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SDET job search builder

SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) is also written Software Engineer in Test, QA Automation Engineer or Automation Test Engineer. Many companies use the name loosely, so the skills in the description matter more than the title.

1. Job titles to include

The same job is advertised under many names. Tick every title you would accept.

2. Skills

Tick the tools you know. Jobs need to mention at least one.

3. Leave out
4. Where, how experienced, how recent

Your search string

Paste this into the search box on LinkedIn (it understands AND, OR, NOT).

(SDET OR "Software Development Engineer in Test" OR "Software Engineer in Test" OR "QA Automation Engineer" OR "Automation Test Engineer")

These open each site's own public search page in a new tab. The sites do not publish their link formats, so a filter can be ignored or change without notice. If something looks off, set it on the site.

SDET job search: titles and keywords that find the roles

SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) is also written Software Engineer in Test, QA Automation Engineer or Automation Test Engineer. Many companies use the name loosely, so the skills in the description matter more than the title.

Other names for this job: Software Development Engineer in Test, Software Engineer in Test, QA Automation Engineer, Automation Test Engineer, Quality Engineer.

Tips for this search

  • Add a programming language (Java, Python, TypeScript) as a must-have: it removes manual-only roles.
  • Add Playwright, Selenium or Cypress as the any-of group.
  • Product companies often post on their own career pages: use the Google career-pages search.

How the search string works

Titles are joined with OR, so any of them matches. Skills you tick are another OR group, and skills you mark as required are joined with AND. Words to exclude get NOT (or a minus sign on Indeed and Google). LinkedIn understands this syntax in its search box; Naukri does not document one, so its links search one title at a time.

Other versions of this search

Questions

Why search for several job titles at once?

The same testing job is advertised as QA Engineer, Software Tester, Test Engineer, SDET, Automation Engineer, Quality Analyst and more. A search for one title misses the others, so the builder joins them with OR.

Does this tool search the job sites for me?

No. It builds a search string and links that open each site's own public search page in your browser. Nothing is collected from LinkedIn, Naukri or Indeed, and nothing you enter is sent to our server.

Why did a filter not apply on the site?

LinkedIn, Naukri and Indeed do not publish official specifications for their search links, and they can ignore or change parameters. If a filter such as experience or date is missing, set it on the site's page.

What do AND, OR and NOT mean?

OR widens the search (any of these titles). AND narrows it (this and that). NOT removes results that contain a word. Brackets group them, and quotes keep a phrase together.