Take the 2-minute tour ×  I was recently talking with a
recruiter who wants to put me at a company for a position of
Developer in Test. He essentially made it sound like a position
where you get to fiddle with new programming techniques and test
bugs and improvements in software but where you don't need to
worry about standard deadlines. You get to be very creative in
your work.  But that description was still kinda vague to me. I
have been a Web Developer for a number of years now, mostly
working in PHP. So I wanted to know if others in the community
know more about what these positions typically entail.  I know
that this might not be a subject appropriate for this forum, but
it was the best fit I could find among Stack Exchange and I
would really appreciate it if this wasn't closed since there is
really no where else here to ask about it.  I have tried
Googling it, but there isn't a lot of information out there. So
what exactly is a Developer in Test?  share|improve this
question I usually hear this called