QA Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a QA Engineer to join our dynamic Live Data Services team, which is at the heart of our live sports data ecosystem. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our sports data, working closely with Product Managers and leveraging modern tools to enhance our platform.

Responsibilities

• Requirement Ownership: Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to transform business ideas into clear, testable user stories. Ensure the team understands what needs to be delivered and where potential risks may exist.
• Shift Left: Engage in the design phase, challenging assumptions, identifying gaps, and helping prevent issues before development begins.
• Quality Advocacy: Serve as a quality champion within the team, helping stakeholders understand risks from both technical and business perspectives.
• Smart Automation (Creator Mindset): Utilize modern tools, including AI and LLMs, to improve efficiency, generate test assets, analyze data, and automate repetitive activities where it creates value.
• Testing Execution: Conduct exploratory and structured testing across APIs, integrations, internal tools, workflows, and business processes to identify issues and validate expected behavior.
• Domain Validation: Ensure sports, betting, and customer-facing business rules behave correctly across different sports, competitions, and products.
• Release Quality: Act as the gatekeeper for quality, validating that new features meet both technical expectations and customer needs before release.

Requirements

• 3+ Years Experience: Proven history of driving quality practices within complex product teams.
• Product Mindset: You care about user experience, business logic, and customer impact, not just passing test cases.
• Sports Knowledge: Strong interest in sports and willingness to develop expertise across a broad portfolio of sports. Knowledge of sports rules, competitions, statistics, and event structures is highly valued.
• Betting Domain Awareness: Experience with sports betting, odds, trading, sportsbook operations, or related products is a strong advantage. You are comfortable navigating complex business logic and understanding how data impacts customers.
• Proactive: You don't wait for detailed instructions; you ask questions, challenge assumptions, and help define the path forward.
• Clear Communicator: You can explain technical risks, findings, and business impacts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Our Toolkit

• API & Data: Strong experience with API testing, structured data validation, and SQL.
• Basic Development Skills: Comfortable reading existing code and creating simple scripts or utilities using Java, Python, and modern AI-powered development tools.
• Modern Tech: Experience using AI tools (LLMs, Copilot, AI assistants) to improve testing, analysis, and productivity.
• Investigation & Troubleshooting: Ability to analyze complex workflows, integrations, and data flows to identify root causes and quality issues.

We Offer

• The opportunity to work and develop within an inspiring and fast-growing company.
• Flat organization with a high degree of individual responsibility.
• A collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia, and the US).
• A very good social and physical working environment.
• A company culture that promotes social aspects, sports, physical exercise, and fun.
• Competitive salary and benefits.

About the Company

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

Our Recruitment Process

• Initial Screening: A brief conversation with our Talent Acquisition Partner to review your background, experience, motivation, and expectations.
• Product & Domain Interview: A 60-minute discussion focused on product thinking, quality ownership, sports domain understanding, and how you approach business-critical testing challenges.
• Technical Interview: An in-depth technical discussion covering QA fundamentals, API testing, SQL, test design, risk assessment, problem-solving, and practical quality-related scenarios.
• Cultural Fit Interview (30 minutes): A conversation with Senior Management to assess your ability to work in a matrix organization, collaborate with stakeholders, and thrive in a fast-paced international environment.

Additional Information

At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team!