What does an SDET do?
I’ve been interviewing with a company for an SDET position and everyone keeps asking me, “What is an SDET?” The SDET label seems to have come out of Microsoft…
In it’s most abstract form, an SDET is a developer that writes software with the purpose of testing other software. In ’softie terms, if SDE writes software with the focus of producing a product, an SDET writes software to test the SDE’s product.
— From RandyRants.com
If you want to know more about the technical and day to day activities you should read Adam Ulrich’s post What’s the difference between SDE and SDET at microsoft?