Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC)

Long-running volunteer-run software quality conference with practitioner papers and workshops.

Going to Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) to find your next role?

Do not walk in without a plan. Find out where you stand: your odds, the jobs that fit you and what to do this week. Free. No résumé needed.

Already a member? Log in

Get my plan before I go
Dates
Usually October (next dates not announced)
Where
Portland, OR · In person and online
Cost
Paid ticket. 44th edition ran Oct 12-14, 2026 (ended); 2027 not announced.
Type
Conference · Paid ticket
Organizer
PNSQC
Last checked
October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site

Official site and registration

Speaking opportunities

Has sessions, ask how speakers are chosen

Who goes

Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.

Segments: Quality and testing

Roles: qa engineer, test automation engineer

The field it serves: Technology & Software

Verified open jobs
about 67,766

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

See the detail →
Typical posted salary
$152,000 a year (middle half $114,000 to $200,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,804 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

See the detail →
Entry or early-career level
30% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

See the detail →
Employment, year over year
−4.2% in information, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.

See the detail →

Full Technology & Software snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences

Technology & Software employers hiring now

We have not yet published an exhibitor or attendee list for this event. These employers in its industry have open verified jobs, so they are the ones worth meeting.

Industries and functions

Where it is and who it is for

Held in Portland, OR. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.

Free for Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) to use. Paste either into your website.

Hard to reach experienced job seekers where they already look?

Get your own page and your own numbers on NextChapter.

Start here