Career switch, measured
From QA Engineer to Software Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 52% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include CI/CD, Python, Git, Agile; the main skills to add are AWS, C++, Kubernetes, LLMs.
52%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillQA EngineerSoftware Engineer
- CI/CD28%28%
- Python28%41%
- Git19%18%
- Agile20%16%
- Java13%30%
- JavaScript10%14%
- Stakeholder management21%21%
- SQL16%12%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Software Engineer postings, rarely in QA Engineer ones.
SkillQA EngineerSoftware Engineer
- AWS11%36%
- C++8%25%
- Kubernetes7%23%
- LLMs7%21%
- TypeScript–15%
- Google Cloud–14%
- React–12%
- Machine learning–11%
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