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QA Engineer jobs in Sacramento, 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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$28–$75/hr
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industrial power solutions for essential infrastructure nationwide. Headquartered in Sacramento, CA, our teams collaborate closely across engineering, manufacturing, and operations to build reliable, high‑quality systems…
$110k - $130k
solving and communication skills.Curiosity and a willingness to learn and experiment with new technologies.Experience in architecture, engineering, construction, or a professional services based organization is a plus.Wo…
$110.3k - $165.5k
firms while building our clean energy future.Your OpportunityOur US work group has an opportunity for a Senior Transmission Line Engineer; this individual will sit in any of Stantec’s US offices. Project requirements wil…
$110.3k - $165.5k
world’s top design firms while building our clean energy future.Your OpportunityWe are currently engaged as the Owner’s Consulting Engineer in several hydro projects that include complex scopes ranging from refurbishment…
$93.6k - $135.7k
clients and the communities they serve.Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.Your OpportunityThe role of a civil engineer is to work on smaller projects, and/or as a team member of a larger project un…
$145.6k - $218.5k
projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.Stantec's Water practice is seeking a highly motivated Geotechnical Engineer to join our successful water team in our Sacramento, California office. Prim…
$121.3k - $182.1k
OpportunityStantec is seeking Intermediate and Senior Civil/Structural Engineers to support our Substation Physical Electrical Teams. This... ...bus and enclosures associated with power delivery projectsPerform QA/ QC of…
$145.6k - $218.5k
lead, and do the most consequential work of their careers.Your OpportunityStantec is seeking an accomplished US Transmission Line Engineering Manager to lead and advance our transmission line engineering and design pract…
govern software, and we design and implement the agentic software and processes that run it. That work changes the operating model an engineering organization runs on, the ways of working underneath it, and the tooling t…
and delivered as global energy demands grow. From massive data centers to modernizing transmission systems, our industry-recognized engineers and scientists have been at the forefront of grid transformation for more than…
solutions. We invite you to build your Water career at HDR. Our global team is looking for success-oriented Hydraulic Structures Engineers to work in a number of locations on a wide variety of projects in the Dams, Levee…
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What qa engineers earn in Sacramento
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $28–$41 | $59k–$86k |
| Mid level | $41–$57 | $86k–$119k |
| Senior | $54–$75 | $113k–$157k |
Adjusted for the Sacramento 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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