QA Automation Engineer
Recruitment.ai · Tucson, AZ
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Jun 29, 2026
Tucson, AZ
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · 6+ years · Tucson, AZ · Bachelor's required
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10 people in the Tucson, AZ area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 4–15
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $102,863 (middle half $93,328–$129,026).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The title 'Quality Assurance Engineer III' maps to a Senior-level IC; the 'III' numeric level is treated as the advertised seniority equivalent of Senior.
The JD requires a Bachelor's degree in CS, Software/Systems Engineering, or related discipline with no 'or equivalent experience' escape clause, so it is treated as a hard degree gate.
Java, Python, and C# are listed as interchangeable options for the required automation language; Java is used as the primary with Python and C# as alternatives.
REST and gRPC are listed together as a single UI/API automation requirement; REST is primary with gRPC as the alternative.
Containerization and infrastructure-as-code are required but no specific tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform) are named — the requirement is captured at the capability level.
Microservices and network protocols experience appear only under the 'Preferred Qualifications' section.
Master's degree is explicitly called 'a plus' under Preferred Qualifications — not a hard gate.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
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