Quality Analyst

Principle; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 77,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Principle is seeking a Quality Analyst to join a leading global technology company working on a large-scale social VR and gaming platform. This hands-on QA role supports a mature, live consumer product across VR, mobile and Windows desktop environments, acting as the quality owner and delivering weekly build verification and regression testing.

You will work in a gaming/VR/interactive product setting with strong attention to detail, performing end-to-end testing and providing clear reproduction

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in QA/software testing.
• Experience gaming/VR/interactive products.
• Experience testing Android devices.
• Strong bug reporting with reproducible steps.
• Experience creating test plans and test cases.
• Ability to work independently within schedules.

Responsibilities

• Run weekly smoke, regression and end-to-end testing.
• Test VR, mobile and Windows desktop platforms.
• Verify builds and provide go/no-go release recommendations.
• Reproduce crashes and performance regressions.
• Produce detailed bug reports with reproduction steps.
• Triaged bugs and work with engineering teams.
• Create and maintain test plans and release checklists.
• Identify testing process improvements.

Skills

QA testing

Game testing

VR testing

Android testing

Regression testing

Bug reporting

Test planning

Tools

ADB/logcat

Unity

Job description

• £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
• 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
• 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
• Performance and memory profiling
• Python or test automation exposure

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.