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 be responsible for leading test strategy, building robust automation, and ensuring 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.
- 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.
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: Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan). Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan. Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year. To learn more about working at Yum! -Click here.
At Yum!, one of our core values is to Believe in ALL People. This means seeing the value in everyone and unlocking their full potential to be their best self. YUM! Brands, Inc. (including its subsidiaries Yum Restaurant Services Group, LLC (“YRSG”) and Yum Connect, LLC (“Yum Digital and Technology”)(collectively, “Yum”) is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to equity, inclusion, and belonging for all dimensions of diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other protected characteristic. Yum! is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities or special needs.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
- 5+ years of experience in Android test automation
- Proficiency in Kotlin or Java for Android development
- 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 (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
- Experience debugging and analyzing logs across distributed services
- Proficiency with Jira or similar tools
- 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
Yum! Brands Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Corporate roles include four weeks of vacation, year‑round half‑day Fridays, company holidays, dedicated “Live Well” days, and paid volunteer days. These policies contribute meaningfully to overall compensation value for corporate employees.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offerings include free access to mental‑health counselors, onsite/virtual wellness tools, onsite gyms in select offices, and wellbeing discounts. Smoking‑cessation and weight‑management programs further bolster lifestyle support.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits span family‑planning coverage such as adoption, fertility, and baby‑bonding leave. Corporate materials also note enhanced parental leave for U.S. corporate employees.
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What We Do
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 55,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the Company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the Habit Burger Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. What makes Yum! a great place to work? It's our people. As the world's largest restaurant company, we invest in people capability so that our global workforce can make the most of their careers. With ongoing opportunities for personal and professional success, we've built a culture that rewards and recognizes great effort while providing the flexibility that is so important to all of us.
