QA Engineer [Fixed Term]

Avalanche Studios Group; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 442,722 - 664,084; Full time

Job summary

Avalanche Studios Group in Stockholm is searching for a skilled Senior QA Engineer. You will ensure the quality of theHunter: Call of the Wild by managing test passes and investigating issues. With your experience in QA, you will coordinate with developers across disciplines to maintain quality targets.

The role is hybrid, requiring office presence on select days for collaboration. We value diverse personalities, encouraging applications from all backgrounds. Join us in creating innovative gaming experiences!

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Video Games Quality Assurance.
• Experience as embedded QA within a development team.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Production for coverage and risk management.
• Manage bugs: investigate, triage, and prioritize.
• Execute regression testing and release readiness testing.

Skills

Video Games Quality Assurance

Analytical and Critical Thinking

Communication Skills

Bug Writing and Tracking

Testing Tools

Tools

Console Testing

PC Testing

Job description

Avalanche Studios Group are looking for a skilled Senior QA Engineer for our successful title theHunter: Call of the Wild.

As Senior QA Engineer, you will be responsible for managing the holistic quality of a robust, live title, maintaining and executing test passes, investigating complex and confounding issues, and coordinating with developers across all disciplines to ensure that we maintain our quality targets with every release.

The role is in our Live Operations QA, which focuses on delivering the entire game on time and at quality to all the various folks who depend on it.

We need a passionate and dynamic team member, whose attitude is backed up by their experience in QA helping to create great quality games, having worked as an experienced QA Engineer on at least one released project.

What you’ll do

• Collaborating with Production to ensure satisfactory coverage and risk management across an entire release cycle.
• Investigating, triaging, prioritizing, and managing bugs.
• Planning and executing regression testing and release readiness testing.
• Coordinating across disciplines and teams to drive quality results.

Who you are

• 5+ years experience in Video Games Quality Assurance (preferable experience from shipping AA or AAA games).
• Experience from working as embedded QA within a development team.
• Excellent communication skills – must possess excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Knowledge of bug writing and bug tracking software.
• Experience with testing tools and live product(s) with a frequent release cycle.
• Console & PC testing experience.

Desired qualifications

• Able to define QA strategy, approach and execution.
• Passion for games, the industry and next-generation technology across multiple platforms.
• Able to build a detailed test plan that is flexible with ongoing changes in features and verifies builds for full production testing.

Note: Research shows under-represented groups in the industry might not apply to a job if they don’t check off every requirement. At Avalanche, we’re more about your drive to learn and interest in tackling challenges than what’s on your resume! So don’t stress if you don’t tick every box - shoot us your application anyway! Diverse opinions and different experiences are what make our teams so great, not itemized lists of qualifications.

The Stockholm location

Our Stockholm office is situated in Södermalm, the beating heart of the city’s game industry. It’s a physical representation of our games – the lush vegetation of Just Cause and theHunter: Call of the Wild meets corroded metal straight out of Mad Max. Our hybrid model requires you to be in the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays to foster collaboration and creativity.

Our values

At Avalanche Studios Group, we create worlds beyond limits. But that’s not exclusive to our games, so we’re committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace. All Avalanchers have a shared responsibility to create an open work environment where everyone is treated equally and respectfully. Being part of our world is not contingent on your heritage, your gender, or sexual orientation. It’s all about your passion and creativity.

How to apply

To apply for this position, please register below and provide your CV in English. We review applications continuously. All further studio-related information is provided under a non-disclosure agreement.

At Avalanche Studios Group we're always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our passionate team, but please note that relocation assistance is not available for this role.