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QA Engineer jobs in Seattle, WA

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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$33–$87/hr
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W2 Manual QA Engineer [ NO C2C ]

Inabia Software & Consulting Inc. · Bellevue, WA · Temporary

Manual QA Engineer — Microsoft Dynamics 365 End Client : Will let you know later Job Type: 2–3 days/week onsite Schedule Monday–Friday, core business hours Location : Bellevue, WA Bill Rate Up to $30-$35/hr, W2 Engagemen…

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Test Automation Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies · Bellevue, WA · Full-time
$100k - $150k

Test Automation Engineer - Remote Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering... ..., test reliability, and time-to-feedback. ~ Mentor junior QA engineers and uphold…

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SDET Engineer

Blue Ribbon Global Technologies · Seattle, WA

technical skills within the constantly changing technology sector. Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Engage extensively in QA testing across multiple system touch points with a significant focus on automation. Desig…

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SDET Engineer

2T Consulting · Seattle, WA · Temporary

test documentation, test reports, and functional spreadsheets supporting QA and automation activities. Required Skills and Qualifications ~ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. ~8+ year…

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LabVIEW Test Engineer 2

Purple Hires Inc · Seattle, WA · Full-time

Job Title: LabVIEW Test Engineer Location: Seattle, WA (Onsite) Work Schedule: Monday Friday (Onsite) Employment Type: Full-Time / Contract. Domain: Aerospace (Mandatory) Must-Have Skills LabVIEW Development Test Automat…

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Embedded software Test Engineer

Siri InfoSolutions Inc · Seattle, WA · Full-time

Job Title: Embedded Software test Engineer Location: Redmond WA onsite only Type- Fulltime Email: ****@*****.*** Onsite Day 1 Onsite at customer location Key Responsibilities- Experience in firmware development...

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QA Engineer

VDart Inc · Bellevue, WA

Job Title: QA Engineer Duration: 4-month contract Location: Hybrid, 2-3 days in (Bellevue, WA) Key Responsibilities Perform manual functional and regression testing within Microsoft Dynamics 365. Execute and validate end…

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SAP Quality Assurance Developer TOSCA

vaaridatech · Seattle, WA

Role - SAP Quality Assurance Developer TOSCA Location - Seattle, WA / Dallas, TX / St.Louis ,MO onsite Job Type- Full Time Employment Job description below Must Have Technical/Functional Skills • Hands on experience with…

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QA Automation Engineer

Flowplay, LLC · Seattle, WA · Full-time
$115k - $125k

QA Automation Engineer Job Summary We are seeking a collaborative and forward-thinking experienced QA Automation Engineer to join our established QA team as our resident Automation Specialist. You will be joining a close…

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Test Engineer

System One · Bellevue, WA · Temporary
$52 - $85 per hour

Test Engineer (Contract) Location: Bellevue, WA or Everett, WA (100% Onsite) Company: System One Pay Rate: $52.00 - $85.00/hour Position Type: Contract Position Overview System One is seeking a Test Engineer to support c…

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What qa engineers earn in Seattle

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $33–$48 $69k–$100k
Mid level $48–$66 $100k–$138k
Senior $63–$87 $131k–$181k

Adjusted for the Seattle 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

01 QA Analyst
02 QA Engineer
03 Senior QA Engineer
04 QA Lead
05 Head of Quality
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