Freelance Load Test Engineer (k6 / JMeter)

Freelance project – long-term engagement in Portugal

Tech Tide is a Portugal-based technology company delivering Cloud, AI and Robotics projects for companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. For a long-term project in Portugal, we are looking for a freelance Load Test Engineer, contracted directly by Tech Tide (B2B). This is not a permanent position.

Location: Portugal project, 90–95% remote

The project is based in Portugal and the team works out of Lisbon. You can work almost fully remote from Portugal or Germany, with occasional visits to the team in Lisbon.

Project scope

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

Your profile

• Strong hands-on experience with k6 and/or Apache JMeter
• Test design, scripting, execution and result analysis
• Understanding of cloud-based distributed systems (AWS a plus)
• Fluent English; Portuguese or German is a plus
• Based in Portugal or Germany

Project setup

• Freelance / B2B contract directly with Tech Tide
• Full-time engagement, start ASAP
• Approx. 12 months with extension potential
• 90–95% remote, occasional visits to Lisbon
• Competitive hourly rate
• Due to project compliance requirements, this engagement is open to EU citizens only