Are you an impact-driven problem solver who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others while contributing to a successful business? Join Carewell and be a part of a team that creates impactful solutions for caregivers and their unique challenges. We're looking for hardworking individuals committed to raising the bar and striving for impact, scalability, and simplicity. Build your career with Carewell, a category-defining business dedicated to making caregiving easier.
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
About Carewell
Carewell is a category-defining business that is dedicated to providing the most trusted and reputable retail source for caregiving products. Our vast selection of expert-vetted products includes incontinence supplies, wound care, nutrition, mobility aids, and more, all available at the best prices with fast, reliable shipping. We are proud to have been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the US, ranked on the Inc. 5000, and named one of the most customer-centric companies in the world by Forbes in 2022. At Carewell, we understand the importance of caregiving, and we strive to provide the highest quality products to help caregivers provide the best care possible for their loved ones.
As the number of older adults in the US grows, the need for caregiving solutions will only increase. By joining Carewell, you will have the opportunity to work in a space that is constantly evolving, with new challenges and opportunities for growth. We are committed to being architects of our own success, always striving to improve our teams, partnerships, and solutions to ensure impact, scalability, and simplicity. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with like-minded individuals, using customer insights, data, research, and feedback to make decisions and create the most effective solutions. If you are ready to join a team of dedicated individuals who are committed to making a difference in the world, Carewell is the place for you.
Learn more about us in the Carewell Newsroom.
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