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# Freelance Senior QA Engineer at Beyond Sports

- **Company:** Beyond Sports
- **Location:** Budapest, Hungary
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-03
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/wearebeyondsports/50d54fbb-a851-47c6-b9b2-26717a6c06cf

## Job description

Senior QA Engineer - Freelance/Contractor - Hungary

We are seeking a talented and detail-oriented Senior QA Engineer (Contract) to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the highest quality standards for our digital products, through rigorous testing and a deep understanding of functionality and user experience.

- 3 month contract, view to extend further
- Remote Working (Hungary Essential)
- 80,000 - 160,000- HUF Per Day

Key Responsibilities:

- Test Case Creation: Develop and create comprehensive test cases to ensure thorough coverage of our products.
- Manual & Exploratory Testing: Perform manual or exploratory testing to identify defects and ensure complete test coverage.
- Defect Documentation: Document defects, collaborate with development teams for resolutions, and advocate for continuous product improvement.
- Requirements Validation: Validate and scrutinize requirements, identifying potential gaps, edge cases, and ensuring testability of proposed solutions.
- CMS Experience: Work with or leverage your previous experience in Content Management Systems (CMS).
- Test Documentation: Create supporting documentation for projects, such as Test Plans and Test Summary Reports, with support from other team members.
- Project Planning: Contribute to the planning and prioritization of testing efforts for the project.
- Task Estimation: Provide accurate estimations for testing tasks within a project.
- Risk Assessment: Proactively assess risks and suggest ways to mitigate issues.
- Process Ownership: Own and uphold QA processes and best practices across the team.

Requirements: Expert Knowledge In:

- Quickly understanding digital products, their features, and functionality.
- Developing and executing test scenarios for web or mobile applications.
- Analysing and understanding requirements to ensure quality assurance.
- Diagnosing, reporting, and tracking defects.
- Maintaining knowledge of core systems and processes.
- Applying industry-standard testing processes and best practices, with an ISTQB foundation certification.

Competency In:

- Software testing techniques and test-support tools, as well as incident/defect tracking systems.
- Experience in mobile app testing software such as Appium
- Familiarity with Agile / Waterfall development methodologies.
- Understanding APIs, with experience using tools such as Charles Proxy and Postman.
- Experience with UI automated testing tools (e.g., Cypress).
- Proficiency in tools like JIRA / Confluence.

If you are passionate about ensuring high-quality digital experiences and have the expertise and drive to contribute to a dynamic team, we would love to hear from you!

Apply now to be part of a cutting-edge team committed to delivering exceptional products.

## About Beyond Sports

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Beyond Sports transforms raw sports tracking data into real-time 3D animated broadcasts, AI-driven commentary, and immersive fan experiences.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Acquired by Sony in November 2022)
- **Headquarters**: Alkmaar, Netherlands
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Sander J. Schouten (CEO & Co-Founder) and Nicolaas Westerhof (CTO & Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Sports Technology, Data Visualization, Broadcast Media
- Target customers: B2B — sports leagues (NFL, NBA, NHL), broadcasters, media partners, brands, and data rightsholders
- Mission or purpose statement: To revolutionize the sports industry through cutting-edge technology and AI-driven insights, reimagining how sports are consumed by fans worldwide.

## Products & Services
- **Data Processing Engine**: Ingests and merges multiple raw tracking data streams (often incomplete or single-point) to produce a consistent, production-ready format. Compatible with any output including the Metaverse, media partners, and digital platforms.
- **Data Visualization Platform**: An Emmy Award-winning visualization engine that creates real-time 3D animations from enhanced tracking data, powering alternative broadcasts (e.g., "NHL Hockeyverse"), performance analysis, and post-match programs.
- **Creative & Storytelling Services**: Co-creates immersive narratives, animated broadcasts, AI commentary, and fan-first content for apps, gaming platforms, and branded worlds that enhance fan engagement and loyalty.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (acquired by Sony in 2022 for an undisclosed amount)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised $2.36M prior to acquisition; now a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sony Group (parent company, via Hawk-Eye and Pulselive), NFL, NBA, NHL
- **Growth Signals**: Emmy Award-winning technology; live broadcasts on gaming platforms as a next major goal; integrated with Sony’s Hawk-Eye tracking system and Pulselive digital services; team of 50+ employees representing 17 nationalities

## Competitive Advantages
- **Sony Ecosystem Integration**: Unique access to Hawk-Eye’s tracking data and Pulselive’s distribution, creating a vertically integrated pipeline from data capture to fan-facing content.
- **Proprietary Data Enhancement**: Proprietary engine that validates, enhances, and unifies raw tracking data into complete, lifelike 3D skeletons — a technical moat that competitors struggle to replicate.
- **Creative & Tech Fusion**: In-house 3D artists, engineers, and storytellers working side-by-side, enabling rapid production of broadcast-ready, immersive experiences that are both technically advanced and creatively compelling.

## Strategic Focus
- **Live Gaming Integration**: Pivoting to bring live match broadcasts onto gaming platforms, creating a new category of interactive sports consumption.
- **Deepening Sony Synergy**: Leveraging Hawk-Eye’s data and Pulselive’s digital services to scale globally and offer end-to-end solutions for leagues and broadcasters.
- **Expanding Sport Verticals**: Building on existing NFL, NBA, and NHL partnerships to enter new sports and markets, with a focus on direct-to-consumer experiences.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Environment**: Described as “more like a living room than a corporate space,” with an open, modern office overlooking canals in Alkmaar. High value placed on diversity — 17 nationalities among 50+ team members.
- **Workspace & Perks**: In-office role with two adjacent offices; ping-pong, corn-hole, darts, video games, and board games; freshly prepared hot meals three times a week by an in-house chef, plus fresh fruit, snacks, and drinks.
- **Growth & Development**: Access to learning courses; hands-on work with industry-leading data technology on high-impact projects for world-renowned sports organizations.
- **Wellness**: Company fitness card for a nearby gym; ergonomic work equipment provided from day one.
- **Team Events**: Regular Friday drinks, project watch parties, and an annual company trip.

## Sources
1. [beyondsports.nl](https://www.beyondsports.nl/)
2. [beyondsports.nl/careers-page](https://www.beyondsports.nl/careers-page)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/beyond-sports)
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/beyond-sports)
5. [sony.com](https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/technology/stories/entries/20240411/beyondsports/)

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