QA Engineer (Manual)
Ensuring software quality through manual and exploratory testing
Level:
Programming Fundamentals
8 skills · 40 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algorithms & Data Structures | |||||
| Algorithms & Complexity | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Data Structures | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Expert |
| OOP & Design Patterns | |||||
| OOP & SOLID Principles | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Design Patterns | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Concurrency & Parallelism | |||||
| Multithreading | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Async Programming | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Clean Code & Refactoring | |||||
| Code Quality & Refactoring | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Expert |
| Type Systems | |||||
| Type Safety & Type Systems | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
Backend Development
1 skills · 5 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caching | |||||
| Redis | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
Database Management
1 skills · 5 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relational Databases | |||||
| PostgreSQL | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
API & Integration
6 skills · 30 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REST API | |||||
| REST API Design | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| GraphQL | |||||
| GraphQL Design | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| API Gateway & Service Communication | |||||
| Webhooks & Integrations | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| API Management | |||||
| API Versioning Strategies | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| API Documentation | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| API Testing | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
Cloud & Infrastructure
4 skills · 20 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containerization | |||||
| Docker | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Kubernetes & Orchestration | |||||
| Kubernetes Core | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Cloud Providers | |||||
| AWS | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Networking | |||||
| Network Fundamentals | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
DevOps & CI/CD
1 skills · 5 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | |||||
| GitHub Actions / GitLab CI | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
Testing & QA
10 skills · 50 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Strategy | |||||
| Test Pyramid & Strategy | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| TDD & BDD | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| Unit Testing | |||||
| Unit Testing | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| Integration Testing | |||||
| Integration Testing | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| E2E Testing | |||||
| E2E Testing | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| Specialized Testing | |||||
| Accessibility Testing | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| Mobile Testing | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| Security Testing | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| Test Infrastructure | |||||
| Test Data Management | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| Test Environment Management | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
Security
2 skills · 10 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Security | |||||
| OWASP & Application Security | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Secure Coding Practices | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
AI-Assisted Development
5 skills · 24 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Coding Assistants | |||||
| GitHub Copilot | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Cursor IDE | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| ChatGPT / Claude | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Prompt Engineering | |||||
| Prompt Engineering for Code | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | — |
| AI in Development Workflows | |||||
| AI Test Generation | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
Architecture & System Design
1 skills · 5 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System Design | |||||
| System Design Fundamentals | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
Observability & Monitoring
4 skills · 20 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logging | |||||
| Structured Logging | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| ELK Stack | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |
| Metrics & Monitoring | |||||
| Prometheus & Grafana | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Distributed Tracing | |||||
| OpenTelemetry | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
Version Control & Collaboration
3 skills · 15 requirements| Skill | Junior | Middle | Senior | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Git & Workflows | |||||
| Git Advanced | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Advanced |
| Code Review | |||||
| Code Review | Awareness | Working | Working | Advanced | Expert |
| Collaboration Tools | |||||
| Documentation as Code | Awareness | Working | Advanced | Advanced | Expert |