# QA Engineer Resume Template

QA resumes stand out when they show automation and the bugs it stopped from reaching users. This template highlights your test frameworks, coverage and release quality numbers.

_Source: Astra (https://useastra.in/resume-templates/qa-engineer). Updated 2026-10-12. Level: Early career._

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## Skills to put on a QA Engineer resume

- **Automation:** Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, TestNG
- **API and performance:** Postman, Rest Assured, JMeter, k6
- **Languages and process:** Java, Python, JavaScript, SQL, Jira, Agile

## Weak vs strong resume bullets

- Weak: Did manual and automation testing.
  Strong: Automated 320 regression cases in Playwright, cutting the release test cycle from 3 days to 4 hours.
- Weak: Found bugs before release.
  Strong: Added API contract tests in Rest Assured that caught 27 breaking changes before production in 6 months.

## Tips for a QA Engineer resume

- Show how much you automated and how much time it saved per release.
- Mention the frameworks you built or extended, not just the ones you used.
- Leaked bugs, release cycle time and flaky test rate are strong numbers for QA.

## Example resume

Fictional person and employers. Numbers are illustrative.

**Sneha Patil**, QA Automation Engineer, Mumbai, India

QA automation engineer with 3 years in Playwright, Selenium and API testing. Cut the release test cycle from 3 days to 4 hours.

### Experience

**QA Automation Engineer, Policyhub Insurance** (Mumbai, Jan 2024 to Present)
- Automated 320 regression cases in Playwright; release testing fell from 3 days to 4 hours.
- Added Rest Assured contract tests that caught 27 breaking API changes in 6 months.
- Cut flaky tests from 11% to 2% by fixing waits and test data setup.

**QA Engineer, Billdesk Labs** (Mumbai, Jul 2022 to Dec 2023)
- Wrote and ran test plans for 14 releases of the merchant dashboard.

### Education

- B.E. Information Technology, University of Mumbai, 2018 to 2022, CGPA 8.0

### Skills

- Automation: Playwright, Selenium, TestNG, Appium
- API and performance: Rest Assured, Postman, JMeter
- Languages: Java, JavaScript, SQL

### Certifications

- ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level (2022)

## Frequently asked questions

### How do I move from manual testing to an SDET role on my resume?

Lead with automation work, even if it was a small part of your job, and add a project where you built a test framework from scratch. List the programming language you wrote tests in.

### What tools should a QA resume list in 2026?

Playwright or Selenium, an API testing tool like Postman or Rest Assured, a CI system, and JMeter or k6 for performance testing.

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