Senior QA Analyst

We are building the next generation of football gaming

We believe football gaming should be as exciting and inclusive as the sport itself. Our vision is to build the world’s most player-centric football game, which empowers a global community to compete, create, and connect. No outdated licenses. No legacy limitations. Just pure football, driven by innovation, culture, and the people who love the game.

GOALS is for the kids and the champions. The creators, the grinders, the entertainers. For every moment of skill, every style of play, and every version of you. This is more than just a game — it’s a new standard. 

Read more about GOALS here.

Welcome to the QA team

At GOALS, the player experience drives everything we do. We’re passionate about delivering the most competitive and enjoyable multiplayer football experience across platforms. Our QA team plays a key role in achieving this. While we believe quality is everyone’s responsibility, we rely on experienced professionals to champion best practices, spot risks early, and ensure the game experience meets the highest standards.

As a Senior QA Analyst, you won’t just be catching bugs, you'll be embedded in the heart of development, shaping features alongside designers, engineers, and community experts. You'll work across platforms and product stages to guide how we test, measure, and ensure quality throughout the lifecycle.
 

At GOALS, you will...

• Be involved in feature development, from ideation and design all the way through to release as a true embedded tester.
• Help squads identify potential risks and quality gaps before they impact our players.
• Coach and guide developers to adopt proactive testing practices that elevate the entire QA culture.
• Collaborate closely with our Community Managers to address player feedback and provide clear, transparent updates.
• Take ownership of daily internal playtests and drive continuous improvements to test coverage and insights.
• Partner with Production Management to ensure smooth QA processes during console certification for Xbox and PlayStation.
• Work hand-in-hand with our Release Manager to track bugs and ensure quality across every release.

Ideally, you have...

• 5+ years of experience testing games on console and PC, with a solid understanding of the full QA lifecycle as an embedded tester.
• Hands-on experience with console certification for Xbox and PlayStation(compliance testing), you know the pitfalls and how to avoid them.
• A strong command of multiple testing techniques, including functional, exploratory, regression, and when to use them.
• An analytical mindset that thrives on digging into complex systems to surface root causes and critical issues.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, especially engineers, in an agile development environment.
• A proactive, ownership-driven attitude, you find clarity in ambiguity, anticipate issues, and stay committed until solutions are delivered.
• A bias for action and quality, you don’t wait for permission to make things better, and you’re not afraid to speak up for the player.

About the Employment

The position is permanent, and you can work from our Stockholm office, hybrid, or fully remote from anywhere in Europe. It is important that you are able to communicate unhindered in verbal/written English.

For this position, we do not offer relocation assistance.

In addition to opportunities for creative impact and professional growth, working at GOALS has many other benefits like occupational pension, 30 days PTO, flexible work hours, stock options and more. Learn more here.

Application

For this role, we would like you to include:

• LinkedIn profile, CV, or any other document that showcases your experience

We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel that you tick all the boxes. You just might be exactly what we need, even if we haven’t understood it yet. GOALS is still a young company, and we change quickly. But one thing that never changes is our conviction that we need a diverse studio environment, filled with different perspectives and skills.

Read more about our recruitment process