Senior Software Engineer at Dark Wolf Solutions
Tampa, FL
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Jul 10, 2026
Tampa, FL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A quality assurance role focused on designing and running test plans, automated and manual test scripts, and defect tracking for business-critical software. The work spans white, black, and gray box testing across cloud environments, with close collaboration with development teams to surface bugs, security issues, and performance gaps. Suited to an experienced QA engineer comfortable writing test code in multiple languages and working within Agile workflows.
Senior level · 5+ years · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 80 people in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 15–120
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 $101,044 (middle half $79,531–$128,699).
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)
The role requires 5+ years of experience in software testing/QA and 5+ years with at least one programming language — the language requirement is stated as 'one or more' from a list (C++, C#, Go, Java, Python, SQL, NoSQL, JavaScript); Python is used as the primary name with the others captured as alternatives.
SQL and NoSQL are listed together as a single interchangeable option within the programming language list; they are also implicitly relevant to the web services mention (JSON, Parquet) but are captured once under the language requirement.
The 3+ years of testing methodologies requirement covers integration testing, acceptance testing, security testing, and usability testing — these are listed as examples of a methodology category rather than individually gated skills; integration testing and security testing are called out as the most concrete named disciplines.
Compliance software (3+ years configuring and running) is listed as a hard requirement but no specific product is named, so no alternatives can be populated.
Test automation and test management tools are listed together in the required section ('automation and test management tools') but test management tools also appears separately under Desired Qualifications — the required gate is on automation/test management broadly; the preferred entry reflects the more specific 'configuring and running test management tools' framing in the Desired section.
US Citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance is listed as 'preferred,' not a hard gate, so no clearance requirement is set.
The degree requirement accepts 'equivalent experience,' so no minimum degree is flagged.
Parquet and JSON appear in the web services list alongside SOAP and REST; Parquet is a data format rather than a web service protocol, and JSON is a data interchange format — both are contextual rather than standalone skill gates and are omitted to avoid inflating the required skill count.
15-1252 (Software Developers) is noted as a runner-up given the strong emphasis on writing test scripts in multiple programming languages, which overlaps with development work.
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