Senior QA Tester (UK Only - Remote/Hybrid - Brighton)

FuturLab; Brighton; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Pension

Remote therapy

Job summary

FuturLab is seeking a Senior QA Tester to join our team. You will own testing features and content, craft robust test plans, assess quality risks, and provide clear insights to help teams make informed decisions.

You will collaborate with developers and producers to identify issues early, improve QA processes, and mentor junior team members. This is a hands-on role for someone who can work independently and communicate effectively within a game development context.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in games QA, preferably at a game development studio.
• Exceptional communication and organisation skills.
• Experience with all, or most PC and console gaming platforms.
• Experience creating and maintaining test plans.
• Solid understanding of the game development process.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously toward objectives that have been set.
• Review feature or content specifications and create test plans.
• Review feature or content health, and report accordingly.
• Investigate high-risk bugs and provide risk assessments to help prioritization during bug triage.
• Mentor and help develop junior members of the team.
• Contribute to and help develop internal QA processes.

Skills

QA Experience

Communication

Organisation

PC & Console

Test Plans

Game Development

Job description

We’re FuturLab, the award-winning game studio behind PowerWash Simulator, the Velocity series, Peaky Blinders Mastermind, and many more awesome games.

We’re looking for a Senior QA Tester to join our team. If enhancing the quality of a soothing, relaxing game sounds like your thing, then you should keep on reading!

As a Senior QA Tester you'll take ownership of testing features and content, creating robust test plans, assessing quality risks, and providing clear insights that help teams make informed decisions.

You’ll work closely with developers and producers to identify issues early, improve QA processes and mentor junior team members. This is a hands‑on role for someone who can work independently, communicate effectively and bring a strong understanding of game development and testing best practices.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Work autonomously toward objections that have been set
• Review feature or content specifications and create test plans
• Review feature or content health, and report accordingly
• Investigate high-risk bugs and provide risk assessments to help prioritization during bug triage
• Mentor and help develop junior members of the team
• Contribute to and help develop internal QA processes

Requirements

• 2+ years in games QA, preferably at a game development studio
• Exceptional communication and organisation skills
• Experience with all, or most PC and console gaming platforms
• Experience creating and maintaining test plans
• A solid understanding of the game development process

Desirable:

• Strong knowledge of the PowerWash Simulator franchise
• Knowledge of Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo certification requirements
• Experience co‑ordinating internal and external QA teams
• At least one title supported from concept to release

Benefits

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• Performance related bonus.
• Bi-annual salary reviews based on your performance.
• Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm (No weekends, No overtime, No Crunch!)
• 27 days of paid annual leave, including 21 standard days, 3 days over the Christmas closure, 2 discretionary 'Duvet Days,' 1 day to celebrate your birthday, plus all 8 UK bank holidays and an extra day off for our very own FuturLab bank holiday!
• 5 paid training and 2 paid volunteer days per year to work on your personal development.
• Opportunities to attend and speak at gaming events/conferences.
• Free MS Game Pass or PS+ subscription
• Free game codes, game swag and merchandise.
• Bike2work scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity - 9 months full pay (statutory benefit topped up by FL)
• Paternity leave - 8 weeks full pay
• Enhanced Sick Pay.
• Enhanced Pension.
• Private Healthcare, includes dental and optical cover.
• Remote therapy service through Spill -8 x 50-minute virtual sessions over 6 months whenever you need them. Unlimited ‘ask a therapist’ text questions.
• Eye tests & standard glasses for display work.
• Amazing offices with a great culture. E.g. Regular social activities, Free fresh fruit, Free iced treats in the Summer and Free locally roasted, Small Batch Coffee and Speciality Teas!

FuturLab foster an inclusive and welcoming culture, check out the Life at FuturLab page www.futurlab.co.uk/life-at-futurlab for reasons why you’d love working here!

Equal Opportunities

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process as required, please add any adjustment requests to your application.

Candidates without a valid UK work Visa cannot be considered.