Engineer I

Skechers is undergoing a major retail transformation, implementing new retail platforms and systems across multiple countries. We're seeking a skilled professional to join our IT team and support our testing initiatives across various retail technologies.

What You'll Do

• Design, review requirements , develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts for Retail Merchandising (O9) and related retail applications
• Create, maintain, and upgrade test plans, test scripts as well as analyze test cases and provides regular progress reports. 
• Perform all testing activities including functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of Retail Point-of-Sale (POS) system/other IT systems for our global locations. 
• Update and maintain the automation for new features on POS or other Retail Systems. Review Automation results and log/follow up on defects.
• Test integrations between POS systems and retail planning tools (e.g., demand forecasting, open-to-buy, financial planning).
• Validate accuracy of data flows between POS and planning modules including sales actuals, inventory positions, and sell-through reporting.
• Collaborate with the Retail Planning team to validate KPI calculations and reporting metrics at the POS level.
• Validate allocation logic and rules engine within POS-connected systems to ensure correct inventory distribution across stores.
• Test automated replenishment triggers based on POS sales data and stock threshold parameters.
• Identify, isolate, regress and communicate bugs effectively and efficiently. 
• Log defects in a detailed, understandable, and reproducible way. 
• Track all assigned defects through closure. 
• Generate and publish daily defect reports from Test/Defect Management Tool. 
• Work with the team in an Agile/Scrum environment. 
• Actively participate in Scrum meetings and provide QA estimate to calculate Story Points during planning phase.  
• Publish daily status reports or help update existing reports. 
• Ensure that all regression and daily testing activities required by the Retail POS team are completed in a timely fashion. 
• Track testing metrics like test coverage, defect densities and open defect counts. 
• This position is not remote and will require a regular commute to the office. Some amount of remote work will be approved on a case-to-case basis.

What You'll Bring

• 4-5 years’ experience in manual and automated testing.
• 3–5 years of QA/testing experience, with at least 2 years focused on Retail POS systems.
• Hands-on experience with one or more Retail POS platforms (e.g., Oracle Retail XSTORE,  Aptos,).
• Working knowledge of Retail Planning tools (O9)
• Experience in Web, API, mobile testing. 
• Knowledge of MySQL/SQL/Postgres or any other DDL (Data Definition Language) 
• Experience liaising with groups of people across several geographies. 
• Experience with JIRA, Service Now, Zephyr or other ticketing platforms 
• Experience in deriving the test estimates, test planning, scheduling, and reporting, 
• Excellent communication and time management skills 
• Detail oriented tester with creative problem-solving skills who can often work independently with little supervision and as part of a team. 
• Experience in integration testing with 3rd party and in-house applications. 
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent. 
• Experience working with clients during User acceptance Testing is a nice to have. 
• Prior experience in testing Retail Point-of-Sale (POS) testing ideally with APTOS (Store6 & Aptos ONE) or Oracle Xstore, MA SIM or other similar products is a plus.

Pay range for this position is $128,000/year USD.

About Skechers

Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.

Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing [email protected].
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.