Quality Engineering Lead, Enterprise System

ANF070 - Quality Engineering Lead Enterprise Systems (ES)

About the Role:

We seek a SeniorQuality Engineer (QE) to lead quality strategy and execution across our ERP and Product-Facing Enterprise Systems, including Merchandising, Planning, Forecasting,

Product Creation, and Inventory platforms. These systems underpin how products are created, planned, sourced, allocated, and delivered enterprise-wide. As a Sr Quality Engineer, you ensure these integrated, data-intensive systems remain accurate, reliable, scalable, and audit-readyenabling teams to respond swiftly to business changes.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Business partners to embed quality into the development lifecycle. Instead of late-stage testing, you will implement automation-first, shift-left quality practices that validate business logic, data flows, integrations, and end-to-end workflows throughout delivery.

This role suits engineers who enjoy complex system landscapes, understanding end-to-end business processes, and owning quality in enterprise-scale platforms.

What Youll Do:

Quality Strategy & Execution:

• Develop test strategies for ERP and product-facing enterprise systems aligned with business workflows and operational risk.
• Design and execute tests for end-to-end processes across Merchandising, Planning, Product Creation, Inventory, and B2B.
• Validate complex business logic, calculations, rules engines, and configuration-driven behavior.
• Ensure strong functional and data coverage for system integrations, batch jobs, APIs, and event-driven workflows.
• Maintain quality standards for functional accuracy, data integrity, and system reliability.

Automation & Engineering Excellence:

• Build and maintain automated tests for APIs, services, and enterprise workflows.
• Drive automation-first testing approaches for enterprise systems.
• Integrate automated tests and quality checks into CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop reusable test utilities, data validation scripts, and test assets.
• Analyze root causes of defects related to data issues, processing errors, or integration failures.

Data & Integration Validation:

• Validate data pipelines, batch processing, and downstream system impacts.
• Ensure accuracy of planning, forecasting, inventory, and financial data flows.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to embed quality early in requirements, design, and refinement.
• Work with Business stakeholders to understand workflows and validate outcomes.
• Communicate risks, defects, and quality insights clearly and proactively.
• Support release readiness and post-release validation.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify opportunities to improve test coverage, automation reliability, and execution efficiency.
• Suggest improvements for tooling, frameworks, and quality practices across enterprise systems.
• Build domain knowledge of enterprise platforms and business processes continuously.

What You Bring:

• 8-9 years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Engineering, or Software Engineering.
• Experience testing ERP or large-scale enterprise systems supporting core business operations.
• Strong understanding of testing complex business workflows and data-driven systems.
• Hands-on experience with API testing and service-level automation.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/ Python, or similar languages for test and validation automation.
• Retail experience is a must.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution.
• Comfortable working in Agile or hybrid delivery models.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to reason about complex system interactions.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Merchandising/ Planning/ Forecasting/ PLM/ Inventory or Pricing.
• Experience testing complex calculations, optimization logic, or rules-driven systems.
• Exposure to monitoring, logging, or observability tools in enterprise environments.(Spunk, Dynatrace)
• Experience validating batch processing, integrations, and data pipelines.

Why This Role Matters:

Enterprise Systems drive business decisionsfrom product creation to inventory planning and supply chain management. Quality issues in these platforms can cause significant operational and financial impact.

As a Sr Quality Engineer, you protect system integrity by ensuring correctness, reliability, and confidence in every release. By strengthening automation, data validation, and developer-owned quality practices, you enable teams to move faster while safeguarding the business core.

Benefits & Perks:

As an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) associate in our India Global Capability Center (GCC), youll be eligible to participate in a variety of benefit programs designed to fit you and your lifestyle. A&F Co. is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive benefits that align with our companys culture and values, but most importantly with you! We also provide competitive incentives to reward the commitment our associates have for moving our global business forward.

• Comprehensive group medical insurance covering associate, spouse, children, and parents/in-laws
• Outpatient medical and wellness allowance for associates and dependents
• Associate assistance program offering confidential counseling for mental, financial, and legal support
• Access to fertility, adoption, and family-forming benefits through Carrot
• Access to mental health and wellness app, Headspace
• Paid Caregiver leave
• Comprehensive paid leave programs, including earned leave and casual/sick leave
• Paid public and national holidays each year
• Work from anywhere (Mondays and Fridays are work from anywhere days for most roles and six work from anywhere weeks per year)
• Seven associate wellness half days per year
• Onsite meal program including daily lunch and pantry snacks/beverages
• Transportation support with point-to-point pickup and drop-off
• Creche/daycare reimbursement support for working parents
• Opportunities for career advancement, we believe in promoting from within
• Global team of people who will celebrate you for being YOU!