The QA Engineer trek
Manual testing, test automation, API testing, performance testing, security testing basics, and the CI integration that makes quality a team property.
Testing fundamentals & mindset
What quality engineering actually means, the testing pyramid, and the mindset that makes QA engineers valuable beyond just finding bugs.
Manual testing techniques
Exploratory testing, equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, and the techniques that structured testers use to find what automated tests miss.
API testing
REST and GraphQL API testing with Postman, automated API tests, and contract testing.
Web UI automation with Playwright
Modern browser automation: Playwright for reliable, fast, cross-browser E2E tests.
Test automation frameworks
Structuring automation projects: design patterns, reporting, parallel execution, and maintaining test suites at scale.
Performance testing
Load testing, stress testing, and the metrics that tell you whether your system will survive production traffic.
Mobile testing
Testing iOS and Android apps: real device testing, Appium, and the challenges unique to mobile.
Security testing basics
OWASP Top 10 for QAs, basic vulnerability scanning, and the security checks every QA team should run.
CI/CD & quality metrics
Integrating tests into CI, test reporting, coverage metrics, and the quality gates that prevent bad code from shipping.
Test strategy & planning
Writing a test strategy document, managing a test suite at scale, and the quality conversations that make teams ship with confidence.
Advanced automation patterns
AI-assisted testing, visual testing, accessibility automation, and the patterns that make test suites maintainable for years.
Capstone — quality engineering program
Design and implement a full quality engineering program for a real application from scratch.
Trek complete. What's next?
You've walked the full roadmap. Now ship the capstone, write about it, and share the path with the next engineer who needs it.