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Software Test Engineer salary in Seattle
Average Base Salary in Seattle
$90,537
$1,000
Additional Cash Compensation
$91,537
Total Compensation
Median: $91K
Min: $70K
Max: $126K
How Much Does a Software Test Engineer Make in Seattle?
The average salary for a Software Test Engineer in Seattle is $90,537. The average additional cash compensation for a Software Test Engineer in Seattle is $1,000. The average total compensation for a Software Test Engineer in Seattle is $91,537. Software Test Engineer salaries are based on responses gathered by Built In Seattle from anonymous Software Test Engineer employees in Seattle.
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Making changes in our Ruby on Rails back-end and React and Typescript client to add necessary monitoring and telemetry data to get top-level feature health metrics.
Developing new automated tests to ensure we are delivering high-quality software quickly.
Developing end-to-end testing framework of our core features.
Contributing to the evolution of our CI/CD pipeline.
Developing and maintaining monitoring and alerting systems for our services.
Working with the team to develop and document detailed test suites.
Actively participating in requirement gathering and design reviews, to ensure Observability is a top priority through feature development.
Assisting in gathering and analyzing test metrics and suggests improvements to the software development and testing processes.
SDET
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As an SDET you will work very closely with our development team to understand the architecture of our existing product and services under development. You will review and contribute to the overall test strategy and quality of the product and services. In conjunction with dev, you will be designing and implementing tooling that will allow for efficient and comprehensive testing. The ideal candidate is someone who not only loves testing – but knows how to make it actionable; who enjoys identifying roadblocks to efficiencies and replacing them with automation; has a driving curiosity to discover what works, why, and an unrelenting desire to improve results and efficiencies.
Graphics Test Engineer
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You will get access to new, often unannounced features and are responsible for ensuring their quality. This naturally includes testing if all the basic functionality works, but also extends to figuring out if the feature does what you expect it to do (including workflows and usability) and creating more elaborate scenarios, usually representing real-life usage. You will get to create art, code, and produce scenes during this process utilizing all of your skills, with the complete creative freedom to approach this in whichever way you prefer.
Hardware Test Engineer
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We are seeking a Hardware Test Engineer who will be responsible for developing test automation in support of RF testing. The ideal candidate will automate the testing of firmware and embedded applications used in the control of holographic beamforming antennas. This position will work heavily with the RF Test team to design optimal testing tools and strategies and to ensure product quality. This position reports to the RF Development Test Manager.
Senior SDET
We are looking for a Senior Performance Engineer/SDET to join our team. At heart, you are a hands-on tester and developer who eagerly meets new challenges, values stability, and will be able to increasingly contribute to the success of our award winning software. This position reports to the Engineering Manager and is based at our headquarters in Bellevue, WA.
Senior SDET - Mobile
Lead the development of mobile app BDD test automation using Behave+Appium for new feature development, and to backfill existing test cases.
Enable team-wide contribution to test tools executed by all team members, at each stage of our development process, and in CI pipeline.
Leverage past experience to grow team member capability, confidence, and passion for test-automation through peer reviews.
Design and document BDD test plan and implementation strategies.
Guide and execute updates iOS and Android App code to enable more effective and efficient automation.
Work effectively with engineering peers and PM counterparts.
Participate in functional, performance, load, stress, security and integration testing.
Working with other senior engineers to develop best practices for software quality assurance across multiple teams.
Senior SDET - Platform Services
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We are looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test for our Platforms QA team! As a Senior SDET on the Platforms QA team at DoubleDown you’ll work closely with the developers and test teams to ensure the functional integrity and high performance of our next generation of features and products. You’ll help to troubleshoot issues in the platform and contribute to the development of solutions. If you're an 'A Player' with a strong customer focus, open source technology experience, and a passion for test development, we want to talk to you!
Senior SDET - Full Stack QA
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We are looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test for our Full Stack QA team! As an SDET on the Full Stack QA team at DoubleDown you'll work closely with our development team to ensure the functional integrity and efficient design of our next generation of features and products. You’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of our tech stack and work closely with other QA teams to develop manual and automated validation strategies for upcoming features. If you're an 'A Player' with a strong customer focus, open source technology experience, and a passion for test development, we want to talk to you!
As a Senior SDET you will bring hands-on contributions to automate the testing of VIZIO's SmartTV software services and applications. We are looking for a Senior member of the team with demonstrated ability to handle testing applications independently – that includes building automated test frameworks and to quickly learn existing systems and enhance/add test code. This is an exciting position and you will be the first SDET in our organization. You will be able to build the infrastructure from the ground up and play a vital role in helping improve the reliability of SmartCast, our SmartTV system.
Our team is a collection of deeply passionate engineers who are riding the cutting edge of cloud computing and web scalability. We organize and sort terabytes of data and develop solutions used by millions of users every single day. We design tools that make sophisticated research simple. Our environment is primarily Java, Scala, C++, Go, JavaScript, Angular.JS, D3/C3, Node.js, MySQL NoSQL (MongoDB), AWS, Python, PHP, and Docker. In our collaborative culture, you will find plenty of opportunities to impact our full-stack product; from Web & mobile UI to data visualization & analysis to microservices APIs to data storage & processing.
Design and develop test frameworks, test tools, and automation for complex, distributed SaaS systems for STEs, SDET, and SDE to use.
Ensure code is tested at the appropriate level (unit vs functional, or API vs UI), reducing unnecessary test cases, intermittent failures, and increased execution time.
Define, implement, and analyze metrics to determine test effectiveness and the overall quality of software.
Research, share, and recommend new technologies, best practices, and trends
Help your team evolve by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, planning, and post-mortem reviews.
Design test plans and cases for our full stack web application.
Need a strong ability to find bugs worth fixing.
Convert manual tests cases into automated cases in an existing framework using Python or JavaScript.
Contribute to test frameworks, test tools, and automation for complex, distributed SaaS systems.
Drive quality processes like bug triage, releases decisions, and feature completion criteria.
Software Test Engineer Salary ranges
The most common Software Test Engineer salary in Seattle is between $90k - $100k.
Average Software Test Engineer Salary by Company Size
People with the job title Software Test Engineer make the most at companies with 500+ employees, earning $93,368 on average.
Software Test Engineer Salary by gender
The average Software Test Engineer salary for women is $91,500 and the average Software Test Engineer salary for men is $91,500.
Software Test Engineer Salary by Years of Experience
The average salary for a Software Test Engineer with 7+ years of experience is $110,000.
Average Dev + Engineer salaries in Seattle
| Job Title | Average Salary | Salary Range |
|---|---|---|
| QA Analyst | $84,321 | Min: $64K Max: $109K |
| Software Test Engineer | $90,537 | Min: $70K Max: $126K |
| Junior Software Engineer | $92,000 | Min: $92K Max: $92K |
| QA Engineer | $92,169 | Min: $54K Max: $149K |
| Front End Developer | $97,986 | Min: $55K Max: $134K |
| Salesforce Developer | $98,294 | Min: $74K Max: $140K |
| iOS Developer | $98,818 | Min: $76K Max: $130K |
| Automation Engineer | $107,167 | Min: $94K Max: $133K |
| Android Developer | $116,100 | Min: $95K Max: $130K |
| Sales Engineer | $117,080 | Min: $87K Max: $145K |
| DevOps Engineer | $121,325 | Min: $70K Max: $160K |
| Security Engineer | $124,752 | Min: $85K Max: $173K |
| Data Engineer | $126,468 | Min: $82K Max: $190K |
| Software Engineer | $127,837 | Min: $70K Max: $295K |
| QA Manager | $129,333 | Min: $80K Max: $155K |
| Game Developer | $134,000 | Min: $134K Max: $134K |
| Systems Engineer | $135,000 | Min: $135K Max: $135K |
| Hardware Engineer | $138,000 | Min: $138K Max: $138K |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $139,000 | Min: $139K Max: $139K |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $142,000 | Min: $142K Max: $142K |
| Database Administrator | $143,000 | Min: $143K Max: $143K |
| Data Architect | $146,625 | Min: $113K Max: $195K |
| Senior Software Engineer | $154,115 | Min: $60K Max: $218K |
| Lead Software Engineer | $162,000 | Min: $162K Max: $162K |
| Principal Software Engineer | $170,124 | Min: $145K Max: $228K |
| Engineering Manager | $173,972 | Min: $131K Max: $375K |
| Data Engineering Manager | $183,000 | Min: $183K Max: $183K |
| Director of Software Engineering | $215,661 | Min: $147K Max: $268K |
| CTO (Chief Technology Officer) | $223,200 | Min: $137K Max: $350K |
| Vice President of Engineering | $253,594 | Min: $160K Max: $330K |
Skills that affect Software Test Engineer salaries in Seattle
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QA
1% have this skill
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Java
1% have this skill
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.NET
1% have this skill
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Recent Software Test Engineer salaries in Seattle
$72,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Development Engineer in Test reported a yearly salary of $72,000
5-7 Years of Experience
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1-10 Employees
Seattle
$80,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Test Engineer reported a yearly salary of $80,000
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Seattle
$93,000
Yearly Salary
A SDET reported a yearly salary of $93,000
3-5 Years of Experience
Female
11-50 Employees
Seattle
$80,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Test Engineer reported a yearly salary of $80,000 with +$2,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
51-200 Employees
Seattle
$96,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Test Engineer reported a yearly salary of $96,000
5-7 Years of Experience
Male
201-500 Employees
Seattle
$90,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Test Engineer reported a yearly salary of $90,000
3-5 Years of Experience
Female
51-200 Employees
Seattle
$110,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Test Engineer reported a yearly salary of $110,000
7+ Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Seattle
$96,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Test Engineer reported a yearly salary of $96,000
500+ Employees
Seattle
$95,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Test Engineer reported a yearly salary of $95,000
500+ Employees
Seattle
$70,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Test Engineer reported a yearly salary of $70,000
500+ Employees
Seattle
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