LinkedIn: The 5-Minute Sweep
How do people search for QA openings on LinkedIn? One of the first things I do is search by title, testing niche, or specific tools relevant to my field. Then I switch over to recent posts to see what recruiters,…
Where Charlotte’s Testing Community Comes Into Focus
Where Charlotte’s Testing Community Comes Into Focus
Month April 2026
When “Resume Help” Becomes a Red Flag: How Engineers Can Vet Career Advice in a Noisy Market
I recently spoke with a local engineering director at a financial services firm who’s been exploring the market. Not aggressively applying everywhere. Just testing the waters for a senior leadership move he had been targeting. At first glance, everything looked…
Are Companies Missing Great QA Talent by Over-Filtering for Playwright?
I’m seeing a lot of QA automation engineers get filtered out simply because they don’t have direct Playwright experience, even when they have strong Selenium or Cypress backgrounds. Depending on the actual business need, companies may be overlooking highly capable…
Field Updates
Disclaimer: Please note these are just updates based on my conversation in the market
How to Vet the ‘Manual + Automation’ QA Gigs
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve had 3 conversations with different candidates applying to “manual + automation” listed QA roles…that are actually much more engineering-heavy than they appear. How long has this been an issue? Quick note: if you’re ~75%…
Not a Straight Line: Career Moves
Ovidius AI added headcount this week, bringing on a local engineer who was ready to step away from corporate dev life and move into a technical sales engineering role focused on driving custom solutions. This hire came through networking, but…
LoopQA – Automation QA
Full-time | $90–95K + benefits/PTO Hybrid (Tues/Wed) in Charlotte, NCReports to: Ben Fellows Note: Ben said feel free to reach out directly, just reference the site🙂 QA Automation Engineer (Playwright / API / AI-Assisted Workflows) This role focuses on improving…
Still Seeing Strong Pull for Hybrid Automation Talent
Hearing consistant signals from the market around hybrid Automation Engineer roles (UI / API / AI-driven initiatives) at Ally Financial Spoke with a tech lead this week who mentioned they just brought on an automation engineer Monday: and they’re still…
AI Forge: Multi-Tenant AI Without Shared Systems
An example of modern AI system design in the Charlotte, NC market. AI Forge is a multi-tenant AI platform where each organization operates in a fully isolated environment with its own data, workflows, and execution layer. In this context, “client”…
LoopQA: Senior QA Automation Engineer (Playwright / Internal Tooling)
Full-time | $105 to $115K + benefits/PTOHybrid (Tues/Wed) in Charlotte, NCReports to: Ryan Anderson **I spoke with him 4 This is a backfill role** This team builds internal web applications that power day-to-day operations across the business. This role exists…