AI-Driven QA Automation Engineer (Cloud & API)

Trinnex; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith Inc. is seeking a Quality Engineer in the United States to design, develop, and maintain automated testing across APIs, web, mobile, and performance scenarios.

You will implement AI-assisted tooling, mentor junior QA analysts, and integrate tests into robust CI/CD pipelines with scalable cloud testing on Google Cloud and Kubernetes. Ideal candidates have 5 years of relevant experience, strong Node.js/TypeScript expertise, and hands‑on experience with Playwright, Maestro, and modern

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 5 years of relevant experience.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required; travel frequency depends on duties.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a college degree.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites across API, web, mobile, and performance testing domains.
• Builds reusable test utilities, fixtures, and frameworks that improve reliability and reduce maintenance effort.
• Develops mobile test automation, including simulator and emulator execution, mobile authentication flows, API mocking strategies, and mobile CI/CD integration.
• Develops and applies AI‑assisted tooling, agents, and skills to support test review, debugging, documentation, automation maintenance, and developer productivity.
• Supports scalable cloud‑based load testing using Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, and related infrastructure practices.
• Analyzes requirements, test results, defects, logs, traces, and performance metrics to identify risks, root causes, business impact, and opportunities for quality improvement.
• Integrates automated tests into CI/CD pipelines with effective reporting, parallel execution, environment management, and failure analysis.
• Establishes QA best practices, coding standards, documentation, and troubleshooting guidance for automation and cloud‑based testing.
• Reviews test automation pull requests and provides clear feedback on reliability, maintainability, and quality.
• Mentors junior QA analysts and collaborates with development, product, and operations teams to improve testing outcomes.
• Performs other duties as required.

Skills

Playwright

Maestro

Artillery

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

CI/CD

GKE

Kubernetes

Docker

AI-assisted tooling

Debugging

Code review

Mentoring

Education

Bachelors Degree

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) / GKE

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

CDM Smith Inc. is seeking a Quality Engineer in the United States to design, develop, and maintain automated testing across APIs, web, mobile, and performance scenarios.

You will implement AI-assisted tooling, mentor junior QA analysts, and integrate tests into robust CI/CD pipelines with scalable cloud testing on Google Cloud and Kubernetes. Ideal candidates have 5 years of relevant experience, strong Node.js/TypeScript expertise, and hands‑on experience with Playwright, Maestro, and modern