Description
Maxwood Furniture is a rapidly growing furniture company with an expanding portfolio of brands such as Max & Lily, Plank + Beam, and Maxtrix. With multiple sales channels including our DTC websites and third-party marketplaces, we’re passionate about delivering a seamless and inspiring shopping experience. As we continue to scale, we’re looking for a detail-oriented and proactive? QA Analyst ?to join our development team.
This role will be embedded within our engineering group and play a critical part in ensuring the quality and reliability of our websites and system integrations. The ideal candidate will have strong manual testing skills, a deep understanding of eCommerce platforms (especially Shopify), and a vision for building automated testing capabilities over time.
Responsibilities
Testing & Quality Assurance
Maxwood Furniture is a rapidly growing furniture company with an expanding portfolio of brands such as Max & Lily, Plank + Beam, and Maxtrix. With multiple sales channels including our DTC websites and third-party marketplaces, we’re passionate about delivering a seamless and inspiring shopping experience. As we continue to scale, we’re looking for a detail-oriented and proactive? QA Analyst ?to join our development team.
This role will be embedded within our engineering group and play a critical part in ensuring the quality and reliability of our websites and system integrations. The ideal candidate will have strong manual testing skills, a deep understanding of eCommerce platforms (especially Shopify), and a vision for building automated testing capabilities over time.
Responsibilities
Testing & Quality Assurance
- Perform manual testing across websites, integrations, and new features to identify bugs and usability issues.
- Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and regression testing protocols.
- Document and communicate defects clearly to developers and stakeholders.
- Ensure consistent quality across multiple brands and platforms.
- Evaluate tools and frameworks for automated testing.
- Build and maintain automated test scripts as the testing program matures.
- Collaborate with developers to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Work closely with developers, product owners, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Shepherd business owners through user acceptance testing (UAT), providing guidance and support.
- Participate in sprint planning and retrospectives to ensure QA coverage and continuous improvement.
- Apply knowledge of Shopify to validate storefront functionality, checkout flows, and app integrations.
- Test third-party integrations including ERP systems, product content tools, and marketing platforms.
- 2+ years of experience in QA or software testing, preferably in an eCommerce environment.
- Strong manual testing skills with attention to detail and process.
- Familiarity with Shopify platform preferred, including storefront behavior and app ecosystem.
- Experience with test case management tools and bug tracking systems.
- Exposure to automated testing tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress) and scripting languages is a plus.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field preferred.
- This role is based in our Charleston, SC office.
- Hybrid work option available after 90 days of successful in-office performance.
- This position is not eligible for employer visa sponsorship. Candidates must already have permanent work authorization*