Jobs at Epic in Canada

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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).

British Columbia Base Pay Range $109,915 — $161,208 USD

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.