Senior SDET
Synack
$170,000–$200,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role focused on quality engineering within a cybersecurity SaaS platform. Day-to-day work involves designing and building test automation frameworks, writing backend API integration tests and frontend end-to-end tests (using Playwright), maintaining CI pipelines, and collaborating with software and security engineers to diagnose and resolve defects. Suits an experienced SDET comfortable with JavaScript/TypeScript, multi-tier web architectures, and agile workflows.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,100 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 1,850–5,500
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 (12)
The JD requires 7+ years in Software Quality Engineering, with at least 3 years as an SDET and 2 years developing in JavaScript/TypeScript. The 7-year figure is set as the role-level minimum; the 2-year JavaScript/TypeScript figure is captured on the skill.
JavaScript and TypeScript are listed together as 'Javascript and/or Typescript' — emitted as two separate skills each with the other as an alternative, since the JD treats them as interchangeable options for the same requirement.
Front-end test automation tools are listed as 'TestCafe, Cypress, Playwright or similar tools (we use Playwright)' — Playwright is used as the primary name with TestCafe and Cypress as alternatives.
CI tooling is stated as 'Github Actions or similar' — GitHub Actions is the primary with common CI alternatives populated.
Cloud technologies are listed as 'AWS, GCP, Azure' — AWS is the primary with GCP and Azure as alternatives, since the JD presents them as a group without singling one out.
'Test automation framework design and development from scratch' is a named methodology/practice gate in the requirements section, not a specific named tool; retained because it describes a concrete, testable capability rather than a generic soft skill.
The BS in Computer Science is explicitly qualified with 'or equivalent experience', so the degree requirement is set to None.
'Experience testing agentic systems and using agents to optimize daily workflow' appears in the required section but names no specific tool — omitted from skills as it describes a domain/practice rather than a named technology.
Load and performance testing and VPN knowledge appear under 'Nice to have' and are marked preferred accordingly.
The alt SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers) is noted because the role has a meaningful SDET/development component (building automation frameworks, internal tooling, CI systems), but QA/testing is clearly the primary function.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): test automation framework design, load and performance testing.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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