Lead Quality Engineer SDET at Hilton
Memphis, TN
$100,000–$145,000from the description
Jul 7, 2026
Memphis, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A lead-level quality engineering role focused on building and maintaining test automation for consumer-facing web applications within an Agile environment. Day-to-day work involves designing automated test suites across unit, component, cross-browser, visual regression, and end-to-end layers using tools such as Cypress or Playwright, while also incorporating AI-assisted techniques for test generation and workflow automation. The role also carries mentoring responsibilities and requires close collaboration with UI and software engineers.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 390 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 290–510
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 $129,128 (middle half $101,596–$152,655). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (7)
The role is titled 'Lead Quality Engineer SDET' — 'Lead' here maps to Senior on the standard career ladder (a workstream lead, not a people-manager title), so seniority is assessed as Senior. The posting does not use 'Senior' in the title, so the level advertised in the title is set to Senior based on the explicit 'Lead' framing.
The role has three possible office locations: McLean, VA; Dallas, TX; and Memphis, TN. McLean, VA (Washington DC metro) is listed first and is used as the primary CBSA; the role is hybrid and not fully remote.
JavaScript and TypeScript are listed as interchangeable ('JavaScript or TypeScript') in the requirements section; Cypress and Playwright are similarly interchangeable ('Cypress or Playwright'). Both pairs are captured as single skills with alternatives.
The tech stack (Git, Nx, Next.js, React, Tailwind, Vitest, GraphQL) appears in the introductory 'Work with…' narrative context rather than a formal requirements gate, so these are marked as preferred.
A degree is listed under 'It would be useful if you have' (the preferred section), and the JD explicitly offers equivalent experience substitutions at every level, so the degree requirement is set to None.
AI-assisted tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude, agent-based frameworks, MCP) all appear under the 'It would be useful if you have' preferred section.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily QA/test automation (15-1253) but has meaningful software development expectations (coding, code reviews, SDET framing) that could support 15-1252.
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