QA Lead

Outerdawn Limited; Auckland; Sur place; NZD 100 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Relocation assistance

Visa support

Health coverage

Wellness days

Team events

Résumé du poste

Outerdawn Limited is seeking a QA Lead to shape quality practices across a live Unity game studio. You will focus on where testing adds value, balancing automation with human testing, and guiding the team to deliver a high-quality player experience.

You will own QA for live, complex systems with many interactions and updates, ensuring reliable releases and continuous quality improvements across the project.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in the games industry and shipping live games.
• Senior QA background with strategic thinking about quality across complex systems.
• Proven leadership to influence teams and establish QA practices.
• Technical understanding of QA automation and collaboration with engineers.
• Judgement on when to automate vs. exploratory testing.
• Excellent communication with Engineering, Design, Production and Leadership.

Responsabilités

• Define and drive QA strategy, identifying where automation adds value and where human testing matters most.
• Collaborate with Engineering to improve testability and bake quality into development.
• Maintain confidence in automated tests, ensuring reliable, actionable results.
• Own QA triage and release decisions, communicating risk and prioritising issues.
• Improve and maintain QA tools, workflows and processes to boost testing efficiency.
• Coordinate with outsourced QA to align efforts with project needs.
• Provide quality insights through reporting, identifying trends, risks and improvement opportunities.

Connaissances

QA leadership

Automation testing

Testability

Communication

Unity projects experience

Live service games

Risk assessment

Outils

QA tooling

Description du poste

We’re looking for a QA Lead who combines strong testing expertise with the ability to build better quality practices across a team.

This isn’t a role focused purely on finding bugs. We’re looking for someone who understands where quality effort has the biggest impact, can make smart decisions around risk, and can build processes that help a team consistently deliver a great player experience.

You’ll own quality for a live Unity game built around deep, complex systems — with dozens of characters, abilities, and interactions that create a huge number of possible outcomes. With new content and updates continuously being released, maintaining quality across the game and supporting reliable releases will be at the heart of this role.

What You Will Do

• Define and drive our QA strategy, identifying where automation adds value and where human testing provides the most impact.
• Work closely with Engineering to improve testability across the game, ensuring quality is considered throughout development rather than as a final step.
• Maintain confidence in our automated testing processes, ensuring test results are reliable, actionable, and trusted by the team.
• Own QA triage and release decisions, helping teams understand risk, prioritise issues, and make informed decisions around shipping.
• Improve and maintain QA tools, workflows, and processes to make testing efficient and effective.
• Partner with our outsourced QA team to ensure testing efforts are focused, valuable, and aligned with project needs.
• Provide meaningful quality insights through reporting, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement, as well as help raise the quality bar across the studio by coaching teams, improving practices, and building a culture where quality is everyone’s responsibility.

Requirements

• Strong experience in the games industry, with experience shipping and supporting live games. Experience in mobile free-to-play is highly desirable.
• A senior QA background with strong testing fundamentals and the ability to think strategically about quality across complex systems.
• Proven leadership experience, with the ability to influence teams, drive improvements, and establish effective QA practices.
• Technical understanding of QA automation and testability, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers. Hands-on automation experience is a bonus.
• Strong judgement around testing approaches — understanding when automation is valuable and when exploratory, player-focused testing is essential.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with Engineering, Design, Production, and Leadership teams.

Favorable Skills To Also Have

• Experience working with Unity projects and development pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with automation, scripting, or QA tooling.
• Experience supporting live-service games, including patches, hotfixes, and ongoing stability improvements.
• Experience with console certification processes.

What We Can Do For You

• Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive salary that recognizes your talent and dedication.
• Wellness Focus: Dedicated Wellness Days, Gym/Club Membership Allowance, comprehensive health coverage through Southern Cross Wellbeing Two.
• Seamless Transition: We provide support for Relocation and Visa processes, ensuring a smooth transition to our team for you and your family with our dedicated Relocation Specialist and Immigration Advisor
• Vibrant Company Culture: fostering positive connections and regular lively social events.
• Energizing Workplace: Stay fuelled with weekly fruit deliveries and excellent coffee + snacks!
• Key Role in Growth: We pride ourselves on working with our team to help reach their ultimate potential and cultivating a positive career journey.

Job Applicant for Full Time role must have the rights to work in New Zealand (valid Work Visa, Residency or Permanent Residency or NZ / Australian Citizen).

Please note this role is located in Auckland, New Zealand and is an in-studio full time role.