Senior QA Engineer – Automation, Performance & Live Ops

Pixel Toys; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave

Discretionary Bonus Scheme

Up to 3 long service days

Private Medical Insurance (including 


Company Pension scheme

Death in Service benefit

Regular socials

Staff training and development

Quarterly Wellness days

Flexi-time working hours

Job summary

Pixel Toys is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead quality, stability and performance across our production cycle. You will design and expand automated test suites, integrate them into CI/CD, and build tools to improve testing efficiency.

You will also run performance tests with profiling tools and publish QA dashboards for leadership. You will mentor junior colleagues in automation, scripting and testing best practices, and collaborate closely with Engineering, Production and Live Operations to

Qualifications

• Experience in Games QA or Software QA with a focus on test automation.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, C#, Java or SQL) for test automation.
• Exposure to C# and the .NET framework to support testing, tooling and debugging.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in automated testing.
• Interest in device farms, test automation frameworks or modern testing utilities.
• Knowledge of SDLC, QA methodologies and Agile practices; experience using Jira for issue tracking.
• Strong analytical problem‑solving skills to assess risk and guide test prioritization.
• Willingness to mentor juniors and share automation knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality efforts across features to ensure stability and playability.
• Design, expand, and maintain automated test suites and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop tooling to improve testing efficiency and reliability across branches.
• Run performance tests, investigate regressions, and publish QA dashboards for leadership.
• Mentor junior team members in automation, scripting and testing best practices.

Skills

Test Strategy

Automation Testing

Scripting Languages

C# / .NET

CI/CD Integration

Device Farms

QA Methodologies

Mentorship

Tools

Jira

Job description

Pixel Toys is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead quality, stability and performance across our production cycle. You will design and expand automated test suites, integrate them into CI/CD, and build tools to improve testing efficiency.

You will also run performance tests with profiling tools and publish QA dashboards for leadership. You will mentor junior colleagues in automation, scripting and testing best practices, and collaborate closely with Engineering, Production and Live Operations to