URBN Retail QA Engineer

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URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. ( is a portfolio of global consumer brands comprised of Anthropologie, BHLDN, Free People, FP Movement, Terrain, Urban Outfitters, Nuuly and Menus & Venues. Over the last 50 years, we have inspired our customers through our creative and entrepreneurial approach to products and services. At URBN, we Lead with Creativity.... Creativity guides our approach to product, environment, experience, and community. It drives our vision, strategy, and decision-making. It touches every job at URBN.

Title : Retail QA Engineer

Reports to : Manager, QA

Overview : Urban Outfitters Inc. is looking for a QA Engineer who will be a part of the URBN Retail Engineering team. This team is responsible for delivering the technology used in-store daily at Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, and Terrain. We work closely with brand operations, payments, and store teams to engineer performant and forward-thinking retail experiences that benefit both the business and the customers. This QA Engineer will lead, review, and participate in development testing activities relating to the point of sale and mobile point of sale solutions. As part of a cross-functional agile team, this QA Engineer will utilize the latest technologies and testing tools to ensure the team continuously releases quality functionality to URBN's retail application suite.

Responsibilities :

• Produce effective and detailed software test plans and test cases
• Lead testing effort as well as support improvements in performance, scalability, and user experience
• Perform exploratory testing during iterations, identify and perform regression tests on web and Android-based Point-of-Sale retail applications
• Collaborate with QA and cross functional team members on all project related testing
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Product Owners, Architects, Developers, and other QA Engineers to deliver high quality products while meeting deadlines
• Provide feedback on the various testing results and assist in shaping release efforts that support various business initiatives
• Contribute to and maintain Retail QA documentation
• Create and maintain an automated testing framework

Job Skills :

• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills; ability to communicate with all levels of the organization from senior management to associate level
• Solid understanding of build tools and software configuration management standards (Jenkins)
• Understanding of databases and basic SQL commands
• Proficient in terminal
• Working knowledge of automated test solutions, writing, and executing automated tests

Qualifications :

• 1-2+ years of experience working in a tech-focused QA environment
• Experience working with RESTful web services
• Meticulous attention to detail and a willingness to learn
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for investigating
• Working knowledge of retail and online commerce
• Proven success working in Agile software development methodologies
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities
• An analytical mindset to not only identify bugs but also find the root cause
• Experience with front-end automation frameworks such as TestCafe, Selenium, Webdriver, etc.

Bonus Skills :

• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Open to being mentored and/or mentoring others on the team
• Retail experience

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or a Coding bootcamp graduate

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Urban Outfitters, Inc. celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression),religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.