Test Engineer - Remote

Clients have the owner's cell number, and the owner still takes the occasional Saturday call. Started by a former school district network admin in 2005, the business has grown almost entirely through referrals.

WT Data Systems is looking for a Test Engineer - Remote to join a small, steady team. The right person reads acceptance criteria carefully and asks the awkward questions early. The company is based in Melbourne, Australia. The team is spread across multiple countries. This is a long-term contractor role, paid monthly in USD. You will need some overlap with Australian Eastern time in the mornings.

What you'll be doing

• Log, triage and track defects in Jira with severity and priority
• Run exploratory testing on new features and document findings with clear repro steps
• Check accessibility basics with axe and keyboard-only testing
• Load test with JMeter, k6 or Gatling and report on response times
• Manage test data and environments with developers and DevOps

Who you are

• 3+ years of software QA experience, including test automation
• Patience and persistence when chasing intermittent issues
• Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON and tools like Postman
• Working knowledge of CI pipelines and Git

Nice to have

• Contract testing with Pact
• Performance testing and analysis

Compensation and benefits

Salary range: $8.50-$9.00 per hour

• Flexible hours
• Paid time off
• Long-term engagement

Applications are reviewed weekly.

Duration: 9 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at WT Data Systems.