Software Development Engineer in Test
Vestmark, Inc. · Boston, MA
$95,000–$120,000
Jul 5, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An SDET role focused on building and maintaining automated test suites, contributing to CI/CD pipelines, and expanding quality engineering coverage across a financial technology product suite. The work involves Selenium/Python-based UI automation, API and performance testing, and integrating AI-assisted testing tools into team workflows. Best suited to an experienced QA engineer with a background in fintech and agile development practices.
Senior level · 7+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Full-time
Pay in the description: $95,000–$120,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 50 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 30–75
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 $124,897 (middle half $81,391–$145,858). 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)
The role is posted as '#LI-Hybrid', indicating a hybrid work arrangement at Vestmark's Massachusetts location — not fully remote.
The JD lists 'BS degree in Finance, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, no formal degree is hard-required.
MSSQL and PostgreSQL are listed together under the single SQL requirement; both are captured as separate skills since the JD implies familiarity with each.
AI/ML tooling familiarity (e.g. Claude Code, LLM-based QA) appears in the required Skills & Requirements section, so it is treated as a hard gate on the general capability; 'LLMs' is used as the canonical skill name.
Performance testing (JMeter or Locust.io) is explicitly flagged 'a plus' within the requirements section — treated as preferred accordingly.
Groovy and Ruby on Rails are explicitly flagged 'a plus' within the requirements section — treated as preferred.
SonarQube appears both in the required section (configure/verify build plans) and the Desired Skills section; it is captured once as preferred, reflecting its placement under 'Desired Skills' as the more specific and secondary framing.
The Desired Skills section also references APM tools, log collection/analysis, N-Tier deployment, Spring frameworks, integration testing patterns, FinTech protocols (FIX, IDC, Reuters, Morningstar, Bloomberg), and AI/ML for QE challenges — these are all preferred. Generic integration testing patterns and FinTech data vendor names (FIX, IDC, Reuters, Morningstar, Bloomberg) are omitted as they name domain knowledge rather than specific tools with canonical skill identities.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) is noted because the role involves substantial coding — building automated test frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and agentic AI workflows — which blurs the line between SDET and software developer.
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