QA Automation Engineer
Writes and maintains the automated test suites that replace manual click-through testing — heavy on test tooling, lighter on production application code than an SDET.
Credible resume terms
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Adjacent, but not real signal
These read as related, but they don’t tell you this candidate can do this job — they usually belong to one of the roles below.
Most often confused with
- SDET
- Manual QA / Tester
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