Software Development Engineer (Core Java/ Automation Focus) – Contract - Hybrid role
Experienced Recruiting Partners · Albany, NY
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Jul 22, 2026
Albany, NY
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract SDET/software developer role focused on building and maintaining test automation frameworks for Java-based enterprise applications, with a particular emphasis on Selenium-based automation, CI/CD pipeline integration, and complex business rules testing. The work spans both development and QA responsibilities, including RESTful API testing, database validation, and supporting large-scale integrations. Suits a mid-to-senior Java engineer with solid automation experience, ideally in healthcare or Medicaid systems.
Senior level · 5+ years · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Bachelor's required · Contract
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1 people in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 1–1
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $102,904 (middle half $82,904–$129,118).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is a hybrid SDET/developer position — it explicitly requires contributing to application code as well as test automation, making it a genuine toss-up between 15-1253 (QA/SDET) and 15-1252 (Software Developers). 15-1253 was chosen as primary because the posting's title framing and the majority of listed skills center on test automation, framework design, and QA strategy.
The posting caps experience at 8 years ('5+ years, maximum of 8 years'); the overall years minimum is set to 5 (the stated minimum). The cap is unusual and may reflect a client rate-band constraint.
EDI (834, 837), SOAP UI, Rational Quality Manager, AccelQ, and UiPath appear in a single 'Knowledge of…' sentence within the requirements block but read more as familiarity/context items than hard gates; they are marked preferred accordingly.
Postman and REST Assured are listed as 'such as' examples of API testing tools — one skill is emitted with the other as an alternative, reflecting that either satisfies the requirement.
Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions are listed as 'such as' examples for CI/CD pipeline integration — Jenkins is emitted as primary with the others as alternatives.
The role is contract with a possible conversion to contract-to-hire, per the posting header.
US Citizenship or Green Card (permanent resident) status is required by the client.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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