Senior QA Engineer

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We're looking for a Senior QA Engineer to own quality on a large enterprise Shopify program. You'll shape the testing approach, guide the QA effort on the project, and keep stakeholders informed through launch. This is a contract role starting in December.

Please Note:

This is a 6-month Contract position. The ideal candidate should be able to work in hours aligned to Eastern Time (EST) or Pacific Time (PST).

• Own the test strategy from test plans to launch sign-off, and prioritize testing by risk and business impact
• Test the storefront against acceptance criteria. That covers product and listing pages, search and filters, cart and checkout, promotions, navigation, content, wishlist, and consent.
• Test the integrations behind the store:
• ERP and inventory feeds (such as SAP)
• Order management and store fulfillment (ship-to-home, BOPIS, ship-from-store)
• Marketplace orders (such as Mirakl)
• Search and merchandising (such as Bloomreach)
• Customer data and POS
• Payments, gift cards, and fraud tools
• The middleware that connects them
• Validate data as it moves between systems through APIs and file-based transfers (S3, SFTP), including transaction log reconciliation
• Separate real defects from work still pending on other teams or vendors, and keep the defect list accurate
• Be the QA point of contact for client stakeholders and developers, including a weekly QA status report
• Lead and support the QA team on the program
• Manage test cases in Test Rail and track defects and QA work in Jira and Confluence
• Build end-to-end test automation (Playwright preferred) when the program is ready for it
• Use AI tools like Claude every day, for example to draft test cases, and review the output carefully

• Hands-on experience testing Shopify stores, including cart, checkout, and promotions
• Integration testing on enterprise commerce programs: ERP, order management, or middleware, using API testing (Postman or similar) and file-based data feeds
• A working grasp of version control, CI/CD, and native vs. headless Shopify
• Hands-on experience with a modern automation framework such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium
• Experience owning quality as the main or only QA on a project, including deciding what to test first and triaging defects
• Clear, warm communication with developers, client stakeholders, and leadership, in written and spoken English every day
• Regular use of AI in your QA work, openness to completing a Claude certification during onboarding, and availability to work Eastern Time (ET) business hours

• Experience formally leading QA engineers
• Retail systems experience, such as POS, store fulfillment, or marketplace platforms
• Agency experience across several client…