Porting & QA Leader for Global Game Releases

NIS America, Inc.; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan

Paid holidays

Discretionary year-end bonus

Job summary

NIS America, Inc. in Santa Ana, CA is seeking a Manager, Porting & QA to lead multi-platform game submissions, storefront setup, localization QA, and text integration.

You will guide a team through complex release processes, collaborate with licensors and platform holders, and ensure certification readiness across Steam, Nintendo, PlayStation, Microsoft, and more. The ideal candidate brings leadership experience, strong QA/LQA knowledge, and hands-on control of localization workflows using

Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-platform porting and submission teams.
• Proven ability to manage platform submissions, storefronts, and localization content.
• Strong knowledge of QA/LQA processes and release certification readiness.
• Excellent communication with licensors, platform holders, and vendors.
• Technical aptitude with localization data files (Excel, CSV, XML, JSON).
• Fluency in English; Japanese language skills highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee porting & submission workflows across Steam, EGS, GOG, Microsoft, Nintendo, and PlayStation.
• Manage storefront metadata, pricing, assets, and Japanese-language content across platforms.
• Lead localization engineering and text integration using memoQ and related tools.
• Supervise LQA and compliance testing; plan QA schedules and resources; manage testers.
• Coordinate with licensors and external vendors; maintain documentation and communications.
• Oversee post-launch patches, live-title monitoring, and platform promotional programs.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cross-platform submissions

Localization QA

QA/LQA processes

English/Japanese communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Game Production, Business, Japanese Language, Communications, Computer Science, or related

Tools

memoQ

JIRA

Confluence

Monday.com

Steamworks / Epic Dev Portal / Partner Center

Perforce / Git

Job description

NIS America, Inc. in Santa Ana, CA is seeking a Manager, Porting & QA to lead multi-platform game submissions, storefront setup, localization QA, and text integration.

You will guide a team through complex release processes, collaborate with licensors and platform holders, and ensure certification readiness across Steam, Nintendo, PlayStation, Microsoft, and more. The ideal candidate brings leadership experience, strong QA/LQA knowledge, and hands-on control of localization workflows using