Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer

Catapult is building the future of sports performance technology, with a mission to Unleash the Potential of every athlete and team on earth. We don't just work in the sporting industry; we are actively changing it.  Since 2006, our solutions have been leading the way in sports performance software, science, and data, in a world where 1% can literally mean the difference between winning and losing.

We work with over 5,000+ teams around the world, empowering coaches, managers and trainers in premier teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, EPL, AFL, NRL, NCAA and more. We provide the information they need to optimize athletes’ health, game-day readiness, and performance, as well as in-game tactics.  

Catapult is a sports technology company that empowers professional teams to make data-driven decisions. We deliver health, performance, video, and AI insights from the locker room to competitive environments, ensuring every decision is an opportunity to gain an advantage, sharpen performance, and build lasting success. 

WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY

We are looking for a talented and inquisitive Quality Assurance Engineer whose drive for learning and determination for continuous improvement aligns with our ambitious, fast-growing, and transforming company. Based in London, you will be a key player in planning, designing, building, and testing the features of our next-generation cloud platform that combines digital video assets, wearable data, and athlete information to provide insights and analytics to coaching/support staff, sports scientists, and athletes to assist in optimizing athlete performance. We believe that our customers deserve the best platform, and we are on a mission to maximise and enhance their performance through delivering a high-quality experience. Our test engineers match this ethos by taking responsibility for constantly improving productivity and development of self and be able to excel in a fast-paced environment with short project timelines from conception to deployment.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Develop products used by professional and collegiate sports teams to import, edit, review, analyze, and search across video and complex associated metadata
• Design new features in collaboration with the team
• Work within an ecosystem of products in a Client / Server / Cloud architectureImprove product quality by executing regression tests, verifying bug fixes, and providing feedback on user experience
• Create, manage and maintain clear, comprehensive and well-structured automated test suites
• Actively participate in a cross-functional agile scrum team, including Engineers, QA, and DevOpsHelp the team continuously evaluate and improve its development, test, and planning processes through sprint retrospectivesProvide feedback in quarterly planning sessions

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• 2+ years of experience testing desktop applications, in a Client / Server environment
• 2+ years of experience testing mobile Cloud applications is a plus
• 2+ years of experience using agile software development tools (Jira) to log bugs, communicate status, and collaborate with the team
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies
• Ability to work closely with other QA and Engineering team members
• Ability to write clear documentation, test cases and bug repro steps
• Ability to learn, document, and communicate customer workflows
• Ability to quickly and independently learn new technologies, products, and tools
• Experience with Node.js (24+) and Typescript
• Experience with modern web automation tooling (Playwright preferred). Covering both end to end and component level testing

Experience with a modern unit/component test runner (Vitest preferred)Experience with CI/CD test integration (Github Actions preferred)

• Experience in the sports industry is a plus
• Experience working with video or audio editing software is a plus

WHAT YOUR SUCCESS WILL LOOK LIKE

• In 6 months time, you will have supported the team in the delivery of a full suite of tests for some of our flagship products. Your contribution here will give the team a critical safety net to deliver new changes confidently without introducing new issues.
• In 12 months time, you will have supported the team in the delivery of an additional suite of tests for upcoming tools, integrations, and apps for our platform.

WHY CATAPULT? 

• We have amazing people. We promise you’ll work with some of the most ambitious,  intelligent people in an exciting industry, and do some of the best work of your life.
• We encourage our people to engage in constructive, open, and honest communication to make Catapult extraordinary. 
• We work in a collaborative yet challenging environment to consistently improve our performance, which in turn impacts our customers' performance.
• Our workforce spans more than 20 countries. You'll have the opportunity to work with people from multiple nationalities and cultures, and to build your global awareness.  
• We value improvement and development. We are challenging ourselves to continuously grow and become a high-performance company. That means we maintain a growth mindset in everything we do, and our people are always looking for ways to improve.  There is an unlimited opportunity to grow, do more, and do better.

Whether you’re interested in sports or not, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing your work is supporting some of the most successful teams and athletes on the planet! 

Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized groups tend only to apply when they check every box. So if you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job ad, please still get in touch! We would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team. We are building the future of sports performance. Our priority is to find the brightest talent who can add to our team culture, actively contribute, and be excited about what they do.

All offers of employment are subject to Catapult's positive prehire check. To find out more, please contact the Talent Partner for this role.