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QA Career Paths

Explore different career opportunities in Quality Assurance

Manual QA Tester

Start your QA career with manual testing fundamentals

Salary Range

$50,000 - $70,000 CAD

Required Skills

Test case writing

Bug reporting

API testing

SQL basics

Automation Engineer

Build and maintain automated testing frameworks

Salary Range

$70,000 - $100,000 CAD

Required Skills

Selenium

Playwright

JavaScript/Python

CI/CD

QA Lead/Manager

Lead QA teams and define testing strategies

Salary Range

$90,000 - $130,000 CAD

Required Skills

Team leadership

Test strategy

Agile/Scrum

Mentoring

Performance Test Engineer

Specialize in load and performance testing

Salary Range

$80,000 - $120,000 CAD

Required Skills

JMeter

LoadRunner

Performance analysis

System architecture

Accessibility Specialist

Ensure digital products are accessible to all users including those with disabilities

Salary Range

$75,000 - $110,000 CAD

Required Skills

WCAG 2.2

Screen readers

Accessibility tools

HTML/CSS

AODA compliance

AI Tester

Test AI models, machine learning systems, and leverage AI tools for testing

Salary Range

$85,000 - $140,000 CAD

Required Skills

AI/ML concepts

Prompt engineering

Python

Test automation

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