Lead QA Engineer

Scopely; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Scopely is seeking a smart, technically strong QA Lead to join our Royal Lounge Casino team in Bengaluru on a hybrid basis. You will own end-to-end quality strategy, build and scale a high-performing QA team, and partner with Product, Engineering, Design and Art to ensure strong player experiences and release quality.

The role emphasizes shift-left validation, data-driven quality metrics, and collaboration with external QA partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA experience with 3+ years in a leadership or people-management role.
• Ability to build, mentor, and scale QA teams while driving performance.
• Strong planning, prioritization, and cross-functional coordination across pods.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality strategy for your cluster and ensure high-confidence releases.
• Build and scale a high-performing QA team including hiring and mentoring.
• Lead cross-pod coordination for planning, prioritization and execution.
• Define test strategy, coverage, and risk-based validation across features.
• Promote shift-left by contributing in design and early development phases.
• Evaluate features from user, business impact and release-risk perspectives.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Design and Art to align quality with goals.
• Establish and analyze quality metrics and reports to drive improvement.
• Own release quality and risk assessments, providing Go/No-Go recommendations.
• Drive automation and AI-driven testing approaches for scalability.
• Manage external QA partners with clear expectations and outputs.
• Maintain visibility with stakeholders through proactive progress updates.

Skills

QA Leadership

Test strategy

Cross-functional coordination

Automation mindset

Jira usage

Tools

Jira

Test management systems

QA reporting tools

Defect management

Job description

Scopely is looking for a smart, technically strong, and process-adaptive QA Lead to join our Royal Lounge Casino team in Bangalore on a hybrid basis.

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

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What You Will Do

• Own end-to-end quality strategy for your cluster, ensuring high confidence releases and strong player experience across all pods
• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing QA team, including hiring, mentoring, and driving performance excellence
• Demonstrate excellence in team management, task management, and cross-pod coordination, ensuring optimal planning, prioritization, and execution across multiple workstreams
• Define and drive test strategy, coverage, and risk-based validation approaches across features, content, and technical initiatives
• Champion a shift-left approach, actively contributing during design and early development phases to identify risks, gaps, and quality concerns
• Approach validation with a product and player-first mindset, evaluating features not just from a QA perspective but from an end-user and business impact standpoint
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Design, and Art to influence quality decisions, ensuring alignment with player expectations and business goals
• Establish, maintain, and analyze quality metrics and reports (defect leakage, coverage, cycle time, live issues), ensuring data is tracked effectively and used to drive continuous improvement
• Own release quality and risk assessment, providing clear recommendations and participating in Go/No-Go decisions
• Drive automation and efficiency initiatives, including leveraging modern tools and exploring AI-driven approaches to improve scalability and effectiveness
• Manage and collaborate with external QA partners, ensuring clear expectations, high-quality output, and effective utilization
• Maintain strong visibility across stakeholders by proactively communicating progress, risks, and blockers

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of QA experience, including 3+ years in a QA leadership or people-management role
• Proven ability to build, lead, mentor, and upskill QA teams while driving performance and accountability
• Strong experience in team planning, task prioritization, capacity management, and cross-functional coordination across multiple pods or workstreams
• Ability to balance strategic QA leadership with hands-on testing, debugging, and critical release validation
• Strong understanding of modern QA practices, including risk-based testing, shift-left testing, test strategy, and continuous improvement.
• Product-oriented and player-centric mindset, with the ability to assess quality from user experience, business impact, and release-risk perspectives
• Experience defining, tracking, and using quality metrics, dashboards, and reports to drive decisions and improvements
• Experience owning release quality, risk assessments, and providing clear Go/No-Go recommendations
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, problem-solving, and ability to communicate risks, progress, and blockers proactively
• Deep familiarity with Jira, test management systems, defect management, and QA reporting tools

Bonus Points

• Experience in mobile gaming, casual games, or live-service environments
• Strong gaming mindset and understanding of player behaviour, engagement mechanics, progression, rewards, and LiveOps
• Prior experience testing Slots, Casino, or casino-style games
• Experience managing or collaborating with external, offshore, or vendor QA teams
• Exposure to automation frameworks, test automation strategy, and AI-driven testing approaches
• Demonstrated interest in industry standards and continuous upskilling in evolving QA practices

About Scopely

Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star TrekTM Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.

Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.

Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.

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