Core Game Loop QA Engineer – Playtest & Live Ops

WorkGenius Group

Santa Monica (CA)

On-site

USD 55,000 - 96,000

Full time

5 hours ago
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Job summary

WorkGenius Group in Santa Monica, CA seeks a Quality Assurance Engineer to own testing for the core game loop, including playtests and release readiness. You will design and execute test plans for features and player journeys.

The role requires 3+ years of QA, API testing experience, test planning, defect triage, and collaboration with developers, producers, designers, and external QA teams within an Agile workflow.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of software QA experience leading testing for a team or subsystem.
  • Experience testing client or web interfaces, services, APIs, and integrated systems.
  • Familiar with build/release, version control, and test automation; SQL and performance testing a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute test plans for core game-loop features and playtests.
  • Validate build readiness across clients, services, queues, and gameplay transitions.
  • Triage defects and communicate impact, risk, and recommended next steps.
  • Collaborate with developers, producers, designers, QA leadership, and external teams.
  • Coordinate external QA, review coverage gaps, and support release readiness.

Skills

Software QA
Game Testing
Test Planning
Regression Testing
API Testing
Defect Triage
Playtesting
Live-Service Games
Test Automation
Agile Development

Tools

Postman
Swagger
SoapUI
Perforce
Git

Job description

WorkGenius Group in Santa Monica, CA seeks a Quality Assurance Engineer to own testing for the core game loop, including playtests and release readiness. You will design and execute test plans for features and player journeys.

The role requires 3+ years of QA, API testing experience, test planning, defect triage, and collaboration with developers, producers, designers, and external QA teams within an Agile workflow.

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