Software Engineer II, Backend (Test Infra)
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$146,000–$225,000from the description
Jul 10, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level software engineering role focused on building and maintaining test infrastructure for a large engineering organization. Day-to-day work involves owning integration and end-to-end test automation frameworks, optimizing CI pipelines, improving test execution speed and stability, and promoting testing best practices. The role suits engineers with hands-on test automation experience in TypeScript and Python, particularly with Playwright, Pytest, Docker, and AWS.
Mid level · 3+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,900 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 5,900–14,900
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). 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)
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role sits squarely at the intersection of test automation (15-1253) and platform/infrastructure software engineering (15-1252). The team builds and maintains testing frameworks, CI pipelines, and developer tooling — substantial software development work — but the explicit focus on test automation, QA best practices, and test strategy tips the primary classification to 15-1253.
The title 'Software Engineer II' maps to a Mid-level advertised seniority. The requirements (3+ years, breaking down projects with tech-lead support, no org-wide scope) are consistent with a genuine Mid-level role.
Compensation is quoted in two US geographic tiers: $165,000–$225,000/yr for CA, WA, NY, NJ, and CT; $146,000–$206,000/yr for all other US states. The min/max fields reflect the full national range.
A Bachelor's degree 'or equivalent practical experience' is stated, so no hard degree gate applies.
Mobile test automation and performance test automation are listed as advantages ('significant advantage'), placing them in the preferred category.
Test automation framework building/enhancement is described as 'highly desirable' — preferred, not a hard gate — and is captured implicitly in the required CI/CD and framework experience already gated in the requirements section.
The posting notes a preference for East Coast location to facilitate collaboration with European colleagues, but the role is explicitly remote-first with no hard location gate.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): mobile test automation, performance test automation.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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