Associate QA Technician

Radical Forge; Tees Valley; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based game development studio is seeking a QA Tester to support their development teams. Responsibilities include investigating and reporting bugs, performing targeted testing, and maintaining the bug database. Candidates should possess proficiency with bug tracking tools and communication skills. This position can be fully remote within the UK and offers a 12-month fixed-term contract with potential for extension.

Qualifications

• Experience in testing and reporting detailed bugs.
• Able to follow and update test plans.
• Experience working with PCs and consoles.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and report bugs in clear and concise tickets.
• Perform smoke checks, targeted testing, and regression.
• Help maintain the bug database.

Skills

Proficient using MS Office/Google Suite

High attention to detail and accuracy

Excellent communication skills

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Bugzilla

Job description

Our Mission

Radical Forge is a Middlesbrough, UK-based developer that has provided co-development services on a range of AAA and indie titles. In 2021 the company created their first original IP, ‘Bright Paw’, which was published on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series S/X, Google and iOS by Rogue Games. We are currently working on our newest IP, Southfield, which you can look forward to playing soon!!

Since its beginnings in 2017, the company has grown to over 60 incredibly talented, collaborative, and creative individuals. We are the sum of our skills, passion, and, most of all, our people. We firmly believe that treating individuals with genuine respect, understanding, and kindness creates a welcoming culture that allows creativity to thrive and for individuals to join together to create games they are genuinely proud of.

Your Mission

• Investigating and reporting bugs in clear and concise tickets
• Perform smoke checks, targeted testing, and regression
• Help maintain the bug database
• Working closely and supporting the wider development team
• Testing projects across a variety of target platforms.
• Run through test cases

Skills Summary

Essential

• Proficient using MS Office/Google Suite
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Able to follow and update test plans
• Experience in testing and reporting detailed bugs
• Bugdefect tracking-based experience such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla etc.
• Experience working with PC’s and consoles
• Excellent communication skills

Desirable

• Ability to work well with small teams and independently
• Familiarity with working alongside external QA teams.
• Worked on a project for external clients
• Experience with various platforms (Consoles, PC, mobile, VR)

This role can be fully remote within the UK.

We will require all applicants to have a pre-existing right to work in the UK.

The role will initially be a 12 month Fixed Term contract with the potential to extend after this.

Equal Opportunities Promise

All employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status or veteran status. We will also consider employment for qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.