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Syntricate Technologies

Functional Tester

Deerfield, IL · On-site

... • Development background experience in Java, J2EE, Spring or Azure Services. • Experience in Microservices Testing. • Experience in API & Web Services testing like Soap, REST, etc. • ...

krg technology inc

Automation Tester

Chicago, IL · On-site

$47.50 - $62.50/hr

... Development, Test Execution, Planning is must Banking domain experience is plus Senior Tester will be responsible for doing the overall testing life cycle. responsibility for requirements ...

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As of Sep 10, 2026, the average hourly pay for development tester in Chicago, IL is $49.01, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $38.65 and $57.74 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Development Tester vs QA Tester?

AspectDevelopment TesterQA Tester
CertificationsISTQB, CSTE, or similarISTQB, CSTE, or similar
Work EnvironmentInvolved in development process, often with developersFocus on testing, quality assurance, and process adherence
Employer & Industry UsageSoftware companies, tech firms, development teamsSoftware companies, QA departments, testing firms
Common Search & ComparisonYesYes

Development Testers and QA Testers both play vital roles in software quality assurance. Development Testers typically work closely with developers during the development process, focusing on identifying bugs early. QA Testers often work in dedicated QA teams, ensuring overall product quality through comprehensive testing. While their certifications and work environments overlap, their primary focus areas differ, with Development Testers more integrated into the development cycle and QA Testers emphasizing process and compliance.

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Infographic showing various Development Tester job openings in Chicago, IL as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 82% Full Time, 14% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 92% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 6% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $101,951 per year, or $49 per hour.

Performance Testing & Engineering

Northbrook, IL

Sonsoft Inc
IT Services • 51 - 200 employees
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Full-time

Re-posted 4 days ago

Job description

Company Description

Sonsoft , Inc. is a USA based corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Georgia. Sonsoft Inc. is growing at a steady pace specializing in the fields of Software Development, Software Consultancy and Information Technology Enabled Services.

Job Description

Job Description:-

  • Expertise in Performance Engineering activities with deep skills in HP LR, JMeter and other leading Performance testing tools.
  • Excellent experience in performance bottleneck analysis and provide recommendations
  • Expertize in developing Work Load Patterns, Develop Performance Strategy and implement them.
  • Expertize in using monitoring tools for performance testing. ALM, APM tools (Dynatrace, AppDynamics).
  • Overall coordination and monitoring of the performance and related activities
  • Lead defect and technical discussions on customer facing and own the performance deliverables
  • Resolve outstanding issues and queries for performance testing and engineering
  • Should have strong experience in analysis and tuning (frontend, middleware and database). Analyze the logs and provide tuning recommendations & strong in application profiling capabilities
  • Interact with subject matter experts, developers, integration staff, environment staff, systems analysts, E2E designers, components designers and business and systems analysts while doing performance impact analysis
  • Understanding of the application, identifying key business processes in the application, preparing the load scenarios and participate in test execution
  • Resolving outstanding issues and queries for performance testing
  • Review deliverables in time to improve the quality / completeness of deliverable
  • Own the change control (including impact analysis) process
  • Tracking hardware and configuration changes of live and test environments
  • Prioritize, schedule and complete work on time for multiple capabilities with overlapping schedules
  • Nice to have Mobile performance testing experience
  • Should have strong communication and Leadership abilities
  • Should have experience in Agile and Devops methodology, micro services, Angular js etc.,
  • Ability to work in team in diverse/ multiple stakeholder environment

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications :-

  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
  • At least 4 years of experience within the Information Technologies.
Additional Information

** U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

Note:-

  1. This is a Fulltime job for you 
  2. Only US Citizen, Green Card Holder, TN Visa, H4-EAD, GC-EAD & L2-EAD can apply.
  3. No OPT-EAD  Consultants please.
  4. Please mention your Visa Status in your email or resume.
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Sonsoft , Inc. is a USA based corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Georgia. Sonsoft Inc. is growing at a steady pace specializing in the fields of Software Development, Software Consultancy and Information Technology Enabled Services.

Industry

It services

Company size

51 - 200 Employees

Headquarters location

Alpharetta, GA, US

Year founded

2007

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