Senior QA Tester

Mirai Arabian International Company Limited; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in Riyadh is seeking a Senior QA Tester to ensure high-quality testing across projects. In this role, you will create and execute test scripts, manage workloads, and collaborate with various teams. Ideal candidates will have over 2 years of experience in QA processes in gaming and strong communication skills. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic team in the gaming industry.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Quality Assurance Processes in gaming.
• English proficiency (B2 level or above) – spoken and written.
• Strong aptitude for identifying high value defects.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute test scripts for new features.
• Execute test cases accurately and efficiently.
• Manage workload as assigned by the QA Lead.

Skills

Teamwork skills

Attention to detail

Identifying defects

Communication skills

Adaptability

Tools

JIRA

Excel

Job description

The Senior QA tester role is a critical function within the QA team. Reporting directly to the QA Lead/QA Manager, you’ll collaborate closely with the external Deployment Project Manager, Producer, Product Manager, external Dev team, and the engineering teams to ensure best in class test coverage for Scopely projects. You’re a master of communication and bug finding wizard - able to both help coordinate a legion of testers with delegated tasks as well as roll up your own sleeves to take on the solo mission of assisting our cross‑functional teams as an autonomous, expert QA specialist.

You will be responsible for many facets of the QA process, from authoring test cases to creating and executing test scripts for new features. During the design phase of new product features, you will also be expected to provide insight as to potential edge case issues. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English are essential to succeed in this role.

Responsibilities

• Software Testing including Functional, Exploratory, Usability, Compatibility, Usability and Regression testing.
• Familiarize yourself with the goals and testing strategy of every project you work on and identify any problems that could impact testing before the project commences.
• Use established and innovative methods to identify high value defects, minimizing the number of invalid and duplicate defects found.
• Create concise bug reports, including root cause analysis.
• Execute test cases accurately and efficiently.
• Managing your workload as assigned by the QA Lead and supporting other team members with their workload as required.
• Communicate quality risks and dependencies in a timely manner to ensure that they have visibility and are addressed.
• Share your insights as to the playability of a title.
• Propose solutions to improve the team’s way of working.
• Maintain test cases to improve test case execution efficiency and test coverage.
• Support the onboarding of new testers.
• Coach and mentor less experienced testers to increase the teams overall testing capabilities and expertise.

Qualifications

• Passion for games of all genres and all platforms (mobile, PC and console).
• English proficiency (B2 level or above) – spoken and written.
• Desire to build a career in the gaming industry and learn the ins and outs of how a game is made.
• Strong teamwork skills. This means exactly what it says, nobody gets left behind, and everyone pulls their weight.
• Ambitious, hardworking, and quick learner.
• Come in on time, do your job to the best of your abilities, and make sure you’re better than the previous day.
• 2+ years’ experience in Quality Assurance Processes and Methodologies in gaming on at least 3 titles (mobile/PC/console).
• Experienced in end‑to‑end testing of a game across all phases of its development.
• Experience in test planning strategies and maintaining test cases.
• Strong aptitude for identifying high value defects using domain expertise across platforms and genres. Creates excellent defect reports including any supporting information required to debug and prioritize a defect.
• Excellent attention to detail in test case execution and displays creativity and curiosity in non‑scripted testing activities.
• Effective workload management and has the capability to quickly adapt to changing project priorities.
• Proficient in the use of testing tools e.g., JIRA, Test Cases Management Tool, MS Excel, basic SQL commands.
• Stays up to date with the latest trends of QA / Software testing.

Nice to have

• Experience with multiplatform games.
• Familiarity with Unity basics.
• Experience with Google Play and App Store Connect Consoles.
• Experience with first party requirements on Console.
• Experience using various QA tools (TestRail, Charles Proxy, XCode, etc...).
• Experience working with automation frameworks.

Key Skills

• Jira, Google Docs, Excel/Google Sheets, Mobile phones/tablets testing experience.