Test Engineer – Automation for GraphQL & MQTT (Remote)

CompassX Group; United States; On-site; USD 56,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

CompassX Group is seeking a Test Engineer for a high-impact, 6‑month contract within our Quick Service Restaurant client practice. You will be embedded in the client's ecosystem, driving quality assurance and building automated validation frameworks for cross‑service applications.

Operating on CST hours in a remote setup, you will own functional use cases and test architectures built on GraphQL, Playwright, and real-time Pub/Sub systems, applying observability tools and logs to identify failures

Qualifications

• Solid proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript; experience with Mocha for unit and integration tests.
• Hands-on experience with UI test automation using Playwright.
• Experience testing event-driven systems (MQTT, WebSockets, SSE) and GraphQL APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, test, and maintain automated tests for services.
• Develop test scenarios for asynchronous, event-driven flows and GraphQL contracts.
• Monitor test pipelines and analyze logs to identify failures.
• Collaborate across teams to triage bugs and ensure reliable delivery.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Mocha

UI test automation

GraphQL testing

Event-driven testing

Tools

Playwright

Docker

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Jira

Appium

Job description

CompassX Group is seeking a Test Engineer for a high-impact, 6‑month contract within our Quick Service Restaurant client practice. You will be embedded in the client's ecosystem, driving quality assurance and building automated validation frameworks for cross‑service applications.

Operating on CST hours in a remote setup, you will own functional use cases and test architectures built on GraphQL, Playwright, and real-time Pub/Sub systems, applying observability tools and logs to identify failures