Lead QA Analyst

Gram Games; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development studio in London is seeking a QA professional to own the test strategy for complex features. Candidates should bring experience in game testing, specifically within a hybrid work model with 2 days in-office. We value autonomy and collaboration, offering competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits including private medical care and a company bonus scheme.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Private medical care

Company bonus scheme

Onsite chef for meals

Life insurance and pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in game testing.
• Experience working within a game studio as part of a QA team.
• Understanding of bug patterns unique to mobile.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end test strategy for complex features.
• Perform test planning, design, execution, and reporting.
• Communicate test details and risks to stakeholders.

Skills

Game testing

Cross-discipline QA teamwork

Mobile device testing

Testing games-as-a-service

Emotional intelligence

Education

ISTQB Foundation certificate

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Unity

Git

Network tools

Automation frameworks

Job description

Gram Games is the studio behind popular titles like 1010!, Six!, Merge Dragons!, and Merge Magic!, with more exciting projects in the pipeline. We are proudly part of the Zynga & Take-Two Interactive family. We do things differently here: we work in small self-managing teams, giving you an incredible amount of ownership, autonomy, and impact.

At Gram, everyone is expected to have a razor-sharp focus on creating a tangible impact on their team, their work environment, and on the overall company strategy. If you are motivated by autonomy, constant improvement, collaboration, and a sense of belonging, this is the place for you.

What You\'ll Do

• Own the end-to-end test strategy for the largest and most complex features that the project has to offer, independently and with limited supervision
• Directly perform all parts of the fundamental test process: test planning, test analysis, test design, test execution and reporting
• Inspect designs, concepts, wireframes and code to analyse test requirements and risks for both tech-driven and design-driven features
• Review test plans created by other members of the QA team
• Use a range of public and internal tools to perform grey-box testing
• Demonstrate an ability to balance priorities of planned feature work with reactive live game issues and events
• Identify problems with designs, schedules and plans to prevent bugs from occurring before they are written into code
• Communicate test details and risks to stakeholders using language that they can understand and digest
• Identify and present opportunities for new process improvements, tools and techniques to the wider team

What You Bring

• Experience in game testing
• Proven experience working within a game studio as part of a cross-discipline embedded QA team
• Proficient in mobile device testing with an understanding of the bug patterns and techniques unique to the platform
• Strong experience testing games-as-a-service projects, using remote data tools, balancing feature work against reactive live issues and prioritising work
• Strong emotional intelligence with a focus on self-awareness, self-evaluation and an ability to empathise with the goals and perspectives of other functions
• Experience testing projects built with Unity, with demonstrable Unity development skills and Editor knowledge also strongly preferred
• Experience of technical areas and tooling when testing on mobile: Network tools, performance tools, analytics tools, API test tooling, automation frameworks, platform tools, storefront tools
• Familiarity with source control (Git) and branching strategies, as well as how they influence test activities throughout the pipeline
• An ISTQB Foundation certificate or equivalent

Bonus

• Demonstrable examples of personal game projects built in Unity with C#
• ISTQB advanced or specialist level certificates, or equivalents
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Game Development, Game Design, or related field

In return for bringing your expertise to this top-priority role, we offer some of the best benefits in the gaming industry!

• Highly competitive salary
• Private medical care
• Company bonus scheme
• Awesome onsite chef serving breakfast, lunch, and lots of treats (naughty and nice)
• Life insurance and a favourable pension scheme
• Healthcare cash plan including dental and optical coverage
• Amazing tech to work with and consoles to play and relax with everywhere you look!

At Gram we embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role, you would work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home.

#LI-Hybrid

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, or genetic information.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at [e-mail] to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

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