Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Company Profile:AppCard Inc. is a technology and marketing company headquartered in Manhattan, NY. Appcard has a powerful marketing tool that leverages data acquired at the point of sale (POS) via an advanced rewards program to create advanced retargeting campaigns that help businesses increase their bottom line. AppCard is unique in the loyalty space due to its patented technology which allows businesses to capture shopper identity and item level data in realtime from purchases made in store and online. The benefit of this is two fold: consumers benefit by receiving offers, incentives and coupons. Through a shopper’s interactions with the former AppCard’s platform records and learns shopper behavior and gives grocers the ability to make their data actionable to increase average basket size and systematically increase repeat purchases.About the role:AppCard is looking for an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our team. You will lead automation efforts, develop and implement test strategies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality. Your role is crucial in identifying defects early and improving our software development lifecycle.Responsibilities:Take ownership of the overall quality of the product, ensuring all aspects of testing are covered.Develop automated tests, including writing custom code to interact with point of sale UI and assert expected behaviors.Conduct detailed manual testing with high attention to detail to ensure the highest quality standards.Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases.Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities.Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs.Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved.Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs.Liaise with internal teams (e.g., developers and product managers) to identify system requirements.Monitor debugging process results.Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions.Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts.Requirements:Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.Proven experience in building and leading a QA team.Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.Solid knowledge of SQL and scripting for automation.Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process in a startup environment.Excellent technical writing skills.Preferred Skills:Past experience with automation testing tools (e.g.: Postman, Newman, Playwright).Familiarity with Behavior Driven Testing.Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus.Grocery industry experience.Experience with Point of Sale system (POS) preferred.**This role is full-time from our NYC office**