Updated August 3, 2026

23 open positions

Test Strategy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 23+ test strategy jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and best places to work—full pay and a better work-life balance. 6 new this week. Hiring companies include Version 1, Graphcore, and Meritis.

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New This Week

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Senior QA Automation Engineer

17h

Mesh

RemoteEurope

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Lead QA Automation Engineer

Unanet

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior QA Engineer

1mo

Lifted

RemoteMexico

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior/Staff Software Engineer

1mo

Murmuration

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

2mo

Assured

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$160k – $190k

Lead Automation Engineer

19h

Capital on Tap

HybridPorto, Portugal

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO€65k – €75k

Test Lead / Business Analyst

27d

Perpetual Guardian

HybridAuckland, New Zealand

86 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Quality Engineering Lead

Match Group

HybridTokyo, Japan

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Engineer I

Amgen

HybridDetroit, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$88k – $119k

Software Development Engineer in Test III (SDET)

Guidewire

HybridBangalore, India

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Software Engineer

Graphcore

HybridBristol, UK

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Principal Systems Engineer IVV

1mo

Cobham Ultra

HybridMaidenhead, UK

69 · Good9 day fortnight

Test Automation Engineer

10d

Version 1

HybridLondon +5 more

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

QA Engineer Python/Pytest

10d

Meritis

HybridValbonne, France

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Electronics Test Development Engineer

3mo

General Dynamics UK

OnsiteHastings, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£46k – £57k

Systems Integration & Test Lead Engineer

3mo

General Dynamics UK

OnsiteOakdale, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£59k – £80k

Silicon Product and Test Engineer

1mo

Block

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$126k – $189k

Silicon Product and Test Engineer

1mo

Block

HybridBay Area, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$164k – $245k

Software Engineer in Test 5 - Apple Player

2mo

Netflix

HybridLos Gatos, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$266k – $442k

Senior QA Engineer - Pro Design

1mo

Canva

HybridLondon, UK

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Systems Test Operations Engineer

17d

Graphcore

HybridHsinchu City, Taiwan

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

QA Automation Tester

1mo

Meritis

OnsiteMontpellier, France

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

QA Tester (M/F)

1mo

Meritis

OnsitePorto, Portugal

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Test Strategy on this page include Version 1, Graphcore, and Meritis. Test Strategy roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Test Strategy is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Test Strategy roles span the full seniority range — we list 24 open roles requiring Test Strategy across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Test Strategy hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Test Strategy roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Test Strategy candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Test Strategy on current listings.