Senior QA Automation Engineer

The importance of hiring a  Sr. QA Automation Engineer

We seek a highly motivated and experienced Sr. QA Automation Engineer to lead our quality assurance efforts at Carewell.com. The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering high-quality software that enhances the lives of our users, their families, and caregivers. You will report to the VP of Engineering and play a critical role in ensuring our storefront is reliable, user-friendly, and meets the highest standards of excellence.  Your expertise will get us from infrequent deployments to weekly and daily.

What you’ll do:

• Lead automation efforts: Design, develop, and implement robust automated testing frameworks and scripts for our e-commerce platform (Carewell.com). This includes UI testing, API testing, and potentially performance/load testing.
• Champion quality: Be a vocal advocate for quality throughout the software development lifecycle. Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and designers to ensure quality is baked into every stage of the process.
• Manual testing when needed: Perform thorough manual testing when necessary to supplement automated tests, particularly for exploratory testing, usability testing, and edge cases.
• Test strategy and planning: Contribute to developing and evolving our QA strategy. Help define testing methodologies and a method of measuring success and ensure the teams deliver quality products that add value to our customers.
• Performance and scalability: Design and execute performance tests to identify bottlenecks and ensure the platform's scalability and reliability under various load conditions.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of test cases, test plans, and automation frameworks.

What you’ll need:

• 5+ years of experience in automation quality assurance, with a strong emphasis on web application testing.
• Proven expertise in Typescript, with a solid understanding of React, Node.js, and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Extensive experience with manual and automated testing methodologies and tools.
• Experience creating and managing automated tests using tools like Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar.
• Proficiency in API testing tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or similar.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
• Meticulous record-keeping and documentation practices to ensure a clear and auditable history of releases, changes, and test results.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficiency in project management and issue tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Trello).

Bonus points…

• Experience building and maintaining test suites for e-commerce platforms (payments, checkout, shopping carts, etc).
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic start-up environment
• Familiarity with accessibility and compliance standards (e.g., WCAG, HIPAA).

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation 
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Short-term Disability and Life Insurance (100% employer-sponsored)
• Long-term Disability
• Supplemental Life Insurance (employee-sponsored)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• 100% Remote
• Generous paid time off and 6 paid holidays 
• Employee discount