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Specialist · Business Analyst · Remote · Austria
- Company
- Mobile games company making strategy games · 1,001–5,000 employeesCL-53390 · based in Linz
- Where
- Remote · Austria
- Format
- Regular role
- Time needed
- 3–6 h a week
- Start
- Starts within 2 weeks
- Level
- Specialist · 2-5 years
- When you work
- Weekday evenings2 h a week overlap with CET
- Language
- English and Germanbusiness level
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About this task
This mobile games company making strategy games (1,001–5,000 employees) is looking for a specialist Business Analyst for an ongoing part-time engagement of 3–6 h a week. Writes and refines stories so engineers can start.
The team is stretched and wants steady, predictable help instead of another full-time hire. It is a games studio with release dates that move the whole calendar.
The work is fully remote. Any location in Austria works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (CET).
What you deliver
- Refine 30 backlog stories each week with acceptance criteria and open questions listed.
- Work logged against the agreed list, so the company contact can see progress without a call
- A written update every Wednesday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked
- A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends
What a week looks like
- Daily: one hour at a time that suits you, inside the agreed window
- Monday: ten-minute sync if anything is blocked
- Wednesday: weekly summary posted to the shared thread
Duration: 12 weeks, renewable. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price.
Tools
Who fits
- 2-5 years of hands-on work as a Business Analyst, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Business-level German as well as English: the documents and part of the team work in German
- Comfortable working in Jira and Confluence
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader
- A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late
Not included
- Travel or work at a fixed location
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
- Managing other contractors or employees
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in EUR after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 2-5 years in data & analytics
- Tools
- Jira, Confluence
- Offers
- 4 hours a week, weekday evenings
- Rate
- €37 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, €37 an hour, is above the median specialist Business Analyst rate in Austria (€35). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-53390 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.