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an on-call or support rotation. Collaborate with product, culinary, operations, robotics, firmware, mechanical, and software engineering teams to identify quality risks and validate system behavior. Improve logs, metrics…
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QA Engineer jobs in Los Angeles, CA
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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join us on our mission of providing humankind access to the galaxy beyond our planet. About the RoleApex is seeking a Propulsion Engineer with experience in structures and hardware integration to design the propulsion mo…
us on our mission of providing humankind access to the galaxy beyond our planet. About the RoleApex is seeking a Senior Propulsion Engineer with deep expertise in structures and hardware integration to design the propuls…
$30 per hour
supervisory staff for management of the Rail and Bus Facilities, Highways, and Joint Development construction contracts. Resident Engineers (REs) shall be experienced in the type of construction required for rail, bus, h…
us on our mission of providing humankind access to the galaxy beyond our planet. About the RoleApex is seeking a Senior Propulsion Engineer with deep experience in pressurized fluid systems to own the feed-system design…
actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.SR. SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER (STARSHIELD) At SpaceX we’re leveraging our experience in building rockets a…
$130k - $160k
Job Overview We are looking for an experienced Senior QA Engineer to drive the quality assurance strategy, test automation, and release reliability across our software platforms. In this role, you will design, implement,…
— and validate it against aerospace and defense production requirements. Coordinate with the Machine Controls & Data Integration Engineer so cell safety state is visible to the machine and platform layer.Powder and Combu…
$155.7k - $208.7k
the next generation of Disney to the world. Working with top-class industry talent, this role is perfect for the accomplished game engineer looking to create something epic - collaborating with an incredible group of gam…
$275k - $305k
ANA United StatesWork Type: On-siteDate Posted: 2026-05-08Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.We are more than 34,000…
to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. In the role of Aviation Engineer, we'll count on you to:Prepare approaches, scopes of work, fee estimates for aviat…
ABOUT YOU We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer with strong Web3 experience to join our engineering team. You are meticulous, technically sharp, and deeply curious about decentralized technologies. You understand the n…
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What qa engineers earn in Los Angeles
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $32–$47 | $67k–$98k |
| Mid level | $47–$64 | $98k–$134k |
| Senior | $62–$85 | $128k–$177k |
Adjusted for the Los Angeles 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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