Sr. QA Engineer II
Yum! Brands · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteEngineeringFull-time
About the role
We are looking for a POS QA Test Lead to drive quality across our Point-of-Sale (POS) systems and embedded services. This role will lead test strategy, build robust automation, and ensure high-quality releases in a fast-paced, agile environment. You will work closely with developers and product teams as an embedded QA Test Lead within a scrum team, while reporting to the POS QA Manager.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain automated tests for new feature functionality within the sprint.
- Build and expand automated regression test suites to ensure stability of existing features.
- Define, estimate, prioritize, and coordinate testing activities within the scrum team.
- Contribute to and enhance internally built test automation frameworks.
- Design scalable and maintainable test strategies for UI, API, and integration testing.
- Identify, log, and track defects, ensuring clear and actionable bug reports.
- Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps to ensure shift-left testing practices.
- Analyze failures across distributed systems, including logs, traces, and service interactions.
- Ensure quality across end-to-end POS workflows, including offline/online scenarios and edge cases.
- Support and improve CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated tests are integrated into release workflows.
- Mentor and guide QA engineers, fostering a culture of automation and quality ownership.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
- 5+ years of experience in Android test automation.
- Proficiency in Kotlin or Java for Android development.
- Solid experience with Node.js and TypeScript, including writing and maintaining automated tests.
- Experience with test frameworks such as Mocha (or similar).
- Hands-on experience with UI automation frameworks such as Playwright.
- Experience testing Android applications using frameworks like Appium.
- Experience working with MQTT or similar Pub/Sub systems (e.g., WebSockets, SSE).
- Experience testing GraphQL APIs, including complex queries and mutations.
- Familiarity with cloud environments and containerized deployments (Docker, container registries).
- Strong understanding of Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
- Experience debugging and analyzing logs across distributed services.
- Proficiency with Jira or similar tools.
Nice to Have
- Experience with POS systems or Quick Service Restaurant technology.
- Experience with performance testing and load generation.
- Knowledge of microservices architecture.
- Experience with real-time data systems.
- Exposure to test data management and environment orchestration.
Why Join Us
- Work on a critical POS platform used at scale.
- Be a technical leader in QA and influence quality strategy.
- Collaborate in a fast-moving engineering environment.
- Drive an automation-first testing culture.
Pay
Salary Range: $121,600 - $142,900 annually + bonus eligibility. This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) / Health Savings Account (HSA) (depending on enrolled medical plan).
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- 401(k) plan enrollment.
- 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off, and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.