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QA Engineer resume keywords

Core keywords are the skill list on the QA Engineer resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role.

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Counted on 2026-10-10 from 34 public job postings whose titles match QA Engineer. Those postings came from Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, and SmartRecruiters. A posting is counted for this role when the longest published job-title phrase in its title is QA Engineer. The crawl queried Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and SmartRecruiters for 133 employers in the State of ATS 2026 dataset that use those vendors, and for 279 additional public boards from the extended coverage tier. The extended boards are not part of the 738-company statistics. 361 boards returned postings out of 412 boards attempted, and 46923 postings were scanned. HTML was stripped before counting, and each posting counts once per term. Phrases beyond the published skill list are the most common two- and three-word phrases in the matched postings. Posting text is not stored. A role page shows these percentages only when at least 30 descriptions were counted.

Core keywords

These are the terms to put on the resume when they match work you have done.

  • Selenium

    9% of 34 recent postings mention Selenium.

  • Jest

    0% of 34 recent postings mention Jest.

  • Cypress

    0% of 34 recent postings mention Cypress.

  • Test Automation

    44% of 34 recent postings mention Test Automation.

  • API Testing

    6% of 34 recent postings mention API Testing.

  • Regression Testing

    12% of 34 recent postings mention Regression Testing.

  • Jira

    29% of 34 recent postings mention Jira.

  • CI/CD

    21% of 34 recent postings mention CI/CD.

  • Performance Testing

    9% of 34 recent postings mention Performance Testing.

  • Agile

    29% of 34 recent postings mention Agile.

Supporting keywords
  • Burp Suite

    0% of 34 recent postings mention Burp Suite.

Phrases from recent postings

These phrases showed up often in the matched postings and are not already on the published skill list.

  • product managers

    44% of 34 recent postings mention product managers.

  • 100 million devices

    35% of 34 recent postings mention 100 million devices.

  • businesses smart homes

    35% of 34 recent postings mention businesses smart homes.

  • common goal rethinking

    35% of 34 recent postings mention common goal rethinking.

  • connect everyone everywhere

    35% of 34 recent postings mention connect everyone everywhere.

  • create technology platforms

    35% of 34 recent postings mention create technology platforms.

  • date ubiquiti

    35% of 34 recent postings mention date ubiquiti.

  • dedicated team

    35% of 34 recent postings mention dedicated team.

  • hundreds behind

    35% of 34 recent postings mention hundreds behind.

  • internet service providers

    35% of 34 recent postings mention internet service providers.

  • isp networking products

    35% of 34 recent postings mention isp networking products.

  • made possible

    35% of 34 recent postings mention made possible.

Where to place them

  1. 1

    Headline

    Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: QA Engineer | Selenium | Jest.

  2. 2

    Skills

    List the core terms together in the skills section: Selenium, Jest, Cypress, Test Automation, API Testing, Regression Testing, Jira, CI/CD, Performance Testing, Agile.

  3. 3

    Experience

    Use Selenium, Jest, Cypress inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result.

  4. 4

    Supporting terms

    Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: Burp Suite.

Sample lines from the resume example

These lines are already published on the QA Engineer resume example. Use them as a pattern for where a keyword sits next to a result, and replace the details with your own.

  • Built automated test suite of 2000+ tests achieving 90% code coverage across web and mobile
  • Reduced regression testing cycle from 5 days to 4 hours through test automation
  • Identified and documented 500+ bugs across 10 product releases with zero critical escapes
  • Implemented performance testing framework catching 15+ bottlenecks before production release

Questions about QA Engineer keywords

What keywords should a QA Engineer resume include?

Core keywords for a QA Engineer resume are Selenium, Jest, Cypress, Test Automation, API Testing, Regression Testing, Jira, CI/CD, Performance Testing, Agile. Core keywords are the skill list on the QA Engineer resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role. Percentages are the share of 34 public postings fetched on 2026-10-10 whose titles match this role.

Where should QA Engineer keywords go on a resume?

Headline: Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: QA Engineer | Selenium | Jest. Skills: List the core terms together in the skills section: Selenium, Jest, Cypress, Test Automation, API Testing, Regression Testing, Jira, CI/CD, Performance Testing, Agile. Experience: Use Selenium, Jest, Cypress inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result. Supporting terms: Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: Burp Suite.

How do I check a QA Engineer resume?

Open the free ATS checker with QA Engineer prefilled, paste your resume, and compare it with the keyword list on this page.

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