Remote Freelance Load Test Engineer - 12mo EU project

Tech Tide Portugal; Portugal; Remote; EUR 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Tide Portugal is seeking a freelance Load Test Engineer for a long-term project based in Portugal. The role involves designing and executing load tests using k6 or Apache JMeter, integrating results into CI/CD, and optimizing performance across cloud-based systems. The engagement is 90–95% remote with occasional visits to Lisbon.

Fluent English is required, with Portuguese or German as a plus. The contract is B2B freelance, approximately 12 months with extension potential, open to EU

Qualifications

• Hands-on load testing experience with k6 and/or JMeter.
• Design, script, execute and analyze tests.
• Knowledge of cloud-based distributed systems (AWS a plus).
• Fluent English; Portuguese or German is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, script and run load and performance tests.
• Analyse results and provide clear recommendations to the teams.
• Build and maintain a reusable performance testing setup.
• Integrate performance tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

English proficiency

Test design

Scripting

Result analysis

CI/CD testing

Cloud concepts (AWS)

Tools

k6

Apache JMeter

Job description

Tech Tide Portugal is seeking a freelance Load Test Engineer for a long-term project based in Portugal. The role involves designing and executing load tests using k6 or Apache JMeter, integrating results into CI/CD, and optimizing performance across cloud-based systems. The engagement is 90–95% remote with occasional visits to Lisbon.

Fluent English is required, with Portuguese or German as a plus. The contract is B2B freelance, approximately 12 months with extension potential, open to EU