Quality Assurance Analyst-POS/PAYMENTS

Overview

We are seeking a talented Quality Assurance Analyst with a proven track record in software solution delivery and testing within agile environments. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing test scenarios across complex payment and point-of-sale solutions, ensuring that all deliverables meet the highest standards of quality before release.

Working as part of a highly collaborative and dynamic QA team, you will contribute to the full testing lifecycle, including requirements analysis, test planning, test execution, defect management, and test reporting. You will work closely with developers, business analysts, product owners, and other stakeholders to validate functionality, identify risks, and support the delivery of reliable, customer-focused solutions.

This role is fully onsite in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

Responsibilities

• Document and execute high quality test plans for functional areas under custom development and test
• Analyse complex requirements and review acceptance criteria to ensure they are for fit for purpose, testable and can have tests developed to explicitly test and guide acceptance
• Create comprehensive and well defined test scripts that are traceable back to requirements
• Execution of functional, regression and integration test scripts
• Lead/participate in defect triage discussions and question development perception of severity
• Co-ordination of test activities and work as part of a scrum team
• Interrogate the underlying databases to extract test data and execute SQL statements to prove test results
• Develop and execute technical tests to prove the load and performance of the solution
• Contribute to management reporting including appropriate test metrics on planning, defects and execution.
• Ensure regression testing is performed in a manner that recognizes the risks of introducing defects into the environment
• Work closely with the development teams to provide information and direction to junior team members
• Escalate risks and issues to the appropriate level to ensure resolution
• Support test management in developing project plans and track against key milestone dates

Qualifications

• A degree-level qualification in a Computer Science discipline
• ISTQB certification
• Non-functional testing experience within payments and POS environments essential

Essential skills

• Strong background in API testing
• Proven experience on large-scale programmes in fintech, payments, or POS ecosystems.
• Excellent client-facing skills
• People management skills - introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
• Teamwork and emotional intelligence
• Good self-management – continuous performance is both a goal and a mind-set
• Have an innovative approach – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance
• High value on openness and transparency
• Ability to influence Stakeholders
• Excellent time management and the ability to work to tight deadlines

Experience

• 3 years’ experience testing across a variety of environments including payments & POS. 
• Scoping and creating functional and non-functional test plans and test data, maintaining the integrity of the test environment
• Strong background in API Testing
• Test estimation and test planning experience essential
• Quality focused with attention to detail

Benefits

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV’s and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.