From iOS Developer to Oliveyoung QA Engineer, a Real 5-Month Onboarding Journey

The author explains the background behind transitioning to a QA Engineer role after working as an iOS developer for a year and a half, during which they realized the importance of Spec Review and the value of catching defects early.

Going beyond simply finding bugs, they were drawn to the role of QA, which designs and takes responsibility for quality starting from the development stage. In particular, the reasons for choosing Oliveyoung are as follows.

• Global scalability: Gaining experience with quality standards for a service expanding into the global market
• Large-scale traffic: Hands-on QA experience in large-scale event environments such as the Olyoung Sale
• Systematic processes: High quality awareness, including incident management and recurrence prevention measures

The piece captures the process of growing beyond the implementation-focused mindset held as a developer, into an engineer with a broader perspective that also encompasses non-functional aspects such as performance, security, and usability.