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QA Tester / Product Quality Assurance

Help ensure the quality and reliability of innovative platforms used by global sports organizations, smart cities, and major international events through structured testing, validation, and release management.

Role description

About Focus BC

Focus BC develops digital platforms that help organizations manage venues, events, mapping, and smart city operations. Our products support international sports federations, local organizing committees, municipalities, and enterprise customers worldwide.

We build solutions such as:

Our work combines technology, UX, mapping, data, and operational workflows into platforms used in real-world environments including stadiums, tournaments, and large-scale events.

Important location requirement

This is a hybrid role based in Portugal. Applicants must already be resident in Portugal and able to attend regular in-person meetings and work sessions in the Lisbon area. Candidates based in Greater Lisbon will be preferred.

This role is not open to fully remote applicants based outside Portugal.

Role Overview

We are looking for a QA Tester / Product Quality Assurance professional to support the delivery of reliable, scalable, and high-quality digital platforms across our products and customer projects.

You will work closely with software engineers, project managers, GIS specialists, designers, and product teams to validate new releases, identify issues, and ensure smooth deployments across platforms such as Virtual Venue, Mapify, and City as a Platform.

Our products are used by organizations including UEFA, FIFA, AFC Asian Cup, municipalities, and large-scale event operators where operational reliability and user experience are critical.

This role is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, organized, and passionate about improving product quality and delivery processes.

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain test plans, test cases, and validation procedures

  • Execute manual testing across web and operational platforms

  • Validate new releases before deployment

  • Identify, document, and track bugs and platform issues

  • Work closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues

  • Support regression, functional, integration, and usability testing

  • Validate operational workflows and real-time platform functionalities

  • Participate in release planning and quality assurance processes

  • Help improve QA methodologies and testing standards

  • Support customer issue investigations and troubleshooting activities

  • Contribute to product stability, performance, and user experience improvements

  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across projects and products

Requirements

  • Current residence in Portugal is required; residence in the Greater Lisbon area is preferred

  • Availability to work in a hybrid model, including regular in-person meetings, training sessions, and project work in the Lisbon area

  • Experience in software testing or quality assurance

  • Strong attention to detail and analytical thinking

  • Experience creating test plans and test documentation

  • Ability to identify, reproduce, and clearly document issues

  • Understanding of web applications and software delivery workflows

  • Strong organizational and communication skills

  • Ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical teams

  • Good written and spoken English

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools

  • Experience testing operational or real-time platforms

  • Knowledge of APIs and backend testing concepts

  • Experience with GIS or mapping platforms

  • Understanding of agile development methodologies

  • Experience with automated testing tools

  • Interest in sports technology, smart cities, or operational systems