Quality Assurance Developer
Concord USA · Multiple Cities/States, MN
$40–$50/hrfrom the description
Jul 14, 2026
Multiple Cities/States, MN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract QA role focused on building and maintaining automated test coverage for web applications and APIs. The core work involves writing Playwright test scripts from scratch, extending existing Cypress and Postman suites, and collaborating with an engineering team on defect identification and resolution. Suited to an experienced QA developer comfortable authoring automation code rather than simply running pre-built test suites.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,800 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 5,900–14,700
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 (6)
The posting offers two compensation tiers: $40–$50/hr on a W2 basis (reported here) and $45–$55/hr on a Corp-to-Corp (C2C) basis. The W2 range is used as the primary figure since the role is classified as a W2 contract engagement.
The role is a 6–12 month contract, which is why it is classified as Contract rather than FullTime, even though W2 benefits are described.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) is noted because the title 'QA Developer' and the emphasis on writing production-ready automation scripts from day one blurs the line between pure QA and software development; however, the primary framing is quality assurance and test automation.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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