Xstore QA Lead
Leading Retail Consulting Firm — Gurugram, India
Platform: Oracle Retail · Type: Full-time
Experience: 6-8 years
Modules: Xstore
Job description
The QA Lead – Retail POS Systems owns the overall test strategy and quality outcomes for the retail POS implementation. This role leads the QA team, plans and coordinates SIT, UAT, and regression cycles across releases, manages the defect lifecycle end to end, and serves as the quality gatekeeper for store rollouts.
Key Responsibilities
Own test strategy, test plans, and exit criteria across SIT, UAT, and regression cycles
Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers across functional and automation testing
Own the defect lifecycle end to end — triage, prioritization, root cause, retest, closure sign-off
Design and build XUnit-based automated unit and integration test cases for POS components
Integrate automated test suites into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous regression coverage
Serve as the final quality gatekeeper before store rollout — own go/no-go quality sign-off
Coordinate test cycles across releases/patches with dev, release management, and store ops
Report QA metrics — coverage, defect trends, automation ROI — to program leadership
Must-Have Skills
5–6 years of software QA experience, including 2+ years in a QA lead or test management role, preferably in retail/POS
Direct testing experience with Oracle Xstore POS
Hands-on experience creating and executing XUnit test cases, including writing automated unit and integration tests and integrating them into the CI/CD pipeline
Extensive hands-on QA experience with retail POS or enterprise commerce systems
Strong defect management and test governance experience
Team leadership — able to plan, delegate, and own delivery across a QA team
Nice to Have
Exposure to NRF OCI-containerized Xstore environments
Performance/load testing experience for peak-traffic POS scenarios
Key Responsibilities
Own test strategy, test plans, and exit criteria across SIT, UAT, and regression cycles
Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers across functional and automation testing
Own the defect lifecycle end to end — triage, prioritization, root cause, retest, closure sign-off
Design and build XUnit-based automated unit and integration test cases for POS components
Integrate automated test suites into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous regression coverage
Serve as the final quality gatekeeper before store rollout — own go/no-go quality sign-off
Coordinate test cycles across releases/patches with dev, release management, and store ops
Report QA metrics — coverage, defect trends, automation ROI — to program leadership
Must-Have Skills
5–6 years of software QA experience, including 2+ years in a QA lead or test management role, preferably in retail/POS
Direct testing experience with Oracle Xstore POS
Hands-on experience creating and executing XUnit test cases, including writing automated unit and integration tests and integrating them into the CI/CD pipeline
Extensive hands-on QA experience with retail POS or enterprise commerce systems
Strong defect management and test governance experience
Team leadership — able to plan, delegate, and own delivery across a QA team
Nice to Have
Exposure to NRF OCI-containerized Xstore environments
Performance/load testing experience for peak-traffic POS scenarios