Software Quality Assurance Technician - Cloud, API & AI Systems (Contract / Temporary)
Dearborn, MI (Hybrid - 4 days onsite) | $36.66/hour
We are seeking a detail-driven Software Quality Assurance Technician to support testing, validation, and vendor deliverable acceptance for cloud-native, API-driven, and AI-enabled platforms. This temporary role focuses on ensuring software quality, compliance, and performance across containerized services, data pipelines, and AI engine deployments within a Google Cloud Platform environment.
The ideal candidate has strong experience in API testing, automation, cloud infrastructure validation, and structured QA processes including UAT, regression testing, and defect management.
Key Responsibilities
Own vendor deliverable acceptance reviews against SOW acceptance criteria and issue formal defect reports
Validate container images against SBOM requirements and cloud architecture standards
Ensure AI model deployments comply with platform requirements (including Vertex AI registry validation)
Design and maintain automated test suites for APIs, backend services, and data pipelines
Execute regression, integration, and performance testing across cloud-native applications
Lead UAT efforts with business stakeholders, including test design and feedback analysis
Manage Jira defect workflows, prioritization, and SLA reporting
Define and support GCP-based test environments with cloud engineering teams
Develop QA metrics, dashboards, and test coverage reporting for leadership
Evaluate AI/LLM outputs for accuracy, consistency, and regression performance
Required Qualifications
4+ years of software QA experience in cloud-native environments
Strong API testing experience (Postman, REST, or equivalent)
Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCS, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Run)
Experience with containerized application testing and CI/CD validation
Strong Jira experience for defect tracking and reporting
Experience executing UAT and writing structured test cases
Knowledge of automation frameworks (pytest or equivalent)
Preferred Experience
AI/LLM testing or output evaluation experience
Dynatrace or APM monitoring tools
Performance/load testing experience
Automotive or enterprise-scale QA environments
Employee Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, and pet insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plans
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Commuter/Parking Accounts
People Perks
Health Savings Account (HSA)
AD & D Insurance
This role is ideal for candidates seeking QA engineer, test engineer, automation engineer, API testing, or cloud QA roles in a modern AI and cloud platform environment.About Us
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