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QA Engineer resume example — Mid-level (3–5 years)

Sample summary for Noah Williams

SDET with 4 years building test automation frameworks that shift quality left. Led the test automation program at 2 companies, reduced regression cycle time by 80%, and maintained <0.5% production bug escape rate across 3 high-velocity engineering teams.

Key skills
CypressPlaywrightSeleniumJestPythonCI/CD IntegrationPerformance TestingAPI TestingTest ArchitectureTypeScriptJiraBDD
Sample experience
QA Engineer
2021 – Present
Signal Software · Nashville, TN
  • Built Playwright automation framework from scratch covering 300+ test cases; integrated into CI with per-PR execution
  • Reduced regression cycle time from 5 days to 6 hours, enabling 3x faster release cadence across 3 teams
  • Maintained production bug escape rate below 0.5% for 18 consecutive months across 40+ releases
  • Introduced contract testing with Pact, eliminating integration failures between 4 microservices
QA Engineer
2020 – 2021
Clearview Payments · Remote
  • Automated 200 manual test cases, saving 15 hours of manual QA effort per release cycle
  • Implemented load testing with k6 identifying a bottleneck that, when fixed, improved checkout throughput by 3x
  • Created bug severity classification system adopted across 3 engineering teams
Tips for your QA Engineer resume

Mid-level SDET resumes should demonstrate framework ownership, CI integration, and measurable quality improvements — not just test counts. Show that you reduce friction in the development cycle, not just catch bugs after the fact. Performance testing and contract testing signal technical breadth.

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Noah Williams
QA Engineer · Automation · SDET · 4 Years
Contact
noah.williams@email.com · (555) 234-5678 · New York, NY
Skills
· Cypress
· Playwright
· Selenium
· Jest
· Python
· CI/CD Integration
· Performance Testing
· API Testing
· Test Architecture
· TypeScript
Education
B.S. Computer Science
Vanderbilt University
2020
Summary
SDET with 4 years building test automation frameworks that shift quality left. Led the test automation program at 2 companies, reduced regression cycle time by 80%, and maintained <0.5% production bug escape rate across 3 high-velocity engineering teams.
Experience
QA Engineer2021 – Present
Signal Software · Nashville, TN
Built Playwright automation framework from scratch covering 300+ test cases; integrated into CI with per-PR execution
Reduced regression cycle time from 5 days to 6 hours, enabling 3x faster release cadence across 3 teams
Maintained production bug escape rate below 0.5% for 18 consecutive months across 40+ releases
QA Engineer2020 – 2021
Clearview Payments · Remote
Automated 200 manual test cases, saving 15 hours of manual QA effort per release cycle
Implemented load testing with k6 identifying a bottleneck that, when fixed, improved checkout throughput by 3x
Created bug severity classification system adopted across 3 engineering teams