QA Engineer - Hourly Contract

Description: Seeking an experienced QA Engineer for a part-time, hourly contract role at Stevens, a strategic advisory and technology firm. Responsible for software testing, ensuring application reliability, and assessing release readiness. Requirements: Strong professional software QA experience with independent testing responsibility. Ability to create test plans and regression suites in evolving QA environments. Hands-on experience with various testing types (manual, exploratory, functional, regression, integration). Familiarity with API testing tools like Postman. Strong communication skills for explaining findings to non-technical stakeholders. Must reside in the United States or Canada and be legally authorized to work there. Benefits: Compensation of $40–$65 USD per hour based on experience. Initial commitment of 10–15 hours per week with a four-week paid engagement. Remote work opportunity with flexible scheduling around release testing. Direct ownership of testing work and influence on QA practices.