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Hire an offshore QA tester in the Philippines
Give your releases a dedicated pair of eyes before customers see them. Explore offshore professionals with relevant testing experience, discuss your product and release process, then agree the employment cost and terms before hiring.
From USD$1,600 a monthA$2,300 · NZ$2,860 · full-time, before tax
- Works with your tools
- Playwright, Cypress, Jira, Postman, TestRail
- Works with your team
- Your business hours, NZ, AU or US time
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About the role.
What does an offshore QA tester do?
A QA tester checks your product against its requirements and reports what they find, so your developers can fix problems before release.
Write test plans and test cases from your requirements and tickets
Run manual regression and exploratory tests on each release
Build and maintain automated tests in Playwright or Cypress
Log clear bug reports with steps, evidence and severity in Jira
Test APIs and data using Postman or similar tools
Retest fixes and report what is ready for release and what is not
Which tools do they use?
Typical tools include Playwright, Cypress, Jira, Postman and a test case manager such as TestRail. Each profile lists the software that person has used, so you can pick someone who already knows yours.
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hire could save.
Compare the local annual salary with our full-time starting price. Choose your market and team size to see the difference.
Your roleQA Tester
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Full-time people
Local salary estimate
NZ$90,000
NZD a year · NZ$7,500 a month
QA Tester · New Zealand
Ramp Remote from
NZ$34,320
NZD a year · NZ$2,860 a month
Full-time Philippines hire · before tax · 38% of the local cost
Potential annual savingsNZ$55,680
61% below the local salary estimate.
1 full-time person · your quote confirms the total.
Comparison uses the local salary estimate published by Ramp Remote and this role’s starting service price. The figures have different inclusions. Experience, benefits, taxes and one-off costs may vary. Your quote confirms the total.
What changed for a client
40%
“During a period of rapid growth, [Ramp Remote] gave us access to talent we couldn’t find on our own. They guided each hiring manager through the process, helping us secure the right people with the right skillsets—perfectly matched to our culture. This has significantly reduced the cost of our delivery and back office by upwards of 40%.”
Paul PrichardGroup CEO, Overdose DigitalFind the right person for the work.
What good looks like
Agree what ready for release means and how test results are shared. Useful measures include bug reports your developers can reproduce, automated checks for your most important journeys and a clear regression list for each release.
Define who decides whether a release goes ahead. The tester reports risk and evidence; the release decision stays with your product owner or team lead.
Assess the right fit
Our catalogue candidates are reviewed and interviewed by our team.
Discuss experience with your product type, test tools and release cadence. Ask the candidate to explain how they would test a checkout or sign-up flow, prioritise when time is short and write a bug report a developer can act on.
Agree a short technical exercise with our team, using a sample application, sample repository or fictional data, and ask for a walkthrough of past work. Provide test environments and test accounts rather than production data, give only the access the role needs, and make sure production changes follow your review process.
Your next qa tester could change your day.
More capacity for your business. More time for the work that needs you. Tell us who you need and we’ll help you find the right fit.
Let’s find your personStart with a conversation. Agree the full quote and terms before you hire.
From your brief to their first day.
Meet the person. Understand the cost. Start with a plan you’ve agreed together.
Tell us what you need
Share the work, experience and hours you need. You can start with a role enquiry or discuss someone you have seen in the catalogue.
Meet your shortlist
Review suitable people, discuss relevant experience and interview the candidates you want to consider. Agree any role-specific assessment with us.
Agree the hire and get started
Review the full quote, service terms and working arrangements before committing. Then plan access, handover and onboarding together.
How do I fill my QA Tester role in the Philippines?
Start with a brief for your QA Tester role: the responsibilities they will own, the systems they will use and the working hours you need to overlap with your team in New Zealand or Australia. Meet candidates against that brief and agree the total monthly cost before choosing a start date.
With Ramp Remote, we employ and support your person in the Philippines. You provide the business context, set priorities and review their work. Start with one clear responsibility and a named manager, then expand the role as the handover takes hold.
Before you hire.
What the monthly price includesThe starting price is a guide for a full-time hire in the Philippines. Your quote confirms the total for your chosen person, agreed hours and service arrangements.
- Experience and scope: specialist skills, seniority and the responsibilities you need affect the price.
- Hours and coverage: agree the working week, time-zone overlap and any evening or weekend needs.
- What is included: ask for the breakdown of employment costs, our service, equipment and any one-off charges, with currency and applicable taxes stated.
We confirm these details before you commit. The starting price is not a fixed quote for every candidate.
Timing depends on the brief, candidate availability, interviews and any notice period. We will agree the next update and a target start date with you once those details are clear. If the right person is not currently available, we can recruit to your brief.
- Set the access: agree test environments, test accounts, the bug workflow in Jira and the severity levels you use.
- Handover one release: run your regression checklist together, then let the tester take the lead on a smaller change.
- Review the first release cycle: check bug report quality, coverage and any automation started, then agree the ongoing testing plan.
You can discuss a role without committing to a hire. Before proceeding, review your written quote and agreement for payment timing, currency and taxes, notice requirements, the support included and what happens if the hire is not the right fit.
We will confirm replacement arrangements and any conditions in your agreement before you proceed.
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