Charlotte QA Job Market Intel

A few roles I’m hearing about in the Charlotte market:

Quick note: I don’t manage or represent these roles. These are simply contract openings and hiring activity I’m hearing about through my network and conversations in the market.

• Amwins: Candidate submissions indicate these folks are looking for a QA Engineer with 7+ years of manual testing experience, including creating and executing test cases and working with SQL. They’re looking for someone willing to learn ACCELQ, their low-code API test automation solution. The role works in an Agile environment and will support up to 5 different Scrum teams. I will say I’ve heard great things about AmWINS over the years and I do like the management team who runs the show.
• Other QA hiring: Ally and Bank of America hired more QA Engineers, and LoopQA filled an automation/AI-driven testing role earlier this week. They have a couple more QE opportunities coming up next month!

From what I’m seeing in the market, there’s been some QA movement at TQL and CPI Security.

Over the last couple weeks, I’ve connected with QA engineers who have either interviewed with these organizations or recently moved on from them. The feedback I’ve heard has been positive around the teams and opportunities, although it sounds like they may be refining their hiring and vetting processes.

Ally Financial also has QA roles open. A QA engineer I know interviewed there through Optomi last week, so there is still active movement. They’ve been on a roll this year.

Please note that many hiring processes are currently “under construction”. So if you’re exploring QA roles in Charlotte, I’d suggest applying or reaching out directly even if the role has been reposted or paused.

A posted role doesn’t always tell the full story. Sometimes it just takes getting in front of the right person at the right time. Please note, I don’t own these roles.
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One search trick that’s been surprisingly useful lately: Google X-Ray Search.

Instead of relying only on LinkedIn, I’ve been searching job boards directly with Google.

For example:

site:job-boards.greenhouse.io intitle:(QA OR SDET OR "Test Automation" OR "Quality Engineer") remote ("United States" OR "US" OR "USA")

You can swap in different job boards or search multiple at once. I found a couple of roles this week that never showed up in my LinkedIn feed.

One other thing I’ve started doing: tracking companies that repeatedly repost the same opening. If I see the same role come back for a third time in a short window, I’ll apply and reach out to the top 3 recruiters I see in the company roster.

Another platform that has been helping generate interviews is: builtin.com

Spoke with Liv Brandt this afternoon, a BDM over at Axiom Path, and she gave me a quick peek into her req load.

She’s been actively placing QE talent across her client base over the last 6 months, but a couple of roles still active on the board are:

• (Python QA Automation Engineer #1) — (Front Office Trading Systems #36134351). REQ
• (Senior QA) — (Insurance & Digital Platforms #35627391). REQ

Inbound applications have been good but these roles are fairly specific so take a look. That said, I always say it’s never too early to get on a staffing partner’s radar. You’re tapping us in part for access to our network, and Liv’s got a deep one.

If you want to hear about what she’s seeing in the market, click HERE