Quality Analyst

Principle HR; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Part time

Job summary

Principle HR is assisting a leading global technology company hiring a Quality Analyst to join a large-scale social VR and gaming platform. The role is hands-on, supporting VR, mobile and Windows desktop environments with weekly build verification and regression testing.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of QA experience in gaming/VR/interactive products, strong mobile testing skills, and proficiency with Android devices, ADB/logcat, and bug reporting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional QA/software testing experience.
• Background testing games, VR/AR, interactive products or large-scale consumer applications.
• Strong hands-on mobile testing experience.
• Experience testing Android-based devices.
• Experience sideloading builds and using ADB/logcat.
• Strong regression, smoke and release testing experience.
• Excellent bug reporting and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to provide precise, repeatable reproduction steps.
• Experience creating and maintaining test plans and test cases.
• Comfortable taking ownership and working independently within fixed release schedules.

Responsibilities

• Run weekly smoke, regression and end-to-end testing across release and canary builds.
• Test products across VR, mobile and Windows desktop platforms.
• Verify builds and provide clear go/no-go release recommendations.
• Reproduce crashes, stability issues and performance regressions.
• Produce highly detailed bug reports with clear, repeatable reproduction steps.
• Test mobile applications, including Android devices.
• Sideload builds and capture device logs using ADB/logcat.
• Test interactive experiences including social, multiplayer and user-generated content.
• Create and maintain test plans, test cases and release checklists.
• Triage bugs, assess severity and work closely with engineering teams.
• Identify patterns and opportunities to improve existing testing processes.
• Identify areas for process improvements and contribute to QA strategy.

Skills

QA testing

Mobile testing

Android testing

Regression testing

Bug reporting

Tools

ADB/logcat

Job description

• 6-month contract
• £90,000 per annum + bonus + paid annual leave & bank holidays
• Remote within the UK - 40 hours per week

We are hiring a Quality Analyst to join a leading global technology company working on a large-scale social VR and gaming platform.

This is a hands-on QA position supporting a mature, live consumer product across VR, mobile and Windows desktop environments. You will act as a key quality owner, running weekly build verification and regression testing and ensuring issues are identified and clearly communicated before releases reach users.

This role is particularly suited to someone from a gaming, VR/AR, interactive product or large-scale consumer application background who enjoys hands-on testing and has excellent attention to detail.

What you'll be doing

• Run weekly smoke, regression and end-to-end testing across release and canary builds
• Test products across VR, mobile and Windows desktop platforms
• Verify builds and provide clear go/no-go release recommendations
• Reproduce crashes, stability issues and performance regressions
• Produce highly detailed bug reports with clear, repeatable reproduction steps
• Test mobile applications, including Android devices
• Sideload builds and capture device logs using ADB/logcat
• Test interactive experiences including social, multiplayer and user-generated content
• Create and maintain test plans, test cases and release checklists
• Triage bugs, assess severity and work closely with engineering teams
• Identify patterns and opportunities to improve existing testing processes

What we're looking for

• 5+ years' professional QA/software testing experience
• Background testing games, VR/AR, interactive products or large-scale consumer applications
• Strong hands-on mobile testing experience
• Experience testing Android-based devices
• Experience sideloading builds and using ADB/logcat
• Strong regression, smoke and release testing experience
• Excellent bug reporting and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to provide precise, repeatable reproduction steps
• Experience creating and maintaining test plans and test cases
• Comfortable taking ownership and working independently within fixed release schedules

Nice to have

• VR application or headset testing experience
• Experience with Unity
• Multiplayer, social or UGC platform testing
• Cloud gaming/application streaming
• Performance and memory profiling
• Python or test automation exposure
• Live-service/Live Ops experience

Why this role?

You'll work across VR, mobile and Windows platforms, with exposure to emerging capabilities including GenAI. The position provides direct product impact-you'll effectively act as the final human quality check on builds before they reach production-and considerable autonomy over the testing process.