Senior QA Tester

Jackalope Digital LLC; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Flexitime

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Frontier is seeking a Senior QA Tester in Cambridge, UK, available in-studio or hybrid (minimum 3 days in studio). A relocation package is offered. You will lead testing across development phases, design and execute test suites, and work with cross-discipline teams to improve quality.

You’ll mentor other testers, perform regression testing, and help drive improvements. The role blends hands-on testing with potential lead responsibilities across projects.

Qualifications

• Significant QA experience in games industry.
• Advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience aligning testing with requirements and priorities.
• Proven leadership or mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Write, run and maintain medium-to-high risk test specifications and suites.
• Conduct playtesting using diverse personas.
• Envision user stories and gather data per instructions.
• Identify and report issues clearly and accurately.
• Perform regression testing for internal and external issues.
• Act as point of contact for features, collaborating with cross-discipline teams.
• Provide guidance and technical mentoring to testers.
• Raise potential hurdles and suggest fixes for further testing.
• Contribute to product information and risk analysis.

Skills

QA experience

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Leadership/mentoring

Job description

Frontier is an independent video game developer and publisher, crafting immersive gaming experiences with fun gameplay and unparalleled artistic quality. Renowned for its iconic creative management simulation games, Frontier captivates players worldwide with immersive and authentic game worlds. The modern studio is located in the vibrant technology hub of Cambridge (UK). The talented team at Frontier are dedicated to nurturing our existing portfolio and delivering our exciting future roadmap.

This role is offered on a full in-studio basis or a hybrid basis (minimum 3 days per week in the studio). We can provide a comprehensive relocation support package as part of any offer, should you need to relocate.

WHAT’S THE ROLE?

We’relooking for aSeniorQA Testerwho willberesponsible fortestingFrontier’s games throughout all phases of development, from pre-production through post-release content.

In this role,you’llworkon medium-to-high-risk features, designing and executing comprehensive test suites, and conducting both regression testing and playtesting. Leveraging QA experience,you’llproactivelyidentifyand resolve issues, provide guidance to QA teammembersand recommend and implement improvements.

Depending on project needs,youmay also assume Assistant Lead or Team Lead responsibilities for specific phases or entire projects.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Write, run andmaintainmedium-to-high risk test specifications and suites for new and existing projects, ensuring efficient time reporting and estimates on given tasks and written suites.
• Conduct playtesting using a variety of test personas e g. destructive testing and player-like testing.
• Envision user stories and gather data with provided instructions.
• Identifyand report issues in a clear andaccuratemanner.
• Perform regression testing for both internal and external issues.
• Act as point of contact for specific features, regularly collaborating with cross-discipline teams to gather and relay relevant information back to QA.
• Provide guidance and technical mentoring to other testers, including guidance on their documentation and advanced troubleshooting of other testers on the project.
• Raise potential future hurdles for testing, pre-empt problems, and suggest best fixes and ideas for further testing.
• Contribute to product information, identification of problem areas and analysis of trends toanticipateand navigate risks.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Significant QA experience in the games industry and a strong understanding of QA tools, procedures,methodologiesand workflows.
• Advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience aligning testing with requirements, managingprioritiesand successfully collaborating across disciplines/teams.
• Proven leadership or mentoring experience.

BONUS IF YOU HAVE

• Ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability managingpeople.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

You will work with talented and passionate people to support, develop or publish our sophisticated and enduring games, in a creative, collaborative and inclusive environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our players.

Wellbeing is a big focus at Frontier, and we are continually evolving how we can support our people. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and provide a range of wellbeing activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes a success-based annual bonus, share option schemes, life assurance, private family healthcare, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, in-house subsidised catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme, free bike servicing, and social activities and events.

We strive to create an environment where everyone can fully demonstrate their capability and potential. If you therefore need any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition representative.

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