Quality Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 53,000 - 84,000; Part time

Job summary

ScaleForward seeks a Quality Engineer in Nashville to accelerate Terraform infrastructure and deliver Next.js dashboards for the technology team. You will work at an internship cadence with mentor support and a growth plan, shaping best practices across testing and security.

The role emphasizes hands-on Terraform work (1 year), Laravel experience, and quick learning of Next.js. You’ll influence engineering decisions and collaborate across teams in Nashville, TN.

Qualifications

• 1 year of Terraform experience.
• Experience with Laravel and willingness to learn Next.js.

Responsibilities

• Build Next.js dashboards to provide metrics to the tech team.
• Decode undocumented Terraform service and improve clarity.
• Promote testing, security, and observability best practices.
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools.
• Catch GraphQL race conditions during Nashville peak traffic.
• Wire up Terraform feature flags for safe testing with Nashville traffic.
• Reverse-engineer and document customer service formats.
• Identify and fix high-energy Next.js anti-patterns during review.

Skills

Self-direction

Curiosity

Decision-making

Comfort with ambiguity

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Next.js

Laravel

GraphQL

Job description

Think of this Quality Engineer job as a standing invitation to make ScaleForward's Terraform infrastructure faster, simpler, and less scary. For someone 1 years deep in Terraform, this Nashville job means $53,000 - $84,000, an internship cadence, and genuine influence.

Key Responsibilities

• Build Next.js dashboards so ScaleForward's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers
• Decode the undocumented Terraform service nobody at ScaleForward remembers writing
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the ScaleForward stack
• Catch the GraphQL race conditions that only surface under Nashville peak traffic
• Wire up Terraform feature flags so ScaleForward can test on Nashville traffic risk-free
• Reverse-engineer the innovative Customer Service format ScaleForward inherited and never documented
• Spot the high-energy Next.js anti-pattern in review before it spreads through ScaleForward

What You'll Bring

• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• Real proficiency with Laravel, plus willingness to learn Next.js fast
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Comfort steering technology conversations toward a decision
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written

Our Nashville, TN headquarters is home to a small-but-mighty group of builders, designers, and problem-solvers at ScaleForward. Our TN team treats transparency as a feature, sharing the messy middle, not just the wins.

We hand you $53,000 - $84,000, a growth plan, a mentor, and benefits, then let you flex your week to fit Nashville the way you like.

Candidates are being contacted promptly as part of our active search.