$150k - $180k
We have an immediate need for a Senior Electrical Engineer in Newton, MA. Come join our team! We are looking to build services... ...Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance. ~ Perform QA/ QC reviews of pro…
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QA Engineer jobs in Boston, MA
QA engineers make sure software works before users find out it does not. The role blends manual exploratory testing with automated test suites and close collaboration with developers.
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$34–$89/hr
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$122k
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Role Descriptions: Strong Knowledge in following areas. Experience in QA (Functional) Experience in test strategy/design and execution with applications built on Mainframe| web| DB2 database. Should have experience in fu…
$60 per hour
contact Kajal Daftary at ****@*****.*** to discuss this position further. Contract to Hire Lead Quality Test Automation Engineer - Hybrid Onsite in Boston // Ability to be 70% hands-on and 30% leadership/direction. Must…
We are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sr. Associate - Lead Civil Engineer to join our team in our Boston, MA Office . The Lead Civil Engineer will play a crucial role in overseeing various projects invo…
QA & Performance Engineer Location: Boston, MA (Remote - Eastern Time Business Hours) Employment Type: Part-Time | Contract (1 Year + 2 Optional Extensions) Job Summary Guru Consulting Services LLC is seeking an experien…
$115k - $182k
JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title Software Test Engineer Job Description Software Test Engineer The Software Test Engineer will be an integral part of an interdisciplinary, and experienced functional test team, tasked with verif…
T. is partnering with Via to find a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer. See details below: About the Role: VIA is looking for a... ...their quality standards. This is not a traditional 'downstream' QA role, you will be re…
$102k - $163k
JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title Software Design Assurance Quality Engineer Job Description The Software Design Assurance Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring top-level design quality assurance for the creation, modific…
$99k - $163.4k
scenes insights and stories direct from our team members! Job Description Join CD PROJEKT RED and help shape the future of QA Engineering across our projects and Shared Development Services initiatives. We’re looking for…
About the role: Boston Scientific has been named one of Forbes’ World’s Best Employers and one of America’s Best Employers for Engineers, reflecting our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence…
Establish new tests, best practices, and capabilities for the QA function to bring organization to the next level Develop and... ...Page Object Model and TestNG test framework Partner with other engineering disciplines t…
$70k - $85k
Manufacturing Engineer II About the Role: Responsible for all technical support of the processes used to manufacture cable and harness products. Be a creative and proactive contributor to the management team. At all time…
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What qa engineers earn in Boston
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $34–$49 | $70k–$102k |
| Mid level | $49–$68 | $102k–$141k |
| Senior | $64–$89 | $134k–$186k |
Adjusted for the Boston market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Test planning and case designAutomation (Selenium, Playwright)API testing (Postman)A scripting language (Python, JS)Bug reporting and triageSQL for data verificationCI integration of test suitesExploratory testingAttention to detail
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
How would you test a login form?
Go beyond happy path: invalid inputs, security cases, lockouts, accessibility, and different devices. Structure your answer into categories so it sounds systematic.
What do you automate, and what do you test manually?
Automate the repeatable and regression-prone; explore manually where human judgment finds new bugs. Showing you know automation has a maintenance cost is the senior move.
Walk me through a great bug report you have written.
Reproduction steps, expected versus actual, environment, evidence, and severity. Emphasize that a good report saves a developer an hour.
A developer says your bug is not a bug. What do you do?
Show that you argue from the user's perspective and the spec, escalate with data if needed, and keep the relationship collaborative.
How do you decide what to test when time is short before a release?
Risk-based prioritization: critical paths, recent changes, and areas with bug history. Naming the tradeoff explicitly is what they want to hear.
How do you keep an automated test suite from becoming flaky?
Talk about stable selectors, proper waits, isolated test data, and quarantining flaky tests instead of ignoring red builds.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For qa engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Quantify your impact in defects: escape rate reduced, critical bugs caught pre-release, regression time cut.
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Name your automation stack and the size of suites you built or maintained, such as number of tests or coverage of critical flows.
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Show progression from manual to automation if that is your path — it is the expected trajectory and worth making explicit.
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Mention the domains you tested (payments, healthcare, mobile) since domain risk knowledge transfers.
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Include CI/CD integration work; a suite that runs on every pull request is worth more than one run by hand.
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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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QA Analyst
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QA Engineer
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Senior QA Engineer
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QA Lead
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Head of Quality
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