Senior QA Engineer
Lazer is a world-class digital product studio composed of 180+ senior engineers and designers with backgrounds from companies like Apple, Google, Coinbase, and more. With our product experience, we have designed, engineered, and grown products from $0 to $200M in revenue.
Clients seek out our help because we have the talent to deeply understand their needs and provide industry, technical, or product insights that are uniquely valuable to their efforts. Our clients range from early-stage startups and venture studios to recognizable retail brands and exciting enterprises. Some of our notable clients include Google, Shopify, Coinbase, Alchemy, Hinge, OVO, Polymarket, and more.
We are a remote-first organization headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, with employees worldwide. We believe in providing the best experience possible for all Lazerites by fostering a strong community through regular events, company vacations, competitive compensation, unlimited PTO, and more!
Join Lazer and help us solve problems and build the next generation of products!
The Role:
As a Senior QA Engineer within our Commerce line of business, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of e-commerce platforms and solutions we build for our clients. You'll leverage your expertise in testing methodologies and e-commerce platforms—especially Shopify—to lead testing efforts and deliver high-quality deliverables. Working closely with stakeholders and development teams, you'll ensure our commerce solutions exceed client expectations.
To collaborate effectively with our team and clients, candidates must be able to align working hours with Pacific Time (PT/PST) and maintain meaningful overlap during 9am–5pm PT, Monday–Friday.
What You'll Do:
Lead and execute comprehensive testing strategies for e-commerce projects
Apply proven manual testing methods to identify and document defects
Test e-commerce platforms thoroughly, focusing on Shopify functionality and integrations
Create clear and comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test reports for client review
Use Jira to manage bug tracking, test cases, and QA workflows
Communicate testing processes, results, and recommendations clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Develop detailed test plans and systematic test cases based on business requirements
Maintain thorough test documentation for client deliverables
Work with clients to define acceptance criteria and provide regular status updates
Manage priorities effectively in a fast-paced environment
Create user-friendly documentation that clearly outlines testing coverage, methodologies, and results for client understanding.
Who You Are:
Experience in QA engineering with a proven track record of leading testing efforts
Strong experience with manual testing methodologies and practices
Experience testing e-commerce platforms, with Shopify experience strongly preferred
Exceptional documentation skills, with demonstrated ability to create clear, comprehensive test cases and reports that can be shared with clients
Proficiency with Jira for bug tracking, test case management, and coordinating QA workflows
Ability to communicate testing processes, results, and recommendations effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience developing detailed test plans and systematic test cases from business requirements
Strong organizational skills to maintain thorough test documentation that serves as deliverables for clients
Demonstrated experience collaborating with clients on testing acceptance criteria and providing regular testing status updates
Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively in a fast-paced environment
Experience creating user-friendly documentation that clearly outlines testing coverage, methodologies, and results
Nice to Haves:
The following would be bonus experience to have, though highlight any additional experience or skills you may have. We like working with people with varied backgrounds and experiences.
Experience with Shopify Hydrogen storefronts
Experience testing Flutter applications
Exposure to middleware testing
Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks
Basic understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Experience with API testing
Knowledge of accessibility testing standards
Experience working remotely with distributed teams
Why Work With Us
🚀 Accelerate Your Growth: Work across multiple industries and cutting-edge projects with a team that ships fast.
💥 Maximum Impact: Shape the future of the tech industry by helping ambitious projects reach their potential.
🏅 True Ownership: Everyone ships code and has real autonomy with minimal meetings.
💡 Continuous Learning: Be part of a team of senior engineers and designers who love learning and knowledge sharing.
Why This Might Not Be For You
🤖 You Resist Modern Tools: We leverage AI and cutting-edge technology to build rapidly and focus our energy on solving the most complex, high-impact challenges for our clients.
🏗️ You Crave High Structure: We thrive in an autonomous, fast-moving environment, which means you need to be comfortable with some ambiguity.
😴 You Prefer Conventional Careers: Our consulting approach involves varied projects and direct client interaction — it's not for everyone.
1️⃣ You Like Staying in One Lane: Our projects require adapting to different tech stacks and modern tooling quickly.
Benefits & Perks
🌐 Work From Anywhere: Choose your workspace — all you need is strong wifi and a passion for building!
🧘♂️ Work / Life Balance: We believe in our team’s ability to have it all; a great career, and time to unplug and live…you know...life.
🩺 Employee Care: We provide full benefits (healthcare, dental, vision) for our employees (401k for our US employees)
🏖️ Unlimited PTO: Everyone needs a break. Take at least 15 days off a year, and more if you need—just be cool about it and keep the team in mind.
🎉 Regular Team Retreat: Join us for a week of team bonding at amazing destinations. Recent trips include the Dominican Republic, Cancun, and Hawaii — plus ones welcome.