# Quality assurance

The Quality Assurance Engineers contribute to ensuring the quality of our product by providing testing on all stages of the development lifecycle. They perform manual testing by writing, performing, and updating test suites as well as defining the acceptance criteria for our products' features.

Developing in this framework is not only about effectively testing but, beyond that, it means advocating for the quality of LUNR’s products and ensuring they are up to the standards of our partners' expectations.

## Progression

In order to progress in our development path and Level Up or Step Up, our QA  team  must:

* Meet the criteria of the Level & Step Chart for the [Individual Contributors Path](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]
* Meet the [KAI ](https://management.lunr.tech/how-we-build-processes-and-a-great-product/knowledge-management/knowledge-accountability-index)grade of the framework related to each level
* Demonstrate proficiency in LUNR knowledge

## Salary Grid

All mentioned salary ranges represent the monthly income in Bulgarian Lev after taxes and deductions.

| Quality Assurance           | Step  |       |       |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
| Level                       |       |       |       |       |
| Individual Contributor Path | 1     | 2     | 3     | 4     |
| 1                           | 2.300 | 2.450 | 2.600 | 2.750 |
| 2                           | 3.300 | 3.450 | 3.600 | 3.750 |
| 3                           | 4.300 | 4.450 | 4.600 | 4.750 |
| 4                           | 5.300 | 5.450 | 5.600 | 5.750 |
| 5                           | 6.300 | 6.450 | 6.600 | 6.750 |
| 6                           | 7.300 | 7.450 | 7.600 | 7.750 |

### [KAI](https://management.lunr.tech/how-we-build-processes-and-a-great-product/knowledge-management/knowledge-accountability-index) of the framework

Extensive knowledge

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