Senior QA Analyst

Epic Games; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Quality Assurance expert to enhance product quality through innovative testing strategies. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, and develop automation tools. Your expertise in both manual and automated testing will ensure the highest standards of quality for cutting-edge products. With a commitment to employee well-being, this company offers comprehensive benefits and a supportive environment for professional growth. If you thrive in fast-paced settings and are eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

100% health benefits for employees and dependents

Supplemental medical, dental, and vision coverage

Critical illness and telemedicine

Life and AD&D insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Weekly indemnity (short-term disability)

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Employee assistance program

Mental well-being program with free therapy

Qualifications

• 3+ years of QA experience in software or game testing environments.
• 1+ years coding experience or a Bachelor's in Computer Science.

Responsibilities

• Define acceptance criteria and identify risks for testing coverage.
• Build tooling and automation to improve efficiency across the team.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Risk Management

Communication Skills

Python

C++

C#

Automation Testing

Root Cause Analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

QUALITY ASSURANCE

What We Do

The Quality Assurance team owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of all products and functions across Epic. Our team works closely with developers and production to ensure the best possible user experience for our community and customers.

What You'll Do

You are a QA expert who thrives and excels at delivering results at-scale. You analyze product areas for risk, drive deep knowledge of an area’s current state by investigating new features and generating a solid set of manual and automated test cases. Your strong communication skills, ownership, and hands-on approach will continually drive accountability and generate quick feedback concerning feature quality at Epic Games. We are looking for teammates who are passionate about upstream technical testing while designing and creating automation and test suites to raise the quality bar while advancing our team’s technical capabilities and knowledge.

In this role, you will

• Work with QA analysts, QA management, product owners, and other developers to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, plan test coverage, and, crucially, build tooling and automation to improve efficiency across the team.
• Examine technical gaps and automation initiatives to ensure quality for Unreal Engine developer tools and build.
• Build and drive test strategies and test plans to cover multiple features in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Use a mix of technical and manual QA skills to execute a variety of testing techniques across your product to analyze quality while discovering or troubleshooting reported defects and internal issues.
• Report and track data quality and use that data to drive conversations around product quality and development health, supporting the dev team before, during, and after deployments.
• Test communications between the client and backend services.

What we're looking for

• 3+ years of professional QA experience in a software or game testing environment.
• 1+ years of professional coding experience or Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree.
• Previous experience creating tools or automation using Python, C++, C#, or Verse.
• Experience with root cause analysis of defects.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to confidently collaborate on technical topics and features.
• Technical understanding of build, game, mobile or web technologies, including automation, functional, qualitative, and performance against consistently iterative development.
• A team player who builds strong relationships and resolves conflicts effectively to achieve quality goals with various stakeholders.

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long-term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short-term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).