POS Test Engineer

River Island; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous staff discount

Onsite gym

Subsidised restaurant & café

Social events

Flexible working

Give as you earn scheme

Learning & qualifications support

Bonus scheme

Private pension

25 days paid holiday + buy/sell option

Job summary

River Island is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance professional to join our engineering team at the Head Office in West London. You will be embedded in a scrum team, ensuring requirements are correct and tests cover all aspects of the product lifecycle.

As part of RI Tech, you will champion a shift-left approach, automate tests where cost‑effective, and collaborate with developers to improve software quality across microservices and a DevOps culture.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with agile quality assurance practices and test‑driven development.
• Strong automation experience using Java, C#, JS or TS in CI/CD environments.
• Knowledge of test data provisioning and management for testing.
• Experience planning, executing and validating tests across the full spectrum.
• Proficient in risk analysis and regression testing techniques.
• Familiarity with exploratory testing techniques and rapid software testing.
• Experience testing complex enterprise and web applications with databases.
• Scripting skills in Shell, Python or Groovy.
• Familiarity with JIRA/Confluence and HP ALM/Zephyr/XRay tooling.

Responsibilities

• Review and verify requirements and acceptance criteria for clarity.
• Embed as tester in a scrum team, estimate complexity and perform tests.
• Champion shift-left and in-sprint testing practices.
• Test across functional and non‑functional areas and UAT.
• Collaborate with developers on architecture to improve quality.
• Identify impediments and risks to quality or delivery.
• Automate tests cost‑effectively to ensure fit for purpose.
• Document defects clearly for reproducibility.
• Share knowledge with the team and stakeholders.
• Assist business users during UAT and ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Agile QA practices

Test automation (Java/C#/JS/TS)

Test data provisioning

Full test spectrum (functional, non‑fn

Risk analysis

Exploratory testing

Enterprise application testing

Scripting (Shell/Python/Groovy)

JIRA/Confluence & HP ALM/Zephyr/XRay

Tools

HP ALM (QC)

Zephyr

XRay

JIRA/Confluence

Job description

Description

Quality Assurance holds a vital place in River Island Engineering Strategy and is an integral part of the development team. It is indeed an exciting time for RI Tech as we are transitioning to microservices architecture and embracing a DevOps culture. We strive to continuously improve our development and testing processes to shorten feedback loops and maximise value.

Department

Quality & Operations

Location

Head Office, Chelsea House

Key Responsibilities

• Review and ensure requirements/user stories/acceptance criteria stated are correct, unambiguous, and verifiable.
• Work as an embedded tester in the context of a scrum team, evaluating the complexity of user stories, contributing to estimates during sprint planning, developing and performing tests.
• Champion a shift-left approach to in-sprint testing.
• Conduct appropriate levels and types of testing of user stories.
• Collaborate with developers on architecture and design, evaluate and improve processes to enhance software quality
• Identify and inform the team of any impediments or risks to product quality or project delivery
• Automate tests where cost-effective to ensure software delivered is fit for purpose and meets business needs
• Ensure defects are documented in sufficient detail to be reproducible
• Proactively share knowledge and information with others
• Assist and support business users during user acceptance testing
• Ensure all work is completed on time and under established processes, practices, procedures and quality standards

Who You Are

• Extensive experience with agile quality assurance practices and in depth understanding of test- driven development, continuous integration, agile testing
• Experience of test automation using any of the languages (Java, C#, JS, TS etc.)
• Knowledge of Test Data provisioning and management for testing
• Experience of planning, executing and validating tests across the full test spectrum (functional, non-functional, regression, integration, UAT, OAT etc)
• Experience of Risk analysis and Risk Based Regression Testing
• In depth knowledge of Exploratory testing techniques and Rapid software testing
• Experience of testing complex enterprise applications, web applications and databases
• Familiarity with any of the scripting languages (Shell/Python/Groovy etc.)
• Experience of working with project/issue tracking tools like JIRA/Confluence and Test management tools like HP ALM (erstwhile QC), Zephyr, XRay etc

You Will Ideally Have

• Experience in the Retail industry and exposure to testing on PoS systems, Mobile POS, Handhelds etc
• Advance knowledge of SQL
• Experience of API testing
• SCM, Build & CI Tools like Github, Jenkins, TeamCity or similar
• Cloud infrastructure like AWS, Azure etc
• Automated Test frameworks like Appium, Selenium WebDriver or similar
• Experience working with 3rd party software vendor teams

About Us

We’re a much-loved brand with an exciting future. Our Islanders are a diverse bunch of bright, talented people who love working together – and are proud of the work they do. Progression here can take you in all kinds of directions. This is what a career at River Island is like. And this is where yours starts.

This role is based at our Head Office in West London. Check us out here on a map.

What we can offer you:

Generous 50% staff discount so you can treat yourself to the latest products, and a bargain staff shop on site!

Reducing Islanders everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more through the Retail Trust.

A free onsite gym, subsidised restaurant & café to fill you needs. Various social events to socialise throughout the year.

Every family is unique, we support Islanders with all different family setups enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility treatment. We also work closely with the Retail Trust to create dedicated support for all our Islanders!

Flexible working, on top of payday and summer early finish Fridays.

Give as you earn scheme, a ‘Giver Island’ day each year and receive matched funding.

Support with upskilling through on the job training and qualifications. A succession plan if you want to progress.

A generous bonus scheme & private pension plan.

25 days paid holiday, exclusive of Bank Holidays. With the added option to purchase additional holiday twice a year for whatever the need!

Keeping You Safe

We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We expect all employees to uphold our values and contribute to a positive working environment.

Our business is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. ore about this interview process, check out our hiring process below.