Remote eCommerce QA Engineer en Hydrow, inc.
Hydrow, inc. · Boston, MA or Remote, Estados Unidos De América · Remote
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Patrocinado por ExponentWHO WE ARE
If you ask us, we’re the perfect mix of athletes, entrepreneurs, engineers, and creatives. Our diverse backgrounds and shared values are what help make Hydrow great. Our mission is not just to create an amazing fitness experience, but a beautiful human experience - one that’s honest, inclusive, and positive. Hydrow is the Live Outdoor Reality (LOR)™ rowing machine that delivers on-water experiences at home with workouts led by world-class athletes. At Hydrow, you’ll have the chance to shape a company that is disrupting the fitness industry while creating engaging content unmatched in the marketplace today. Sounds exciting? That’s because it is!
WHY WE NEED YOU
Join us as an eCommerce QA Engineer to drive quality testing for Hydrow’s cutting-edge, headless eCommerce platform. In this hands-on role, you’ll collaborate with engineering, product, UX and marketing teams to implement intelligent, scalable testing strategies that enable rapid, high-quality releases–driving trust in our direct-to-constumer purchasing experience.
You will play a critical role in evolving our testing approach by combining manual validation with structured test plans and automation-first strategies that ensure functional correctness, performance and resilience at scale.
At Hydrow, we value innovation, automation and continuous improvement. This is a unique opportunity to lead the transition from manual testing to an automation-driven quality culture, introducing modern frameworks, methodologies, and best practices that scale. If you’re passionate about quality, empowering developers, driving automation and ensuring a seamless digital experience, we’d love to have you on board!
WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH
First Thirty Days
Gain familiarity with Hydrow’s eCommerce platform by running and validating existing manual test cases, ensuring thorough understanding of current coverage
Work with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to review testing priorities, current QA workflows, critical purchase flows and site interactions
Collaborate with engineers to align expectations around test strategy, coverage and potential automation opportunities
First Three Months
Execute manual test strategies as part of our delivery process, generating feedback across functional areas of the site and new feature development
Identify critical edge cases and uncovered scenarios, improving existing manual testing documentation and execution processes
Begin evaluating automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium) based on Hydrow’s architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and development workflows
Identify high-value test cases for early automation efforts, starting with checkout, payment validation, and order processing
First Six Months
Continue to execute manual test strategies, while drive continuous innovation in automation, migrating and expanding automated test coverage
Take ownership of test automation infrastructure, ensuring stability, efficiency and maintainability
Develop test data management strategies, ensuring reliability across tests
Advocate for collaborative test authoring–empowering engineers to integrate testing seamlessly into development
WHO YOU ARE
Passion
You believe that quality assurance is a driver of engineering excellence, ensuring both speed and stability in software delivery
You believe in testing early and often to detect bugs quickly and minimize cost to resolve issues
You take pride in executing comprehensive manual tests while progressively introducing scalable automation frameworks
You balance efficiency with risk, understanding when manual validation is necessary versus when automation should take over
Technical Expertise
Minimum Qualifications
Professional experience in manual and test automation for eCommerce web applications (3+ years minimum)
Strong experience executing manual test plans, identifying edge cases, and ensuring comprehensive feature validation
Familiarity with modern automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar)
Knowledge of unit, integration, contract, and E2E testing best practices
Understanding of cross-browser/device testing methodologies
Understanding of software development lifecycle
Strongly-Preferred Qualifications
Ability to collaborate with developers to integrate test automation into the SDLC while maintaining strong manual validation where needed
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or similar
Experience with feature flag testing, canary deployments, and A/B test validation
Experience in synthetic monitoring and observability tools
Understanding of automated regression testing and rollback strategies in CI/CD pipelines
