Software development jobs in the United States

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Counted Oct 30, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 51,100
Employers: 9,797

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $141,663Across 10,796 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $56.90Across 2,182 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $13,454Across 53 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $138,005Across 47 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 9%4,473 listings
Hybrid: 7%3,641 listings
On-site: 15%7,766 listings

Not specified: 69% (35,220 listings)

Employers hiring include Lockheed Martin (671), Akamai Technologies, Inc. (626), Salesforce.com (605).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Software development jobs in the United States

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Associate Full Stack Software Engineer
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- $60,200 to $107,400 USD / year
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Software Program Manager IV (E4)
Applied Materials
Santa Clara, CA · Santa Clara

Software Development Engineer in Test

Seattle, WA, United States

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Job details

Experience: 8+ years of experience in software development engineering in test, quality engineering, or software engineering with a focus on test infrastructure and automation
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 29, 2026

Original job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer in Test to define and lead quality engineering strategy across Meta's large-scale, distributed software systems and products. In this role, you will architect test infrastructure, establish organization-wide quality standards, and drive systemic improvements to reliability, coverage, and release confidence across multiple engineering organizations. You will operate at the intersection of product engineering, platform infrastructure, and developer productivity, shaping how quality is built into software at every stage of the development lifecycle.

Required Skills:

Software Development Engineer in Test Responsibilities:

Define and own the long-term quality engineering strategy and test architecture for large-scale distributed systems spanning multiple product areas and engineering organizations
Design and build scalable, reusable test automation frameworks and infrastructure that can be adopted broadly to improve reliability, coverage, and developer productivity
Lead cross-functional quality initiatives by partnering with product engineering, platform, and infrastructure teams to identify systemic quality gaps and drive resolution at the root cause level
Establish and evangelize standards for test design across unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, and fault-injection testing methodologies
Develop and own quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting systems that provide actionable signal on product health, test coverage, and release readiness
Evaluate and improve CI/CD pipeline quality gates, staged rollout validation processes, and feature flagging strategies to reduce production incidents and improve deployment confidence
Identify systemic reliability, scalability, and performance issues through root cause analysis and drive proactive improvements to test coverage and signal fidelity
Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers across quality and product engineering teams, elevating the overall test engineering craft across the organization
Influence engineering roadmaps and architectural decisions by advocating for testability, observability, and quality as first-class engineering requirements
Drive adoption of quality engineering practices across the organization through documentation, tooling, and cross-team enablement programs

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of experience in software development engineering in test, quality engineering, or software engineering with a focus on test infrastructure and automation
Experience designing and implementing large-scale test automation frameworks and CI/CD quality pipelines for distributed systems
Experience defining quality strategy and driving adoption of testing methodologies across multiple engineering teams or product areas
Experience with performance testing, reliability engineering, or fault-injection testing for high-scale production systems
Experience communicating quality strategy and engineering decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders through written proposals and cross-functional alignment

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated history of influencing engineering culture and practices at an organizational level through tooling, standards, or enablement programs
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Experience building test infrastructure and quality tooling that spans mobile, web, and backend systems within a single product ecosystem
Experience with observability platforms, production monitoring, and using telemetry data to inform test coverage and quality signal
Experience applying static analysis, fuzzing, or model-based testing techniques to improve defect detection in complex software systems
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Public Compensation:

$173,000/year to $237,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.

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