Senior Software Tester
California Lottery · Sacramento County, CA
$103,500–$138,684
Jun 30, 2026
Sacramento County, CA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3 people in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 1–5
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,706 (middle half $79,746–$135,189).
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 (5)
All skills listed in the posting appear under a 'Desirable Qualifications' heading, which is explicitly a preferred/aspirational section — none are hard-gated requirements. Accordingly, all skills are marked preferred.
The posting requires candidates to hold current eligibility on the California state civil service 'Information Technology Specialist II' exam list — this is a government hiring prerequisite that cannot be captured in the skills fields.
No compensation range is published in the posting.
The role is on-site in Sacramento; statewide overnight travel may be required. Remote work is not offered.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) was considered because the posting references 'Software Engineering domain' work and test automation development, but the primary day-to-day duties — defining and executing testing architecture, test plans, regression/smoke/UAT — are squarely QA/testing.
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