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NCR Voyix is preparing a mandatory software upgrade for its cloud-connected point-of-sale stack used by a top quick-service restaurant customer across 1,800 US locations. The release adds a new digital coupon validation flow in Aloha Cloud and NCR Commerce Platform that Sales has already positioned as critical for a national marketing campaign starting in 10 weeks.
You are the engineering manager leading a cross-functional team of 11 people: 5 backend engineers, 2 frontend engineers, 1 QA lead, 1 product manager, 1 SRE, and 1 implementation lead. The feature is partially built, but integration testing has surfaced intermittent failures in coupon redemption under peak load and a small number of duplicate discount applications. Leadership wants to preserve the launch date because delaying would put a $4.2M annual contract expansion at risk.
The VP of Product wants the feature live before the campaign starts. The enterprise customer success director wants a stable rollout with minimal restaurant disruption. The QA lead is pushing for a full regression cycle before any production exposure. Sales is asking for all 1,800 stores on day one, while SRE is recommending a phased rollout.
You have 10 weeks until the campaign launch, $180K remaining budget, and no approval for additional headcount. Performance testing environment capacity is limited to 300 simulated stores at a time. The customer requires at least 2 weeks of field validation before chain-wide deployment. Two engineers are also spending 20% of their time on production support for legacy Aloha POS integrations.