Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer (6252)
itD Tech · Austin, TX
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Jul 23, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior QA engineering role focused on building and maintaining automated test solutions for cloud-based applications running in regulated environments on AWS. Day-to-day work involves test automation development in Python or Go, defect investigation, cross-team collaboration with engineering and DevOps, and participation in a 24x7 on-call production support rotation. Suited to an experienced QA professional with a strong background in AWS services and test automation at scale.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 300–750
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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 $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 (7)
This is an 11-month W2 contract engagement; the posting explicitly states direct W2 only and no sponsorship.
The role is fully remote but restricted to U.S. citizens residing within the contiguous 48 states — no security clearance is currently required, but the regulated/GovCloud environment context may imply one could be needed in future.
Python and Go are listed as interchangeable options for the 2-year automation requirement; Python is captured as the primary with Go as an alternative.
EKS, Apache Spark, and AWS Lambda are called out explicitly within the AWS requirement block and are treated as hard gates alongside the broader AWS requirement.
Docker, Apache Kafka, Jira-Xray, TDD, and CI/CD all appear under the 'Preferred Qualifications and Skills' section.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) is noted because the role requires writing automation code in Python/Go, which overlaps with software development work, though the primary framing is QA/testing.
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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