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Real-time Charlotte QA hiring signals from sourcing conversations, recruiter activity and hiring manager feedback.
This page is where I share intel collected so QA professionals can get a clearer read on the market, from automation roles and interview trends to team expectations and the signals that can help candidates position themselves more effectively.
Automation Candidate Confessions Field Notes Job Local Recruitment Contacts LoopQA Market Signal Ovidius AI
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Ovidius AI
Title: Senior AI Engineer, Agentic Systems
Duration: Fulltime
Location: Fully remote
Release Date: 05/04
Owner: Owen BoesveldWe’re hiring a Senior Engineer to build production AI agents.
This role owns the full stack: Claude Managed Agents, RAG pipelines over proprietary data, and Claude Cowork Skills used by non-technical teams daily. You scope the problem, pick the tools, and ship.
What we need: production Python, hands-on Anthropic API experience (Claude Code, Managed Agents), and working knowledge of RAG systems and Supabase. n8n and MCP experience puts you ahead.
If you need a spec to know what to do next, this is not the role. If you build agents and care about what they actually solve for the business, apply Here
Ovidius AI
P.S- I hear they’ll be hiring for another QA soon. Be sure to follow our linkedin page!
**Disclaimer: I don’t manage this requisition**
Update 5/15: Candidates currently interviewing. QA REQ was just released! -
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, hiring managers, and engineers are actively discussing.
In just five minutes, I found several people who have posted and might be worth reaching out to:
Kyley Roberts
Posted: 2 days ago
REQ: ETL (mid level) QAHemank Narula
Posted: 1 week ago
REQs: Automation Engineer/SDET (TD Bank)Manjari Saxena
Posted: 2 days ago
REQ: Salesforce QA Automation Engineer with PlaywrightSreenivas Mohan
Posted: today
REQ: Automation Engineer (Cypress)Avnish Kumar
Posted: 4 weeks ago
REQ: QA focused on AI/Chatbot and Conversational AIShibashish Sam
Posted: today
REQ: Automation QAHarrison Ferone
Posted: Repost
REQ: Automation QABrianna Healing
Posted: today
REQ: Automation Engineer (remote)I did this exercise with an engineering manager last week, and we kicked up several hiring leaders who had posted opportunities or general signals we could leverage that we wouldn’t have found through the job tab. Job searching isn’t just applying to posted jobs but about identifying target companies and intentionally networking with the right people.
It Could Be As Simple As This:
Now who could use a little help with outreach strategy? 🙂
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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% of a fit, apply. Don’t overthink it.
My opinion: The goal of your resume is simply to get that conversation. If it’s a solid company and you’re reasonably aligned, that first call is always worth it.Once you’re in that conversation, here are a few questions I think might help you actually vet the role:
▶️ If someone spent 70% of their first 90 days on automation backlog and 30% on sprint coverage, would that be the right balance? What does the week-to-week actually look like?
▶️ What does the current automation setup look like: building from scratch, inheriting a framework, or maintaining what’s already there?
▶️ When you say “manual testing when needed,” who decides when it’s needed? The QA engineer, product, or a defined process?If the rep doesn’t know the answers, that’s fine: ask them to go get them. That clarity helps everyone.
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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 leadership is known to use staffing firms when needed on large projects😉
LoopQA added headcount this week. An engineer with early-career testing experience spent the last five years working as a systems engineer. With AI reshaping the landscape, he re-engaged his interest in QA automation, refreshed his skills, and successfully landed an AI-driven testing role with LoopQA. This was possible because LoopQA’s leadership has strong credibility with their client partners and uses thoughtful evaluation processes that assess real knowledge not just someone’s most recent title. That’s something I don’t see as often with other staffing partners
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LoopQA – Automation QA
Full-time | $90–95K + benefits/PTO
Hybrid (Tues/Wed) in Charlotte, NC
Reports 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 automation coverage for a team that ships continuously. You will build and maintain end-to-end and API test suites, help close coverage gaps, and support CI/CD pipeline reliability. The goal is to ensure quality keeps pace with development.
We use AI tooling (Claude, Cursor) as part of our development workflow. Familiarity or curiosity in using these tools in practical work is a strong plus.
What You Will Do
- Build and maintain automated tests using Playwright across UI and API layers
- Contribute to expanding end-to-end test coverage by identifying gaps and writing new scenarios
- Run, monitor, and help triage failures in CI/CD pipelines
- Debug test failures and work to determine whether the issue is in the test, data, or application
- Collaborate with engineers to improve test structure and reliability
- Use AI tooling to support testing, debugging, and workflow efficiency
What We Need
- 2 to 6 years in QA, software testing, or test automation
- Hands-on experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar frameworks
- Working knowledge of APIs and how web applications function
- Familiarity with JavaScript, TypeScript, or another scripting language
- You are comfortable debugging issues before escalating them
- Experience with AI-assisted tools is a plus, or strong interest in adopting them
How We Evaluate
A hands-on Playwright exercise built around real-world scenarios. We are evaluating your debugging process and how you navigate unfamiliar behavior—not just correctness.
Interview Process
Technical exercise followed by a hiring manager conversation.
**Update: Week 5/4, interviews in play**
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Charlotte QA: Market Watch
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 actively interviewing to build out the teams further (strong q2 hiring)
Sharing a contact I was pointed to by my network: Selah Boughner & Meghan Robinson @ Optomi
If you’re closer to the Ally ecosystem or know strong staffing partners with real-time delivery pipelines there, feel free to DM me
**Disclaimer: I don’t manage or represent this role and am simply tracking market activity**
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