Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at Prediktive
Latin America
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Jul 1, 2026
Latin America
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior SDET role focused on building and owning test automation frameworks for backend services and web applications within a SaaS platform. The work involves designing AI-driven and self-healing test ecosystems, implementing infrastructure-as-code solutions, and guiding junior engineers. Suited to experienced automation engineers comfortable with Playwright or Cypress, TypeScript/JavaScript, and cloud-hosted distributed systems.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · 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 4,600 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 2,750–6,900
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).
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 (12)
This role is based in Latin America (not the US); the US-based flag is set to false. No CBSA applies.
The posting is from a staffing/consulting firm placing a contractor on a 'long-term project' for a client — treated as Contract engagement.
Playwright and Cypress are listed as interchangeable ('Playwright or Cypress') with 4+ years required; Playwright is listed first and used as the primary skill name.
JavaScript and TypeScript are listed together ('JavaScript and/or TypeScript') with TypeScript explicitly noted as 'preferred'; JavaScript is the hard gate and TypeScript is also emitted separately as preferred.
Terraform, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD are listed as examples of infrastructure-as-code tools ('such as … and similar technologies') — they represent one interchangeable requirement; all three are captured together.
AWS and Azure are listed as interchangeable cloud hosting platforms under requirements.
A Bachelor's degree in CS or related field appears only under 'Bonus Points' — not a hard requirement.
The role carries significant architectural, mentorship, and AI-strategy responsibilities, which could support a Staff-level read, but the 5+ years gate and absence of explicit org-wide scope keep it at Senior.
The alt SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers) is noted because the role involves substantial framework architecture and infrastructure-as-code development, not just test execution.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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