QA Tester, Game Development — Ship Polished PC Builds

Chimera Entertainment; Cebu City; On-site; PHP 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Chimera Entertainment in Cebu invites a QA Tester to join our independent game studio. You will work with developers in Munich, playing our PC game, breaking it, and helping polish each build. You will support QA across Chimera's other titles as needed.

The role requires 1.5–3 years of commercial game QA, ownership of a full test cycle, and strong Git/Jira proficiency. You will operate within our QA process, manage multiple projects, and escalate blockers when necessary.

Qualifications

• 1.5–3 years of QA experience in a commercial game environment.
• Ownership of at least one full test cycle (planning, execution, reporting).
• Proficient with Git and bug-tracking tools like Jira.
• Excellent written communication for clear bug reports.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and escalate when needed.

Responsibilities

• Reviews requirements and technical specifications and flags gaps or ambiguities before testing starts
• Develops and executes test plans and detailed test cases from requirements, with minimal senior input
• Performs smoke, regression, and exploratory testing across gameplay, functionality, compatibility, and basic performance checks
• Verifies and validates bug fixes (regression testing) in collaboration with the dev team
• Manages their own workload across 2-3 concurrent tasks/projects under set deadlines (not yet managing other people's workload)
• Writes clear, reproducible bug reports with correct severity/priority classification, with limited need for rewrites by a senior
• Uses version control (Git) to identify which branch/build an issue belongs to; understands basic branch structure (does not yet manage integration/merges)
• Contributes to the team's bug-tracking system and keeps it up to date (status, duplicates, verification notes)
• Gives feedback on product quality within their test scope
• Escalates blocking issues to a senior/lead, rather than resolving ambiguity alone
• Adapts to shifting priorities within a single sprint/cycle

Skills

QA testing

Test plan development

Bug reporting

Git

Jira

Confluence

Communication

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Chimera Entertainment in Cebu invites a QA Tester to join our independent game studio. You will work with developers in Munich, playing our PC game, breaking it, and helping polish each build. You will support QA across Chimera's other titles as needed.

The role requires 1.5–3 years of commercial game QA, ownership of a full test cycle, and strong Git/Jira proficiency. You will operate within our QA process, manage multiple projects, and escalate blockers when necessary.