Contract Education Applications Tester
Collaborative for Children
Houston, TX 77056
$800 a week
Description
Contractor position: Education Applications Tester
Location: Houston, Texas
Work Week: Monday – Friday
Number of Hours per week: 40
Duration of contract: approximately 8 weeks, starting end of June 2025
HYBRID contract position
Compensation: $800/week, paid bi-weekly when invoiced by contractor
About the Work
If you have an interest in educational technology, user experience, and software testing, consider joining Collaborative as a contract Education Applications Tester and help shape tools that support early childhood learning and assessment.
You will work hands-on with two key applications. You’ll contribute to both quality assurance and user-centered design, collaborating with developers, educators, and student teams.
- iWonder – an interactive educational platform
- BELLLA – an early education assessment interface
What You’ll Do
iWonder Development
- Review design documents and functional specifications for the iWonder application.
- Create and execute test plans to ensure the app meets performance and usability requirements.
- Identify, document, and track bugs or issues.
- Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot and resolve problems.
BELLLA Redesign
- Work with internal staff and university partners to redesign the BELLLA interface.
- Focus on improving usability for both teachers and young children.
- Document design feedback and present recommendations to the development team.
- Participate in post-implementation usability testing and feedback sessions.
You Might Be a Great Fit If You:
- Are currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in: Software Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science or Information Systems.
- Possess strong attention to detail and enjoy testing and improving digital tools.
- Have completed collegiate coursework, or possess demonstrated skills, in the following:
- Software Testing and QA
- Application Development
- Agile Methodologies
- User Interface Design
- Usability Testing
- Communication and Reporting
- Have demonstrated experience conducting applications testing, gathering requirements from stakeholders, data analysis and manipulating data using Excel and Power BI
- Passion for education and emerging technologies
- Communicate clearly and enjoy working in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams.
- Possess an awareness of emerging AI technologies and their practical applications in early childhood business operations and data analysis.
- Have experience using or training others in AI-enhanced features of business systems is a plus.
- Bonus: Experience with usability testing tools or bug tracking platforms (e.g., Jira, Trello, Figma, etc.)
What You’ll Gain
- Hands-on experience in educational software testing and interface design.
- Exposure to real-world product development cycles.
- Opportunities to contribute to tools that directly impact early childhood education.
- Mentorship and collaboration with experienced developers and educators.
We embrace diversity in backgrounds, talents, experiences, interests, and ideas. Attributes that resonate in our most successful talent include: passion for our mission, drive for results, high level of organization and detail orientation, resilience and authenticity.
When you work at Collaborative you can make a difference every day. All of our staff play critical roles in executing our mission.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY MAKES US STRONGER
Collaborative for Children is an Equal Opportunity Employer and supports a drug-free/smoke-free work environment. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, or any other protected class as set forth under applicable state, local and federal civil rights laws.