QA Analyst

Decskill; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Decskill is growing and seeks a QA Analyst for a project with a hybrid model based in Porto or Lisbon (2x/week). The role involves coordinating testing activities, writing test plans and cases, and ensuring quality across software releases.

You will work with Jira and Xray, apply Agile methods, and contribute to improving QA processes. Fluent English (B2) is required, and you will join a diverse team across Portugal and Spain.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience as a QA Analyst.
• Experience coordinating testing activities.
• Knowledge of functional, regression, smoke, sanity, integration, performance, security testing.
• Experience creating and reviewing test plans, test cases, and test scenarios.
• Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools (Jira, Xray).
• Familiar with agile methodologies.
• Some experience in test automation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; English – B2 level.

Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritize the test backlog and assign tasks to the project team.
• Supervise the execution of manual and automated test cases.
• Ensure compliance with defined test strategies.
• Monitor test progress and identify bottlenecks.
• Facilitate communication between QA team members and other project areas.
• Provide guidance and technical support to the members of the project.
• Identify, document, and report defects clearly and concisely in tracking tools.
• Prioritize defects according to severity and business impact.
• Track defect lifecycles and verify fixes.
• Provide constructive feedback to the development team.
• Actively participate in improving QA processes and testing methodologies.
• Propose and implement new tools and techniques to optimize testing activities.
• Contribute to the QA knowledge base.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of test strategies and propose adjustments.

Skills

Test coordination

Software testing

Functional testing

Regression testing

Smoke testing

Test automation

Jira

Xray

Agile methodologies

English (B2)

Tools

Jira

Xray

Job description

We are growing. And we are looking for talented people.

At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.

We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long‑term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.

As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long‑term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.

We would like to meet a QA Analyst for a project with a hybrid working model based in Porto or Lisbon (2x/week).

Requirements

• 3 - 6 years of experience as a QA Analyst.
• Solid experience in coordinating testing activities.
• Profound knowledge in different types of software testing (functional, regression, smoke, sanity, integration, performance, security, etc.).
• Experience in creating and reviewing test plans, test cases, and test scenarios.
• Proficiency in test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Xray).
• Familiarity with agile methodologies.
• Some experience in test automation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in English - minimum B2 level (mandatory).

Responsibilities

Test Execution and Coordination:

• Manage and prioritize the test backlog, assigning tasks to the project team.
• Supervise the execution of manual and automated test cases.
• Ensure compliance with defined test strategies.
• Monitor test progress and identify bottlenecks.
• Facilitate communication between QA team members and other project areas.
• Provide guidance and technical support to the members of the project.
• Identify, document, and report defects clearly and concisely in tracking tools.
• Prioritize defects according to severity and business impact.
• Track defect lifecycles and verify fixes.
• Provide constructive feedback to the development team.
• Actively participate in improving QA processes and testing methodologies.
• Propose and implement new tools and techniques to optimize testing activities.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of the QA knowledge base.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of test strategies and propose adjustments.

Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously.

Find with us the right opportunity to grow!

What you can expect from us

• Long-term projects with national and international context.
• Opportunities to grow technically and professionally.
• A people-first culture, focused on transparency and trust.
• Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability.

Your next challenge might start here.

At Decskill, we are committed to equal opportunities and non-discrimination. We promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, where recruitment and career progression are based solely on talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, or any other form of discrimination incompatible with human dignity.