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QA Engineer
Break it before users do
€38k–€75k Demand: High
What the work is really like
QA engineers hunt down the bugs, edge cases and broken flows nobody else thought to try. The best ones combine a destructive imagination with the discipline to automate their curiosity.
1Writing automated tests for a new feature
2Reproducing a bug a user could barely describe
3Reviewing a release checklist before ship day
4Finding the input nobody expected would break things
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Skills to develop
Test design
Automation (Playwright/Cypress)
API testing
Bug reporting
SQL basics
CI integration
Estimated to job-ready: ~6 months of focused effort.
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