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qa engineer

Learned from 100 real résumés for this role.

Across 100 real U.S. résumés for a qa engineer, the most distinctive skills are Go, Redis and Vue — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Go
30% have it · 22.1× vs average
Redis
37% have it · 19.4× vs average
Vue
28% have it · 18.4× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

go
22.1×
30% · N=30
redis
19.4×
37% · N=37
vue
18.4×
28% · N=28
google cloud
16.4×
28% · N=28
ruby
15.4×
28% · N=28
c++
13.0×
35% · N=35
azure
13.1×
30% · N=30
flask
12.3×
33% · N=33
python
7.2×
100% · N=100
c#
8.6×
25% · N=25
django
7.3×
30% · N=30
angular
7.1×
26% · N=26
node.js
6.6×
31% · N=31
mongodb
5.8×
38% · N=38
aws
4.7×
42% · N=42

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

senior qa engineer20% · N=3front end web developer20% · N=3full stack java developer20% · N=3senior automation engineer20% · N=3technical services manager20% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

engineer6% · N=3

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Qa Engineer need?

In 100 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Go (30% have it), Redis (37% have it), Vue (28% have it), Google Cloud (28% have it), Ruby (28% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Qa Engineer roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Senior Qa Engineer (20% of moves, N=3), Front End Web Developer (20% of moves, N=3), Full Stack Java Developer (20% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Qa Engineer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Engineer (6% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Qa Engineer salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 100 of them are Qa Engineer résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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