Description: We are seeking a Senior QA Test Engineer to join our team in Raleigh, NC. This is a contract-to-hire position. Responsibilities: -- Prepare detailed test cases and scenarios based on functional and business…
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QA Engineer jobs in Raleigh, NC
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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$26–$69/hr
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$94k
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require a bachelors degree plus 6 years of experience in systems engineering or systems programming, or a high school diploma/GED plus 10... ...Selenium WebDriver. We need strong client-server, web, and mobile QA experie…
First Citizens is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, implement, and maintain automated testing solutions in line with the bank's QA Center of Excellence standards. The role bridges manual Q…
Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced QA Automation Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for web, API, mobile, and microservices applications. The ideal candidate…
NC FAST requires the services of a Quality Assurance Engineer to drive the planning, development, and implementation of testing activities... ...a Quality Assurance Engineer. We are looking for a self-driven QA Engineer…
$100k - $150k
tremendous career growth potential. Job Title: Software Quality Engineer Location: 100% Remote (U.S.) Position Type: Full-time,... ...Engineering, or a related technical discipline. ~6+ years of QA automation experience.…
$100k - $150k
organization offering tremendous career growth potential. Job Title: QA Automation Developer Location: 100% Remote (U.S.) Position... ...defects, create regression tests, and mentor junior QA engineers. Required Qualific…
$36 - $46 per hour
Ace IT Careers is recruiting for a current Software Test Engineer opportunity supporting the testing of web applications, APIs, databases... ...will work with product owners, developers, business analysts, and QA profess…
$76.5k - $104.5k
require a bachelors degree plus 6 years of experience in systems engineering and systems programming, or a high school diploma/GED plus 10... ...WebDriver. We prefer strong client-server, web, and mobile QA experience. W…
$79.6k - $139.3k
Automation Test Engineer Position Description CGI is seeking a passionate and detail-oriented Automation Test Engineer to join our... ...JIRA. . Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and QA team members to ensu…
re on a mission that matters, and we're hiring for a Software QA Developer I who will thrive in a dynamic high-growth start-up... ...customer pain and unlocks new capabilities. We are expanding our Engineering team to su…
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What qa engineers earn in Raleigh
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $26–$38 | $54k–$79k |
| Mid level | $38–$52 | $79k–$109k |
| Senior | $50–$69 | $104k–$144k |
Adjusted for the Raleigh 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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