Quality Assurance Analyst

Colossus Bets; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pool betting operator in London is seeking a Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst to support product teams in testing. The ideal candidate will possess strong manual testing skills, understanding of Agile practices, and be proactive in documenting defects. The role involves collaborating with diverse teams to ensure high-quality releases. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Annual discretionary performance bonus

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private health & dental insurance

Pension plan

Gympass membership

Free coffee & snacks at the office

Qualifications

• Understanding of Software Testing Fundamentals.
• Ability to write clear, concise test cases.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive test strategies and plans.
• Conduct functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Identify and document defects during testing.

Skills

Manual testing

Agile methodology

Defect lifecycle knowledge

Test case design

Debugging tools

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Selenium

Postman

Job description

About Colossus

Colossus Bets is an award-winning pool betting operator that offers life-changing sports jackpot prizes. We aim to enhance sports fans' engagement with their favourite sports by providing jackpots in over 30 currencies and 25 languages. We have also recently launched Colossus Fantasy which is a DFS (Daily Fantasy sports) product currently active across 21 states in the United States. This product features huge jackpots including our $1M dollar pool, cash out options, and a unique feature called squads which allows users to team up and play together.

About this role

Colossus Bets is hiring for a Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst to support both the product and technical teams in the testing and release of its product roadmap. The QA Analyst is responsible for supporting the planning, design and execution of system testing on simple to complex implementations. They will work collaboratively with the IT department and business units to execute and validate test cases based upon system requirements. The QA Analyst will identify and document defects when performing test execution in a fast-paced, fluid and changing environment. The ideal candidate should possess expertise in manual testing, and ideally an understanding of automated testing. They will also be responsible for promoting best practices throughout the testing process life-cycle and assisting the team in building a solid testing strategy.

Responsibilities

• Plan and Design Testing: Develop comprehensive test strategies, plans, scripts, and cases for multiple projects of varying complexity, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements
• Execute and Manage Testing Activities: Conduct functional, regression, exploratory, performance, load, and stress testing to ensure product quality, scalability, and reliability. Validating that user and business expectations are met across all testing phases
• Defect and Risk Management: Identify, document, and communicate defects clearly, overseeing the complete issue resolution cycle. Assess and communicate business and technical risks related to testing outcomes and releases
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with product owners, business analysts, developers, and project managers to define acceptance criteria, review requirements for testability, and determine optimal testing strategies. Participate actively in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, reviews, and retrospectives
• Reporting and Documentation: Produce clear and concise test reports and metrics. Maintain test documentation including plans, cases, and scripts to support traceability and knowledge sharing. Contribute insights from testing outcomes to improve development and QA processes
• Release and Post‑Release Support: Support product owners in final acceptance testing, participate in release planning, and verify readiness for deployment. Monitor and analyze application logs post‑release to identify potential issues or trends
• Professional Attributes: Demonstrate strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, self‑motivation, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a remote or distributed team environment. Communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders using clear, pragmatic, and collaborative communication

Requirements

Must have:

• Understanding of Software Testing Fundamentals (Knowledge of different testing types, familiarity with SDLC)
• Basic Test Case Design & Execution Skills Ability to write clear, concise, and comprehensive test cases and test scripts
• Defect lifecycle knowledge: Understanding defect severity vs. priority and knowledge of how to log, track, and retest defects effectively
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology and tools (e.g Jira, Confluence)
• Understanding of logging and debugging tools (browser dev tools, inspect element, log analyzers)

Nice to have:

• Experience with automation tools like Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or TestComplete
• API testing tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or SoapUI
• Soft skills: Strong attention to detail, analytical & problem‑solving skills, effective communication, team collaboration and time management
• A general understanding and interest in sports
• Client‑facing experience — understanding how to gather requirements or reproduce issues from stakeholders

Benefits

• Salary depending on experience
• Annual discretionary performance bonus
• 25 days holiday per annum, plus UK bank holidays
• Private health & dental insurance
• Optical cover through Aviva.
• Pension plan
• Gympass membership to over 1900 gyms and wellness businesses.
• Breakfast bought in everyday and lunch bought in twice a week
• Free coffee & snacks at the office
• Regular team events & socials