Quality Engineer- Test Automation at Trinnex
Chattanooga, TN
$90,230–$148,886from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Chattanooga, TN
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Quality Engineer role at Trinnex (a CDM Smith division) focused on building and maintaining automated test suites spanning APIs, web, mobile, and performance/load testing. The position involves integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, leveraging AI-assisted tooling for QA workflows, supporting cloud-based load testing on GCP/Kubernetes, and mentoring junior QA team members. Suited to an experienced QA automation engineer comfortable with Node.js/TypeScript and modern testing frameworks.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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No specific work location or metro area is stated in the posting; the CBSA is left blank. The pay range is described as representative of 'all experience levels for the geographic location assigned to the position,' suggesting location is determined at offer time.
The posting states 'No Travel is required' in the travel section, despite an earlier mention that domestic/international travel 'may be required' — the explicit 'No Travel' field takes precedence.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as a qualification but the posting explicitly states 'equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a college degree,' so no hard degree requirement is set.
The role sits at the boundary between QA automation engineering (15-1253) and software development (15-1252) given the depth of coding expected (Node.js/TypeScript framework design, async patterns, CI/CD pipeline integration). 15-1253 is the primary classification because the core mission is test quality and QA enablement.
Playwright, Jest, Maestro, and Artillery appear in the Skills & Abilities section under a required-skills framing ('Advanced experience with… such as Playwright, Jest, Maestro, Artillery, or similar tools'). The 'or similar' qualifier means the specific tool is interchangeable, but the capability is a hard gate; alternatives are populated accordingly where applicable.
Playwright and Maestro also appear under Preferred Qualifications with more specific hands-on framing; they were already captured as required from the Skills & Abilities section.
GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) is named in both the Skills & Abilities and Preferred Qualifications sections; it is captured under the parent 'GCP' skill with alternatives, as GKE is a deployment mode of GCP rather than a separately marketed product distinct enough to warrant its own entry.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AI-assisted testing tools.
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