QA Engineer II - VALORANT, Core Game Features

Socket.dev; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

401k match

Flexible schedules

Open PTO

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles, CA is seeking a QA Engineer II for the Core Game Features team on VALORANT. You will own test planning, drive quality across features, and coordinate remote testers while performing whitebox testing where appropriate.

You will partner with engineers, designers, producers, and other disciplines to ensure quality. This role emphasizes quality advocacy, data-driven decisions, and continuous process improvement to deliver player-first experiences.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Quality Assurance experience.
• Knowledge of Product Development Pipelines and Workflows.
• Agile Product Development & Agile Testing experience.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience tasking and training remote testers.
• Experience with Jira and defect management.
• Experience testing and releasing live games on Console and PC.

Responsibilities

• Triage, monitor, and prioritize the defect database.
• Author test plans, coordinate test execution, and oversee quality coverage across multiple features.
• Continuously improve testing processes, execution methods, and quality workflows.
• Partner with engineering, design, production, and other disciplines to provide continuous quality feedback and drive quality upstream.
• Proactively identify and highlight quality concerns & risks to product stakeholders, and collaborate to develop risk mitigation strategies.
• Map your team's work to quality targets based on product goals, while providing visibility into quality progress.
• Collect, track, analyze, and report quality metrics to stakeholders that provide measurable and actionable test data.
• Continuously improve testing processes, execution methods, and quality workflows at the team level.
• Ensure high quality releases and updates for various player-facing features.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Product development pipelines

Agile testing

Collaboration

Remote testers management

Jira

Live game testing

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Blueprint scripting

Job description

At Riot, QA Engineers are quality owners who champion holistic quality across products and services. We focus on product-level quality strategy, working closely with development teams from the earliest stages through release. We embed with teams to define quality goals, implement testing strategies, and drive ongoing improvement. QA Engineers are not just testers — we are quality advocates with a deep understanding of our products and a passion for improving player experiences.

As a QA Engineer II for the Core Game Features team on VALORANT,you will partner with engineers, designers and producers to drive quality for the systems that underpin VALORANT's Core Gameplay and Modes. You will own test planning and ensure comprehensive test coverage by coordinating remote testers while performing whitebox testing where appropriate. You will analyze test, telemetry, and defect data to communicate product quality, identify risks, and inform development decisions. You will report into a Quality Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Triage, monitor, and prioritize the defect database
• Author test plans, coordinate test execution, and oversee quality coverage across multiple features
• Continuously improve testing processes, execution methods, and quality workflows
• Partner with engineering, design, production, and other disciplines to provide continuous quality feedback and drive quality upstream
• Proactively identify and highlight quality concerns & risks to product stakeholders, and collaborate to develop risk mitigation strategies
• Map your team's work to quality targets based on product goals, while providing visibility into quality progress
• Collect, track, analyze, and report quality metrics to stakeholders that provide measurable and actionable test data
• Continuously improve testing processes, execution methods, and quality workflows at the team level
• Ensure high quality releases and updates for various player-facing features

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of Quality Assurance experience
• Knowledge of Product Development Pipelines and Workflows
• Agile Product Development & Agile Testing experience
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience tasking and training remote testers
• Experience with Jira and general defect management
• Experience testing and releasing live games on Console and PC

Desired Qualifications:

• Professional experience working on first-person shooters, or extensive engagement playing them
• Experience working with Unreal Engine 5
• Experience working with Blueprint or similar visual scripting tools
• Understanding of automated test strategy
• ISTQB Foundation Level
• ISTQB Agile Tester or ICAgile Agile Testing (ICP-TST)
• ISTQB Expert Level
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
• ICAgile Test Expert (ICE-AT)

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, and local law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.