<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>About Us: <br></strong></span>
</p><p data-path-to-node="1">CompassX is a boutique business and technology consulting firm. We help Fortune 500 and high-growth clients deliver their most strategic initiatives, from enterprise transformations to digital and data-driven projects.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="2">With over 15 years of proven results, we’ve expanded across industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, consumer products, and quick service restaurants.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="3">We are honored to be recognized as a three-time winner of Consulting Magazine’s Best Boutique Firms to Work For, and previously recognized as a “Best Place to Work” in Southern California and one of INC.’s 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.</p>
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<p data-path-to-node="3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>About The Role: </strong></span></p>
<p data-path-to-node="6">We are seeking a <strong data-path-to-node="6" data-index-in-node="17">QA Test Engineer</strong> to support our Quick Service Restaurant industry client practice for a high-impact, 6-month consulting engagement. In this role, you will be embedded directly within the client's ecosystem, driving quality assurance and building automated validation frameworks for cross-service applications.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="7">Operating on CST hours in a remote setup, you will not just execute scripts, you will take complete ownership of functional use cases, testing modern architectures built on GraphQL, Playwright, and real-time Pub/Sub (MQTT) systems. This role is ideal for a testing expert who thrives on identifying failures across distributed software components and is eager to pioneer AI-enhanced development tools to accelerate deployment velocity.</p>
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<p></p><p><br></p><b>What You'll Do: </b><div>
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<li data-path-to-node="10,0,0">Design, draft, and scale robust automated test suites using <strong data-path-to-node="10,0,0" data-index-in-node="90">Node.js</strong> and <strong data-path-to-node="10,0,0" data-index-in-node="102">TypeScript</strong> to validate feature stability.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="10,1,0">Lead hands-on automation testing across multiple web applications using <strong data-path-to-node="10,1,0" data-index-in-node="107">Playwright</strong>, with additional exposure to <strong data-path-to-node="10,1,0" data-index-in-node="147">Android (Appium)</strong> ecosystems.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="10,2,0">Write and maintain test coverage for intricate <strong data-path-to-node="10,2,0" data-index-in-node="80">GraphQL</strong> queries as well as asynchronous, real-time messaging interfaces like <strong data-path-to-node="10,2,0" data-index-in-node="157">MQTT</strong>, <strong data-path-to-node="10,2,0" data-index-in-node="163">WebSockets</strong>, or SSE.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="10,3,0">Monitor, scale, and maintain automated test execution across continuous integration environments via <strong data-path-to-node="10,3,0" data-index-in-node="125">GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins</strong>.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="10,4,0">Actively leverage container registries, <strong data-path-to-node="10,4,0" data-index-in-node="66">Docker</strong> images, and log aggregation platforms to analyze and correlate errors across distributed services.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="10,5,0">Collaborate dynamically across engineering teams to surface, track (via <strong data-path-to-node="10,5,0" data-index-in-node="97">Jira</strong>), and proactively resolve environmental and application defects.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="10,6,0">Integrate cutting-edge <strong data-path-to-node="10,6,0" data-index-in-node="48">AI tools</strong> within your day-to-day workflow to boost test creation efficiency and delivery cadence.</li>
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</div><p><br></p><b>What You'll Bring: </b><div>
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<li>3-5 years of focused experience in software quality engineering, test automation, or SDET positions.</li>
<li>Core Languages: Solid, hands-on proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript, coupled with experience utilizing test runners such as Mocha.</li>
<li>Modern Tooling Mastery: Proven experience implementing and building out UI frameworks with Playwright.</li>
<li>Architecture Literacy: Strong experience validating GraphQL APIs and a functional understanding of messaging layer test strategies (MQTT, WebSockets, or Server-Sent Events).</li>
<li>DevOps & Cloud Environment Awareness: Working knowledge of containerized deployments using Docker alongside Git-based continuous integration/deployment delivery models.</li>
<li>Distributed System Debugging: Highly analytical approach to parsing, analyzing, and correlating service and application logs to locate root causes of code defects.</li>
<li>Consultative Communication: Strong interpersonal skills with the capability to easily translate complex technical bug discoveries into clear, actionable tracking discussions.</li>
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<div>$50 - $60 an hour</div>
