Game Tester

IFG - International Financial Group; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A gaming industry leader in Metro Vancouver is looking for a Development Support/Quality Assurance professional to facilitate early testing and enhance documentation. You will collaborate with development teams, provide insightful feedback on feature health, and act as a primary contact for testing-related queries. Required skills include experience in online gaming testing, excellent communication, and proficiency with bug tracking tools like Jira. Salary is competitive, ranging from CAD $65,000 to $70,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Multiple development cycle experience, focusing on Online PVP & PVE.
• Strong knowledge of online game modes and testing methodologies.
• Experience writing playtest documentation and estimating test effort.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams for early testing and documentation.
• Provide feedback on feature health and testing coverage.
• Act as contact for design and testing queries.

Skills

Testing across match flow

Combat/AI testing

Multiplayer functionality testing

Performance and stability testing

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Jira

DevTrack

TestRail

Job description

Job Title: Development Support/Quality Assurance

Overview

The Development Support team works directly with development teams to provide early testing, create documentation (e.g., test cases, test briefs, QA Confluence pages), and handle tasks that allow Core QA to stay focused on in-game testing. This role serves as the first point of contact for development teams regarding feature health, testing progress, and adjustments to Core QA coverage. Development Support also fields design-related questions from Core QA and provides feedback to QA Leads and developers on assigned areas and features.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development teams to perform early testing and create detailed documentation.
• Provide timely feedback to QA Leads and development teams on feature health and test coverage.
• Act as the primary contact for Core QA, fielding design and testing-related questions.
• Coordinate with development teams as the first point of contact for test requests and progress updates.

Focus Areas:

• Match Flow & Gameplay Systems Testing
  • Ensure sessions progress without blockers to victory/failure conditions.
  • Validate objective flow, timers, scoring systems, wave logic, and round transitions.
• Combat & AI Testing
  • Verify AI behavior, pathfinding, and combat responses.
  • Test enemy spawn logic, ability usage, cooldown systems, and host/client replication.
• Multiplayer Functionality Testing
  • Test drop-in/drop-out co-op and synchronization across players.
  • Validate matchmaking, network stability, and identify lag or desync issues.
  • Verify spawn zones, objectives, and access areas.
  • Test collisions, exploits, interactive objects, and consistency of lighting and materials.
• Performance & Stability Testing
  • Identify issues with memory usage, framerate drops, and stability under load.
  • Validate stability across hardware platforms.
  • Monitor audio/visual streaming, pop-ins, and sync issues.

Requirements

• Multiple development cycle experience, with focus on Online PVP & PVE game modes.
• Strong knowledge of testing across match flow, combat/AI, multiplayer, maps, and performance.
• Experience writing test briefs, playtest documentation, and estimating test scope/effort.
• Proficiency with bug tracking and test planning tools (e.g., Jira, DevTrack, TestRail).
• Strong organizational and documentation skills, ensuring reproducibility and clarity.
• Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration with QA, Dev, and Production.
• Adaptability to learn proprietary tools and pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Unreal Engine.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Perforce, and SharePoint.
• Adaptable teaching/mentoring skills for diverse learners.

Salary Range:

The salary for this position is between CAD $65000 - $70000 annually. Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.