QA Engineer: AI-Powered Automation & Cloud Testing

Trinnex; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith Inc. is seeking a Quality Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automated testing across APIs, web, and mobile platforms, with emphasis on AI-assisted QA and cloud-based testing.

You will implement scalable test strategies, mentor junior QA analysts, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve CI/CD quality. The role includes evaluating AI tooling and ensuring robust test coverage in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5+ years of QA experience.

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, reduce maintenance effort, support consistent test data, and reduce flakiness.
• 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

QA Automation

CI/CD

AI-assisted QA

Test Automation Frameworks

Debugging

Communication

Mentoring

Cross-functional Collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Playwright

Jest

Maestro

Artillery

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

iOS Testing

Android Testing

YAML

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD tooling

Job description

CDM Smith Inc. is seeking a Quality Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automated testing across APIs, web, and mobile platforms, with emphasis on AI-assisted QA and cloud-based testing.

You will implement scalable test strategies, mentor junior QA analysts, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve CI/CD quality. The role includes evaluating AI tooling and ensuring robust test coverage in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.