SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)

531 US job postings, 194 of them in the 30 days to 2026-10-28. Data as of 2026-10-29.

Skills employers ask for

QA automation — 10% of postings
Test Automation — 10% of postings
Selenium — 9% of postings
CI/CD — 8% of postings
Java — 7% of postings
API Testing — 6% of postings
REST API — 6% of postings
Python — 5% of postings
JavaScript — 5% of postings
Playwright — 5% of postings

Where the jobs are

Texas — 19%
California — 16%
New York — 15%
Illinois — 12%
Massachusetts — 12%
Washington — 12%

Advertised pay

Annual pay: median $121K/yr, middle half $102K/yr to $132K/yr (27 postings)
Hourly pay: median $52/hr, middle half $45/hr to $52/hr (13 postings)

Remote, hybrid or onsite

Of 515 postings that state it: 39% remote, 29% hybrid, 32% onsite.

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