# Senior QA engineers for US teams | Miyagami > Hire senior QA engineers for US teams, full-time from €5,600 a month and assessed with AI tools off and on. Shortlist in 3 working days. Source: https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers [Home](https://www.miyagami.com/)/ [Hire engineers](https://www.miyagami.com/hire)/ QA engineers # Hire senior QA engineers Senior QA engineers own test strategy, automation, exploratory testing and release checks. Each engineer completes two sixty-minute assessments in a real codebase, the first with AI tools off and the second with their own agents on. [Get a shortlist](https://www.miyagami.com/shortlist?role=qa-engineers) What we test for How AI changed this role 01 ### Verification is now the constraint When code is cheap to generate, the bottleneck shifts to confirming it does what it should. QA moved from the end of the line to the centre of it. 02 ### Generated tests can cover the wrong thing Automated tests can reach high coverage and still miss the cases that matter, so telling the difference is the actual job now. 03 ### QA engineers catch what nobody designed for They're handed a feature built by someone else, with generated tests that all pass and cover the wrong thing, and they find what was missed. What we test for ## How we assess QA engineers Every engineer works through a fundamentals assessment with AI tools switched off and a second assessment with their own agents running. For QA engineers, these criteria carry the most weight. AI output verification : In the session with their own agents on, the engineer reviews generated tests in a real codebase to find coverage that passes but targets the wrong behaviour. Judgement by risk and ownership : Across both assessments, the engineer decides which failures matter and which passing tests to distrust, prioritising by what would reach users. Spec-driven development : The session with agents on includes a feature built with no designer involved, so the engineer has to base their test cases on the actual specification instead of the generated output. [See both scorecards](https://www.miyagami.com/how-we-vet) Cost and timeline Hiring with Miyagami From €5,600 a month - One senior engineer, full-time, at a fixed monthly fee - Employment, payroll and compliance included, no recruitment fee [**Against a senior local hire in your country** See the full pricing comparison](https://www.miyagami.com/pricing#calculator) Timeline 5 days to hire - Three-month minimum - Wrong fit: we replace at our cost [**Get a shortlist in 3 days** Request QA engineers](https://www.miyagami.com/shortlist?role=qa-engineers) Skills in this role Playwright End-to-end browser tests across Chromium, Firefox and WebKit, run on every pull request. Cypress Component and end-to-end tests for web apps, with failures your developers can read and act on. Jest / Vitest Unit and integration tests that stay fast as the suite grows. Appium Automated tests for native iOS and Android apps on real devices and emulators. k6 Load and performance tests that show where an API slows down before your users notice. Postman API contract and regression tests, kept in version control next to the code. CI integration Test suites wired into the pipeline, so a failing check blocks the merge. Related reading [### How do you test software you didn't design Standard coverage metrics mislead when you test software you didn't design. This entry explains what engineers should do instead when reviewing AI-generated code.](https://www.miyagami.com/resources/articles/testing-software-you-didnt-design)[### How to review AI-generated code Reviewing AI-generated code changes some of what reviewers look for and keeps the rest. This entry covers both, plus the specific failure modes to check for.](https://www.miyagami.com/resources/articles/how-to-review-ai-generated-code)[### What changed about code review AI-generated code has changed what code review looks for. This entry explains why reviews take longer and what skills reviewers now need.](https://www.miyagami.com/resources/articles/what-changed-about-code-review) ## Questions about hiring QA engineers How much does it cost to hire a senior QA engineer? A senior local hire in the Netherlands costs about €9,000 a month all-in, based on a senior software engineer median salary, statutory employer contributions and an amortised recruitment fee. Through us you pay a fixed monthly fee with employment and compliance included, and the pricing calculator shows the two side by side. How long does it take to hire a QA engineer? You get a shortlist within three working days and can hire within five. A local senior hire in the Netherlands typically takes 4 months. What do you test a QA engineer on? Every QA engineer completes both assessments. In the second, they verify a feature they didn't design, built by someone else, with generated tests that all pass and cover the wrong thing. Other roles [AI-native engineers An AI-native engineer works at the application layer and uses AI tools as a core part of how they build. TypeScript React / Next.js Node.js / NestJS](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/ai-native-engineers) [Forward deployed engineers A forward deployed engineer is a senior engineer who works closest to the people using the product: your team, your customers and the stakeholders who decide what gets built. TypeScript React / Next.js Node.js / NestJS](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/forward-deployed-engineers) [Full-stack engineers A full-stack engineer works across the browser, the API and the database, and can take a feature from a ticket to production without handing it off. 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Python PyTorch LangChain / LlamaIndex](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/ai-engineers) QA engineers by market: [Netherlands](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/netherlands), [United Kingdom](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/united-kingdom), [Germany](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/germany), [Sweden](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/sweden), [Belgium](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/belgium), [Ireland](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/ireland), [France](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/france), [Denmark](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/denmark), [Switzerland](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/switzerland), [United States](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/united-states), [Canada](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/canada), [Australia](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/qa-engineers/australia) Let's talk ## Get a shortlist within three days You share the roles and the stack in a short form or a thirty-minute call. 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