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Job Overview
Shasta QA is looking for a Junior Programmer to join our software quality assurance team. This is a great opportunity for a recent college graduate or early-career programmer who wants to build practical software development and testing experience while working on real-world applications.
We’re looking for someone with a foundation in programming and computer science fundamentals, but previous professional QA or test automation experience is not required. A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred but not required.
Depending on project needs and your skills and interests, your work may include software test automation, manual software testing, or a combination of both. You’ll work alongside experienced QA professionals and learn how software is tested throughout the development lifecycle.
This role is particularly well suited to someone who enjoys programming, troubleshooting, investigating why things don’t work as expected, and learning new technologies.
What You'll Be Doing
- Develop automated tests for web, desktop, mobile, and other software applications
- Convert existing manual test cases into automated tests
- Debug failing automated tests and investigate unexpected software behavior
- Maintain and improve existing test automation frameworks
- Learn how automation frameworks are designed and built
- Review requirements and translate them into test scenarios and procedures
- Perform exploratory and structured manual testing when required by project needs
- Identify, document, and communicate software defects
- Verify new features, bug fixes, and application changes
- Work with developers, QA engineers, and manual QA testers to investigate issues
- Learn new programming languages, frameworks, tools, and technologies as projects require
- Identify opportunities to improve test coverage and testing efficiency
Qualifications
- We’re looking for a solid foundation rather than expertise in a specific technology stack.
You should have:
- Programming experience in at least one general-purpose language such as C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C++, or a similar language
- An understanding of fundamental programming concepts, including variables, functions, data structures, control flow, and object-oriented programming
- Experience debugging your own code and working through technical problems
- Familiarity with source control concepts and tools such as Git
- The ability to learn new technologies using technical documentation and other resources
Experience with any of the following is helpful, but not required:
- HTML, XML, JSON, or YAML
- SQL and relational databases
- Unit or automated testing frameworks such as pytest, MSTest, NUnit, JUnit, Mocha, or similar
- Web browser developer tools
- REST APIs
- XPath or CSS selectors
- Regular expressions
- CI/CD tools or concepts
- Selenium, Playwright, Appium, or other test automation technologies
QA Skills You’ll Develop
Previous professional QA experience is not required. We’ll help you develop skills including:
- Detecting patterns and identifying outliers
- Creating clear, reproducible bug reports
- Interpreting test results and investigating failures
- Verifying new features and bug fixes
- Identifying gaps in test coverage
- Thinking about software from an end user’s perspective
- Prioritizing testing based on risk, deadlines, and project requirements
- Distinguishing software defects from expected behavior
- Asking effective questions when requirements or behavior are unclear
What We’re Looking For
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- A keen eye for detail
- Clear and concise written and verbal communication
- Curiosity about how software works—and why it sometimes doesn’t
- The ability to work independently while knowing when to ask for help
- Comfort receiving feedback and learning from more experienced team members
- Good judgment and a willingness to raise concerns when something doesn’t seem right
- Dependability and follow-through
- An interest in continually developing your technical skills
- The ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical teammates
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a related technical field preferred
- Recent graduates are encouraged to apply
- Relevant coursework, internships, personal projects, open-source contributions, or other programming experience may substitute for professional programming experience
- Previous professional software testing or QA experience is not required
About the Role
This position is designed to provide room to grow. Some Junior Programmers may spend most of their time developing and maintaining automated tests, while others may work across both automation and manual testing depending on their abilities and the needs of our client projects.
Our goal is to develop someone who can understand software at a technical level while also thinking critically about its quality from the perspective of the people who use it.
We offer benefits such as paid vacations and holidays, insurance plans including health, dental and vision, and 401(k) plans with employer matching. The position we are looking to fill is in our Shreveport office for an in-person role. This is not a remote work opening. Applicants from out of the area will be rejected.
All applicants are subject to a background check. Background checks will include, at a minimum, SSN verification, county criminal, federal criminal, sex offender registry, and government watch list. The background check must be completed before employment begins except when employment begins prior to the completion of the background check as a conditional offer. Once the background check is complete hiring authority and human resources will inform the conditional employee of hire based on the outcome of the background check. Shasta QA complies with California, Iowa, Louisiana, and Federal employment compliance laws.
Pay: $30,000.00 - $35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Job Overview
Shasta QA is looking for a Junior Programmer to join our software quality assurance team. This is a great opportunity for a recent college graduate or early-career programmer who wants to build practical software development and testing experience while working on real-world applications.
We’re looking for someone with a foundation in programming and computer science fundamentals, but previous professional QA or test automation experience is not required. A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred but not required.
Depending on project needs and your skills and interests, your work may include software test automation, manual software testing, or a combination of both. You’ll work alongside experienced QA professionals and learn how software is tested throughout the development lifecycle.
This role is particularly well suited to someone who enjoys programming, troubleshooting, investigating why things don’t work as expected, and learning new technologies.
What You'll Be Doing
- Develop automated tests for web, desktop, mobile, and other software applications
- Convert existing manual test cases into automated tests
- Debug failing automated tests and investigate unexpected software behavior
- Maintain and improve existing test automation frameworks
- Learn how automation frameworks are designed and built
- Review requirements and translate them into test scenarios and procedures
- Perform exploratory and structured manual testing when required by project needs
- Identify, document, and communicate software defects
- Verify new features, bug fixes, and application changes
- Work with developers, QA engineers, and manual QA testers to investigate issues
- Learn new programming languages, frameworks, tools, and technologies as projects require
- Identify opportunities to improve test coverage and testing efficiency
Qualifications
- We’re looking for a solid foundation rather than expertise in a specific technology stack.
You should have:
- Programming experience in at least one general-purpose language such as C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C++, or a similar language
- An understanding of fundamental programming concepts, including variables, functions, data structures, control flow, and object-oriented programming
- Experience debugging your own code and working through technical problems
- Familiarity with source control concepts and tools such as Git
- The ability to learn new technologies using technical documentation and other resources
Experience with any of the following is helpful, but not required:
- HTML, XML, JSON, or YAML
- SQL and relational databases
- Unit or automated testing frameworks such as pytest, MSTest, NUnit, JUnit, Mocha, or similar
- Web browser developer tools
- REST APIs
- XPath or CSS selectors
- Regular expressions
- CI/CD tools or concepts
- Selenium, Playwright, Appium, or other test automation technologies
QA Skills You’ll Develop
Previous professional QA experience is not required. We’ll help you develop skills including:
- Detecting patterns and identifying outliers
- Creating clear, reproducible bug reports
- Interpreting test results and investigating failures
- Verifying new features and bug fixes
- Identifying gaps in test coverage
- Thinking about software from an end user’s perspective
- Prioritizing testing based on risk, deadlines, and project requirements
- Distinguishing software defects from expected behavior
- Asking effective questions when requirements or behavior are unclear
What We’re Looking For
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- A keen eye for detail
- Clear and concise written and verbal communication
- Curiosity about how software works—and why it sometimes doesn’t
- The ability to work independently while knowing when to ask for help
- Comfort receiving feedback and learning from more experienced team members
- Good judgment and a willingness to raise concerns when something doesn’t seem right
- Dependability and follow-through
- An interest in continually developing your technical skills
- The ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical teammates
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a related technical field preferred
- Recent graduates are encouraged to apply
- Relevant coursework, internships, personal projects, open-source contributions, or other programming experience may substitute for professional programming experience
- Previous professional software testing or QA experience is not required
About the Role
This position is designed to provide room to grow. Some Junior Programmers may spend most of their time developing and maintaining automated tests, while others may work across both automation and manual testing depending on their abilities and the needs of our client projects.
Our goal is to develop someone who can understand software at a technical level while also thinking critically about its quality from the perspective of the people who use it.
We offer benefits such as paid vacations and holidays, insurance plans including health, dental and vision, and 401(k) plans with employer matching. The position we are looking to fill is in our Shreveport office for an in-person role. This is not a remote work opening. Applicants from out of the area will be rejected.
All applicants are subject to a background check. Background checks will include, at a minimum, SSN verification, county criminal, federal criminal, sex offender registry, and government watch list. The background check must be completed before employment begins except when employment begins prior to the completion of the background check as a conditional offer. Once the background check is complete hiring authority and human resources will inform the conditional employee of hire based on the outcome of the background check. Shasta QA complies with California, Iowa, Louisiana, and Federal employment compliance laws.
Pay: $30,000.00 - $35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in software QA engineer jobs.
- Proficiency in at least one test automation framework such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright
- Experience writing and maintaining test plans, test cases, and defect reports
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build workflows
- Working knowledge of at least one programming or scripting language such as Python or JavaScript
- Experience with bug tracking and project management tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Software QA Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to the stack
Recruiters scan for the exact tools in the job description. If the role lists Selenium, Cypress, or Appium, those words need to appear in your resume under real project context, not just a skills list. Generic QA resumes get filtered out fast.
Show test coverage metrics, not just duties
Hiring managers want outcomes, not responsibilities. Quantify your impact: bug escape rate reductions, test suite size, or coverage percentage gains you drove. Describing what you tested matters far less than showing what improved because of your work.
Target openings by SDLC methodology
Software qa engineer roles differ sharply between agile sprint teams and waterfall shops. Filter for the methodology you know well, since interview questions, daily workflow, and tooling expectations vary enough that the wrong match hurts your chances.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists software qa engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a live debugging demo for interviews
Many software qa engineer technical screens ask you to find bugs in a real codebase or write test cases on the spot. Practice reading unfamiliar code, identifying edge cases quickly, and explaining your reasoning aloud rather than just writing silent assertions.
Negotiate using scope, not just title
When evaluating an offer, ask specifically about the test infrastructure you will own, the ratio of manual to automated work, and whether QA is embedded in squads or siloed. These factors affect your growth more than a small base pay difference.
Software QA Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most software qa engineers?
The companies hiring the most software qa engineers right now include Tesla, NVIDIA, and Medpace, with the largest share of openings in California, Virginia, and Ohio, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is heaviest at companies scaling cloud-based products and those modernizing legacy test infrastructure.
How many software qa engineer jobs are remote?
About 48% of software qa engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, making it one of the more remote-accessible roles in software development. Automation-focused and API testing positions tend to be the most flexible, while roles requiring hands-on hardware, embedded systems, or on-site regulated environments are more likely to require in-person work.
How do you become a software qa engineer?
Start by building foundational skills in software testing concepts, including test case design, bug lifecycle management, and exploratory testing. Learn at least one automation framework and a scripting language such as Python. Build a portfolio of test suites on open-source projects or personal apps. Entry-level roles, bootcamp graduates, and internal transfers from manual QA roles are all common paths into the field.
Can you get a software qa engineer job with little or no experience?
Yes, entry-level software qa engineer roles are available, particularly in companies with structured QA teams where manual testing is a starting point. Demonstrating hands-on ability matters more than years of experience at this level. Build test cases for public apps, contribute to open-source projects, earn a relevant certification, and apply to junior or associate QA titles where hiring managers expect to develop candidates on the job.
What does the software qa engineer interview process look like?
The process typically starts with a recruiter screen covering your background and tool experience, followed by a technical assessment that may include writing test cases, reviewing a buggy code sample, or completing a take-home automation task. A panel or loop interview then covers testing strategy, how you handle edge cases, and how you collaborate with developers. Some employers add a final conversation with a hiring manager on team fit and process philosophy.
Where can I find and apply to software qa engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to software qa engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your experience and preferred work setup, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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