Video Game QA Tester (Remote, 12‑Month Contract)

Breath HR; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexitime

Holiday scheme

Pension

Benefits platform

Income protection

Life cover

Private healthcare

Critical illness

Online GP

Job summary

Secret Mode is seeking highly motivated QA Testers to ensure games are bug-free and fun to play. This studio-based role in Leamington Spa offers remote options and requires two days per week in the studio. The contract is fixed for 12 months.

You will test across consoles and mobile, write clear bug reports, and verify certification requirements while supporting external development partners and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Proven QA testing track record in video games.
• Create and maintain clear bug reports for dev partners.
• Test against milestone requirements and certification rules.
• Collaborate with external QA teams and internal stakeholders.
• Able to learn project design and current quality status across products.

Responsibilities

• Take titles through end phase submission testing, from alpha to gold master.
• Produce and maintain clear bug reports for external development partners.
• Test and report against product milestone requirements.
• Perform QA related support tasks for external development teams.
• Become a knowledge holder for project design and current quality of each product.
• Check games adhere to all 1st party certification requirements.
• Aid testing processes across a variety of target platforms.
• Create, run and maintain test cases and test scenarios
• Collate and evaluate customer feedback, providing concise bug reports for live issues.
• Provide feedback and suggestions to improve quality and game experience.
• Assist in transition of games, updates and services across environments to live release.

Skills

QA testing

Bug reporting

Test case design

Communication skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Gaming knowledge

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Bugzilla

Job description

Secret Mode is seeking highly motivated QA Testers to ensure games are bug-free and fun to play. This studio-based role in Leamington Spa offers remote options and requires two days per week in the studio. The contract is fixed for 12 months.

You will test across consoles and mobile, write clear bug reports, and verify certification requirements while supporting external development partners and internal teams.