Senior QA Tester

Two Point Studios; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A gaming company in the UK is seeking a Senior QA Tester to ensure high-quality standards in their games. The role involves extensive testing across multiple platforms, collaborating with teams to deliver the best content possible. Ideal candidates have QA experience, strong communication skills, and a passion for video games. This position offers a hybrid working model allowing both in-office and flexible remote work.

Qualifications

• Experience with multiple gaming platforms including current and next-gen consoles.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Experience playing Management/Simulation genre games.

Responsibilities

• Carry out thorough and accurate testing of games.
• Work closely with the QA Lead to meet deadlines.
• Conduct destructive and exploratory testing.
• Communicate with internal and external testing teams.
• Enter issues into the database with detailed descriptions.
• Monitor and respond to development team comments.
• Report critical issues and task progress to the QA Lead.
• Collaborate with the studio to release high-quality content.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication

Experience in a QA role

Previous testing on PlayStation and Xbox

Proficient time management

Proactive approach to testing

Experience in executing test plans

Gaming experience, especially Simulation

Passion for video games

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Senior QA Tester
Department: QA
Location: Two Point Studios, Farnham
Working Model: Hybrid, (4-days per week in-office)

About Two Point: Two Point Studios sizzled into existence in the summer heat of 2016 with a goal to create amazing, deep simulation games that not only remain accessible to everyone, but also don't take themselves too seriously - we call them our little people games! In 2018, our hard work came to fruition and Two Point Hospital was born into the world to much acclaim. After Hospital we had a dream of creating an entire world of these little people games within the place we call “Two Point County”, and in 2022 our latest game Two Point Campus was released. With us being a part of the Sega family, and with the success of Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus, we’re now pushing forward with our next games to continue to make our “Two Point County” dream a reality!

Life at Two Point Studios is exactly as we believe it should be: fun, flexible and super creative! Everyone in our lovely team gets stuck in. You’ve got some awesome ideas? You can bet we want to hear them! We’re a second family here, we all look out for each other, and we love what we do, but we understand that your real family needs you too, so we aim to strike the perfect work life balance enabling you to have fun at the office and get home to your loved ones with time to spare.

Senior QA Tester

We’re looking for an experienced QA professional who will carry out testing on our games to ensure they meet our high-quality standard and make sure all our ‘Little People’ and the worlds they inhabit are behaving like they should!

About the job: Your main responsibility as QA Tester will be to carry out thorough and accurate testing on our games to ensure their high quality and make sure all our ‘Little People’ and the worlds they inhabit are behaving like they should! You will need to carry out testing on a variety of platforms including various PC and desktop formats, as well as current and next generation consoles. If you aren’t already familiar with Two Point Hospital, you’ll get to play it a lot now, testing new and old content, as well as carrying out testing on brand-new projects as they are developed! Our simulated worlds have depth to them, in both content and mechanics, and you’ll need to be familiar with both elements to carry out insightful and effective destructive testing, as well as following our detailed test plans to give Two Point projects the thorough testing they deserve! You’ll be responsible for:

• Working closely with the QA Lead to ensure that workloads are completed within deadlines and leading in their absence if required.
• Carrying out test plans and other structured testing.
• Conducting destructive and exploratory testing to identify new issues and pinpoint their causality.
• Communicating and coordinating with internal and external testing teams, both in the UK and abroad.
• Entering issues into our database with appropriate supporting evidence and descriptive detail.
• Taking responsibility for your issues from entry to resolution, monitoring them for requests from the development team and responding to comments or questions appropriately.
• Reporting critical issues, test results and task progress to the QA Lead.
• Working with the rest of the studio to release the highest quality content possible within deadlines

Required knowledge, skills & experience

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Some experience in a QA role, preferably in a development studio.
• Previous experience testing on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch platforms, and using associated target management and SDK software.
• Proficient time management and organisational skills, able to handle multiple tasks and meet set deadlines and priorities.
• A proactive and inventive approach to destructive/unstructured testing.
• Experience in executing test plans and carrying out effective targeted exploratory testing.
• Experience playing a variety of games including the Management/Simulation genre of games.
• A passion for video games and a desire to be part of the creative process involved in developing video games.

Desirable

• Experience playing Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus.
• Knowledge of the development process and the various disciplines involved.
• Experience using Jira and other database and project management software (Trello, Confluence etc).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want people of all backgrounds to see themselves represented and included in our work, so we actively seek to diversify our team and bring more voices to the table. All applicants are welcome!

As an employer we aim to create a diverse and inclusive environment that actively encourages the development and advancement of underrepresented groups, whilst promoting diversity of thought and experience. We want our employees to feel happy, accepted and valued within the workplace, encouraging our employees to bring their true selves to work. We welcome people regardless of age, race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, neurotype or socioeconomic background.