Careers in Quality Assurance

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in quality assurance? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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How do you know everything you consume is fit for consumption? Quality assurance (QA) plays a large role in that.

Quality assurance focuses on improving the processes that lead to the end result, and it’s a step in the creation of almost every product, from ice cream to software. The specific steps differ depending on the product, but they can involve things like improving the quality of raw materials and improving a production technique.

Another area of quality assurance is software quality assurance, which tests software methods for quality. You’ll need to know how to read and write computer code for a job in software quality assurance, as well as how to run tests.

Education requirements vary depending on the type of quality assurance job you’re looking for. You can get some entry-level jobs in quality assurance with a high school diploma and knowledge of the product; however, a bachelor’s degree is useful, particularly in technical fields.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Quality Assurance

Sprout Social - Sprout Social is a Chicago, IL based company that offers “a management and egnagement platform for social business.”

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Job Title	Location
Product Support Intern	New York, NY
Urban Outfitters: Social Media Coordinator	Media, PA
Social Media Internship	New York, NY
HCI Programmer	Corrales, NM
Social Media Strategist	Dayton, OH

See all 144 job postings

GuideSpark - GuideSpark is a Menlo Park, CA based company that offers a “robust employee communications platform” to make HR's job easier.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Product Marketing Manager (Enterprise)	Menlo Park, CA
Product Designer, Motion Graphics	Menlo Park, CA
Sr. QA Automation Engineer	Menlo Park, CA
Customer Success Managers	Menlo Park, CA
Vice President, Customer Success	Menlo Park, CA

See all 25 job postings

Kinsa - Kinsa is a New York, NY based company that is changing the way that people take their temperatures and monitor their health.

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Job Title	Location
User Experience Designer	New York, NY
Quality Systems Manager	New York, NY
Mobile Engineer, iOS	New York, NY
Head of Marketing	New York, NY
Senior Front-end Developer	New York, NY

See all 98 job postings

Xamarin - Xamarin is a San Francisco, CA based company allows developers to write “apps entirely in C#, sharing the same code on iOS, Android, Windows and Mac.”

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Job Title	Location
Xamarin Developer	Seattle, WA
Mobile Software Engineer III	Minnetonka, MN
SDE 3	Redmond, WA
Mobile App Developer (iOS/Android/Windows)	Piscataway, NJ
Mobile Developer II/ Mobile App Developer II	Ogden, UT

See all 462 job postings

Centro - Centro is a Chicago, IL based company that works “to improve the lives of those working in the advertising industry by building media management software."

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Job Title	Location
Restaurant Manager - Yuma-El Centro - Pacific South	Yuma, AZ
Community Engagement Intern/Volunteer- Imperial County	California
Lead Nurse Brightwood Community Health Center	Springfield, MA
Social Worker Brightwood Health Center\Centro de Salud	Springfield, MA
Retail Merchandiser (El Centro)	El Centro, CA

See all 353 job postings

SmartBear - SmartBear is based in Beverly, MA, and they make “tools to help you manage the quality of your desktop, web, mobile, and api-based applications."

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Job Title	Location
Sr. QA Tester	Alexandria, VA
Jr. Business Analyst/ QA Tester	Sugar Land, TX
Customer Success Advisor	Somerville, MA
Software Engineer Project Manager	Holtsville, NY
APPS PROGRAMMER/ANALYST 2	Minneapolis, MN

See all 53 job postings

Healthline - Healthline is a San Francisco, CA based company that has built “the largest, most clinically accurate classification of health information available on the web.”

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Job Title	Location
Assistant Editor	San Francisco, CA
Content Outreach Specialist	San Francisco, CA
Copy Editor	San Francisco, CA
Freelance-Writers, Journalists, Fact Checkers	San Francisco, CA
Pharmacist Managing Editor	San Francisco, CA

See all 48 job postings

Liferay - Liferay is a Diamond Bar, CA based company that helps clients “build modern websites and portals to engage customers, partners, and employees.”

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Job Title	Location
Java Portal Developer	Minneapolis, MN
Software QA Engineer - Selenium -	Nashua, NH
Intern - Software Engineering Consulting 2015	Diamond Bar, CA
JIRA Administrator	San Francisco, CA
F2F Interview ::Middleware Admin with Liferay @ Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto, CA

See all 384 job postings

LogRhythm - Boulder, CO based LogRhythm is “the largest and fastest growing independent security intelligence company in the world.”

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Job Title	Location
Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2015	Boulder, CO
Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2015	Boulder, CO
Marketing Communications Intern	Boulder, CO
Security Architect	Minneapolis, MN
The Incident and Event Management Analyst	Suffern, NY

See all 128 job postings

REVOLVE - REVOLVE is based in Cerritos, CA and is the “virtual home for an unrivaled collection of the world’s most coveted brands.”

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Job Title	Location
System Administrator, Cloud/ SaaS	Boston, MA
Manufacturing Engineer	Waukegan, IL
Corporate Banking RM III - Los Angeles	Work at Home
Corporate Banking RM III - Dallas, TX	Work at Home
Management Trainee Summer Internship (Enterprise)	Los Angeles, CA

See all 929 job postings

Limeade - Limeade is a Bellevue, WA based company that is aiming to “measurably improve well-being in the world through happy, healthy, high-performing workforces.”

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern	Bellevue, WA
SDET Intern	Bellevue, WA
Sales Assistant	Bellevue, WA
Front End Developer Intern	Bellevue, WA
Software Engineer Intern	Bellevue, WA

See all 27 job postings

Invoca - Invoca is a Santa Barbara, CA based company whose "marketing tools empower you to generate better leads, higher conversions, smarter spends and greater revenue.”

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Job Title	Location
Software Quality Assurance Engineer	Santa Barbara, CA
Senior Software Engineer	Santa Barbara, CA
Affiliate Marketing Associate	Northlake, IL
Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2015	Santa Barbara, CA
TESTDONOTAPPLY	Atlanta, GA

See all 12 job postings

Reformation - Reformation is an LA based “environmentally sustainable fashion brand that repurposes vintage and surplus materials to create a chic, limited edition collection.”

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Job Title	Location
Underwriting Manager	Knoxville, TN
Talent Acquisition Manager	Los Angeles, CA
Southeast Regional Organizer	Atlanta, GA
Assistant/Associate Professor of Sociology/Social Sciences	Portland, OR
Assistant Fashion Designer	Los Angeles, CA

See all 43 job postings

Updater - Updater is a New York, NY based company that aims "to simplify the way we move" with regards to address changes.

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Job Title	Location
Digital Content Manager	San Francisco, CA
NYC Office Producing Assistant	Manhattan, NY
Engineering Intern	Sunnyvale, CA
C# Application Developer (Any US Location)	Houston, TX
ArcSDE Consultant	Walnut Creek, CA

See all 24 job postings

newBrandAnalytics - newBrandAnalytics, a D.C. based company, has developed “a social media monitoring and online reputation management tool" to deliver operational social intelligence.

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Job Title	Location
Data Acquisition Engineer Lead	Washington, DC
Marketing Director	New York, NY

See all 2 job postings

Stroll - Stroll is a Philadelphia, PA based company that aims “to transform lives by discovering the world’s best educational products and turning them into best-sellers."

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Job Title	Location
Psychologist - (Psychology) Locum Tenens	Gig Harbor, WA
Family Practice Physician - (PCP - FP) Locum Tenens	San Francisco, CA
Developer Analyst III	Mount Airy, NC
Community Health Intern	San Mateo, CA
Senior Customer Service Expert 3/16	New Castle, DE

See all 629 job postings

Hudl - Hudl is a Lincoln, NE based company that has developed a platform to “help coaches and athletes win with video.”

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Job Title	Location
Assistant Men's Soccer Coach, Level 2 (Temporary) - Athletics	Azusa, CA
ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH/QB (1) &DL (1) – INTERN POSITIONS	Selinsgrove, PA
Graduate Student Assistant Football Coach	Sioux Center, IA
Defensive Assistant for Football	Stanford, CA
Copywriter	Lincoln, NE

See all 15 job postings

Lovely - Lovely is a San Francisco, CA based startup that is knows “how painful it can be to rent an apartment and thinks it should be faster, easier, and more transparent.”

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Job Title	Location
Outcomes Data Abstractor-Surgical Quality RN	Tavares, FL
Respiratory Therapist Lead, Nights	Tavares, FL
Manicurist / Nail Technician	Torrance, CA
Experienced Certified Medical Assistant – LOCAL ONLY! Clearwater, Florida	Clearwater, FL
Pediatrics Physician - Locum: Locums Pediatrician needed for clinic and call coverage in California	California

See all 925 job postings

Destination Rewards - Destination Rewards is a Boca Raton, FL (and Plymouth, MI) based company that creates and manages “web-based customized rewards programs.”

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Job Title	Location
Running Specialist	Washington, MO
Marketing Executive In House	Kapolei, HI
Coord Marketing In House	Kaua‘i, HI
Marketing Coordinator (Japanese Speaking) based in Waikiki	Kapolei, HI
Marketing Coordinator (Waikiki)	Kapolei, HI

See all 1,983 job postings

Billtrust - Billtrust is a Hamilton, NJ based company that has “developed state-of-the-art products and services designed to simplify the billing process.”

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Job Title	Location
Mid-Market Sales Executive	Hamilton, NJ
Development Manager/Technical Lead	Denver, CO
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer	Hamilton, NJ
Data Analyst	Hamilton, NJ
Sports Equipment - SAP Financial Systems Analyst	Maryland

See all 24 job postings

Sartori - Sartori is a Plymouth, WI based “fourth-generation family owned and operated” cheese company that is known for its high quality Italian cheeses.

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Job Title	Location
RRT	Waterloo, IA
Food Sanitation Team Member	Plymouth, WI
Wheel Production Team Member	Antigo, WI
Distribution Manager	Plymouth, WI
Director of Marketing	Plymouth, WI

See all 20 job postings

BitTorrent - BitTorrent is a San Francisco, CA based company behind a file sharing protocol that is responsible for moving 20-40% of the Internet's traffic.

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Job Title	Location
Anti-Piracy Summer Intern	New York, NY
Data/Market Analyst (Web)	San Francisco, CA
Product Manager, BitTorrent/uTorrent	San Francisco, CA
Product Manager, Growth	San Francisco, CA
Solutions Architect, BitTorrent Sync	San Francisco, CA

See all 14 job postings

SpotXchange - SpotXchange is a Westminster, CO based company that makes buying and selling video advertising easy and more efficient.

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Job Title	Location
Video Ad Ops	New York, NY
Public Relations Student Intern	Westminster, CO
Executive Assistant/Office Manager	Westminster, CO
Account Executive	Dallas, TX
Marketing Events Manager	Westminster, CO

See all 47 job postings

Nitro - Nitro is a San Francisco, CA based company that builds “easy-to-use products that help people work smarter with digital documents.”

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Job Title	Location
Senior Living Marketing Assistant	Bethesda, MD
SOC Engineer	Washington, DC
EHS Specialist: Stormwater	Tempe, AZ
Category Manager - Nashville, TN	Nashville, TN
Advanced Analytics Senior Manager I - Neenah, WI	Neenah, WI

See all 254 job postings

Charming Charlie - Charming Charlie is a Houston, TX based “fashion accessories retailer” with more than 200 stores across the country.

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Job Title	Location
General Sales Manager	Waco, TX
Product Specialist Internship	Houston, TX
Assistant General Counsel	Houston, TX
Associate Planner	Houston, TX
Executive Assistant- C Level	Houston, TX

See all 1,874 job postings

Industry Weapon - Industry Weapon is a Pittsburgh, PA based company that offers a platform makes controlling digital media simple by centralizing and organizing it.

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Job Title	Location
HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Developer	Pittsburgh, PA
Controls Engineer	San Antonio, TX
2015 Intern – Human Resources	Hunt Valley, MD
2015 Intern - Import and Export Administration	Hunt Valley, MD
2015 Intern - Contracts	Hunt Valley, MD

See all 1,194 job postings

buuteeq - buuteeq is a Seattle, WA based company that offers an “easy-to-use web application that improves hotels' online marketing on the web, mobile, and Facebook."

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Job Title	Location
Front End Engineer - Marketing Innovation	Seattle, WA
Full Stack Engineer â Marketing Innovation	Seattle, WA
Product Owner	Seattle, WA
Independent Hotel/Motel Audience Marketing Manager	Seattle, WA
Specialty Lodging Audience Marketing Manager	Seattle, WA

See all 8 job postings

Watchfire - Watchfire is a Danville, IL based company that provides businesses with cost-effective, long lasting LED signage that can be updated easily.

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Job Title	Location
'15 full-time SUMMER plus '15'-16 part-time during school year -- Electronics Intern, Electronics Repair Center Paid Internship	Danville, IL
'14 rest of year part-time PLUS Summer '15 full-time -- Electronics Intern, Electronics Repair Center Paid Internship	Danville, IL
'15 Summer - Operations - Industrial/Manuf Tech Paid Internships (DACC Students Encouraged to Apply)	Danville, IL
'15 Summer - Operations - I.T./ Industrial / Manuf Engineering "SIT" System Integration Test Intern Paid Internships	Danville, IL
'15 Summer - I.T. Computer Networking I.T. Paid Internship	Danville, IL

See all 26 job postings

Beats by Dr. Dre - Beats by Dr. Dre is a Santa Monica, CA based company that “provides a premium sound experience at every touch point of the consumer’s life.”

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Job Title	Location
Executive Assistant	Los Angeles, CA
Business/Management (15-01(b))	Northridge, CA

See all 2 job postings

Olapic - Olapic is a New York, NY based company that provides the technology that allows brands to “collect, curate and display high quality photos" from customers.

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Job Title	Location
Social Media Coordinator	San Francisco, CA
Temporary Coordinator, Smashbox.com/Bumbleandbumble.com Site Maintenance and Marketing	United States
Temporary Coordinator, Smashbox.com/Bumbleandbumble.com Site Maintenance and Marketing	United States
Integration Engineer	New York, NY
Front End Engineer	New York, NY

See all 7 job postings

TransPerfect - TransPerfect is a New York, NY based company with 70 offices across 5 continents that provides “a full range of language and business services."

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Job Title	Location
Project Coordinator	Milwaukee, WI
Senior Adobe CQ Architect	Carlsbad, CA
Adobe CQ Architect	Carlsbad, CA
Account Executive	Dallas, TX
Bilingual Spanish Interpreter	Atlanta, GA

See all 37 job postings

Spotify - If you’re streaming music, chances are that you’re using Spotify. The Swedish based company has offices in New York, NY and a ton of job opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Retail Marketing Intern	New York, NY
Product Design Intern	San Diego, CA
Marketing Intern	San Francisco, CA
Entrepreneurial Intern	New York, NY
Product Designer	New York, NY

See all 192 job postings

TenthBit - Pair is an app created by a company called TenthBit in San Francisco, CA that is “for just the two of you.”

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No current job openings.

Affinnova - Affinnova is a Waltham, MA based “high-growth software and services company that enables innovative organizations to drive better ideas to market faster.”

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No current job openings.

The Echo Nest - The Echo Nest is a Somerville, MA based company, and they “provide the largest repository of dynamic music data in the world" with 30 trillion data points.

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Job Title	Location
Tax Manager	New York, NY
Engineer	Somerville, MA

See all 2 job postings

eshots - eshots is a Chicago, IL based company that ensures their clients “get the highest possible return on [their] event marketing investments.”

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Job Title	Location
Digital Creative Designer	Watertown, MA
Operations Associate	Chicago, IL
Web Application Support	Chicago, IL
Data Transfer Analyst	Chicago, IL
Business Intelligence Support Analyst	Chicago, IL

See all 11 job postings

EnerNOC - EnerNOC is a Boston, MA based company that wants “to make energy management as integral as accounting to the operation of every organization.”

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Job Title	Location
Visual Design Intern	Boston, MA
Software Engineering Intern	Boise, ID
Energy Intelligence Intern	Irvine, CA
Data Scientist Intern	Boston, MA
Salesforce Administrator Intern	Boston, MA

See all 68 job postings

Wowzers - Wowzers is a Chicago, IL based company that offers a cloud-based adaptive learning platform that teaches kid math in the form of a video game.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Program Manager in Menlo Park, CA	Menlo Park, CA
Head of Sales in Menlo Park, CA	Menlo Park, CA
Business Development, Inside Sales, and Client Relations Representative	Menlo Park, CA

See all 3 job postings

OrderGroove - OrderGroove is a New York, NY based company that helps other businesses sell their products on a subscription basis.

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Job Title	Location
Client Technical Support Specialist	New York, NY
Development Manager	New York, NY
Frontend Tech Lead	New York, NY
Senior Software Engineer	New York, NY
Senior Software Engineer	New York, NY

See all 5 job postings

Campbell Soup Company - It’s nearly impossible to think about soup without thinking about Campbell’s. They're a billion dollar brand.

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Job Title	Location
INTERN - MOLP	Everett, WA
Account Manager	Pittsburgh, PA
PRN Medical Assistant	Greeley, CO
Production Assistant (NSC)	Bakersfield, CA
Product Manager	Bloomfield, CT

See all 122 job postings

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