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QA Engineer & SDET Jobs
Modern QA engineering has shifted from click-through manual testing to full test automation across UI, API, and load layers. ApTask places senior QA engineers, SDETs, and automation test leads with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and API testing experience. SDET roles pay a premium, and about 40% of QA roles are remote or hybrid.
6 live QA Engineer & SDET roles
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- 5 days ago
Quality Assurance Engineering
Onsite contract role in Greenwood Village, CO, paying $59/hr. An ApTask vertical recruiter manages your submission on this live client requisition.
Greenwood Village, CO · Onsite$59/hr - 2 weeks ago
Quality Assurance Data Analyst
Onsite contract role in Beaverton, OR, paying $33–$38/hr. An ApTask vertical recruiter manages your submission on this live client requisition.
Beaverton, OR · Onsite$33–$38/hr - 1 month ago
Quality Assurance Engineering – Req 26-02825
Onsite contract role in Alpharetta, GA, paying $59/hr. An ApTask vertical recruiter manages your submission on this live client requisition.
Alpharetta, GA · Onsite$59/hr - 1 month ago
Quality Assurance Engineering – Req 26-02824
Onsite contract role in Alpharetta, GA, paying $59/hr. An ApTask vertical recruiter manages your submission on this live client requisition.
Alpharetta, GA · Onsite$59/hr - 1 month ago
Quality Assurance Analyst
Remote contract role (US), paying $40–$45/hr. An ApTask vertical recruiter manages your submission on this live client requisition.
Remote (US) · Remote$40–$45/hr - 1 month ago
Senior QA Engineer
Onsite full-time role in NYC, NY, paying $110,000–$130,000/yr. An ApTask vertical recruiter manages your submission on this live client requisition.
NYC, NY · Onsite$110,000–$130,000/yr
About QA Engineer & SDET roles at ApTask
What's the difference between QA Engineer and SDET?
SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) writes production-grade test code and often contributes to the app itself. QA Engineer focuses more on test strategy, execution, and defect management. SDET roles pay premium.
What automation frameworks are most common?
Selenium remains widespread in enterprise. Cypress and Playwright dominate greenfield projects. RestAssured or Postman for API testing. Cucumber for BDD.
Are QA roles typically remote?
About 40% of QA roles are remote or hybrid. Onsite QA roles cluster in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare) where source-code access is restricted.
What bill rates should senior QA engineers expect?
SDETs bill $75-$130/hr. Senior QA automation engineers bill $60-$105/hr. Manual QA roles are being phased out at most enterprise clients.
How do QA Engineer & SDET rates compare with national wage data?
The closest occupation the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks for QA Engineer & SDET roles is software quality assurance analysts and testers, which had a median annual wage of 104,300 US dollars in May 2025 (BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, page last modified August 27, 2026). BLS reports the median wage of all employees in that occupation nationwide; the amounts elsewhere on this page are whatever each ApTask posting or FAQ answer states for itself, so read the BLS figure as national context rather than a like-for-like comparison.
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