The latest on test automation, AI in QA, and the evolving job market for testers.
What the Job Board Is Telling Us Right NowWe pulled the last 30 days of postings from our job board, and the signal is loud and clear: every single active QA role is demanding automation fluency. Not "familiarity with." Not "exposure to." Fluency. We're talking Cypress, Seleni...
The Demand Is Real. The Bar Is Higher.Let's cut straight to it: QA jobs aren't disappearing. But the kind of QA jobs that are available have shifted dramatically. Looking at our job board over the last 30 days, every single active posting — all 20 of them — calls for automatio...
Stop Believing the Doom and GloomEvery few months, someone posts a viral thread claiming that AI has killed the QA job market. Manual testers are done. Automation engineers are next. Just let the robots handle it. If you've been losing sleep over headlines like that, here's yo...
The Demand Is Real, But the Bar Has MovedLet's not sugarcoat it: the QA job market in early 2026 is strong, but it's not strong for everyone. Scanning our job board over the last 30 days tells a clear story. Every single open role — from a Rockstar Games SDET in Florida to a P...
What the Numbers Actually SayEveryone's talking about AI replacing QA engineers. Vendors are pitching "autonomous testing agents." LinkedIn is flooded with takes about how prompt engineering is the only skill that matters now. And yet — when you look at what companies are actu...
What the Numbers Are Actually Telling UsEvery week someone posts a hot take that "AI is replacing QA engineers." Then I look at the job board and reality slaps back. Over the last 30 days, we tracked 20 open roles in our region — and only 4 of them explicitly called out AI/ML ...
The Market Is Sending a Clear SignalTake a look at the last 30 days of QA job postings and something jumps out immediately: 100% of recent openings are full-time roles, and nearly all of them are demanding senior-level automation chops. No contract-to-hire experiments. No juni...