teams to enable load, stress, and penetration testing automation.
• Drive automation for API, UI, database, and hardware integration layers.
• Quality Governance & Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with product owners, business analysts, and developers to understand POS requirements.
• Define test strategy, test plans, and automation coverage for each release.
• Advocate for early testing, shift-left practices, and robust quality gates.
• Manage defect triage and root cause analysis for automation-related issues.
• POS Hardware & Integration Expertise
• Ensure validation of POS peripherals (MSR,NCR, Verifone, barcode scanners, EMV payment terminals, printers).
• Support automation for cloud-hosted and on-prem POS systems.
• Collaborate with vendors on device certifications and compliance (PCI, EMV, L3, etc.).
  
  

Technical Skills

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in automation tools/frameworks:
• Selenium, Appium, Playwright, Cypress, TestNG, Junit or similar
• REST API automation (Postman/Newman, RestAssured, Karate, Swagger, etc.)
• Python/Java/JavaScript/C# for automation scripting
• Experience in retail/POS/fintech/payment systems.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and version control (Git).
• Knowledge of POS hardware and device interaction automation.
• Good understanding of microservices architecture and system integrations.
• Experience working with SQL for data validation and backend testing.
• Experience with bug tracking tools like JIRA , Azure Devops.
  
  

Leadership & Soft Skills

• 812 years overall experience, with at least 1- 2 years in a lead or senior automation role.
• Ability to lead distributed teams.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, release-driven retail environment.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in cloud-based POS platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Exposure to payment certification testing (EMV L2/L3, PCI).
• Knowledge of performance testing tools (JMeter, k6).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• ISTQB, CSTE or other QA/Automation certifications.
  
  

What You Will Drive

• Faster releases through automation-first delivery.
• Improved POS reliability across devices and store environments.
• Highly stable regression suites enabling continuous deployment.
• A culture of quality across the POS engineering organization.
  
  

Why Join Us

• Work on industry-leading POS and payment systems.
• Collaborative, inclusive, and innovative team culture.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Opportunities for growth and learning in a dynamic environment.
  
  

Skills:- POS, Payment gateways, Selenium, JIRA, API, SQL, Git, GitHub, PostgreSQL, Postman and Mobile App Testing (QA)