Test Automation Engineer (Java/Backend/API)
Scigon Solutions · Ann Arbor, MI
$76,960
Jun 28, 2026
Ann Arbor, MI
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · 7+ years · National · Contract
Pay in the description: $37.5–$50/hr
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How this req sits in the market our data
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 $104,300 (middle half $80,310–$133,180). 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 (9)
Location is not specified in the posting; CBSA and state fields are left blank. The role may be on-site or hybrid — remote status is unconfirmed and defaulted to false.
The pay rate and contract-style framing ('Pay Rate: $37.50–$50/hour') strongly indicate a contract engagement, though the posting does not explicitly say 'contract'.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience,' which means equivalent experience is accepted — treated as no hard degree gate.
Playwright is listed in the qualifications alongside Selenium WebDriver; both are named separately and treated as distinct required skills, though they serve overlapping UI automation purposes.
JMS messaging tools (AMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka) are listed as a single interchangeable requirement; Kafka is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
Spring JDBC and MS Entity Framework are listed together as a knowledge requirement; Spring JDBC is used as the primary name with MS Entity Framework as an alternative.
JavaScript is explicitly called 'a plus' in the qualifications, so it is marked as preferred.
The role has a strong software-development flavor (code reviews, framework building, CI/CD pipeline ownership, Java coding), making 15-1252 Software Developers a plausible alternative classification.
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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