Technical QA Engineer [Fixed Term]

Avalanche Studios; Malmo (NE); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Avalanche Studios invites an Experienced Technical QA Engineer to join the Engine and Internal Tools teams. You will shape testing processes, risk management, and quality evaluation for features, functions, or subsystems, and drive a quality program with end-to-end and integration tests and release/change management.

You will become the Apex engine expert with in-house and 3rd party tools. You will embed within a development team to define acceptance criteria, perform manual and automated

Qualifications

• Several years in software; at least 3 in video games.
• Hands-on with game engines, editors and shared tools.
• Familiar with source control and debuggers (e.g., Perforce, Visual Studio).
• Knowledge of build systems, CI, unit tests and automated tests.
• Experience with QA practices and bug prevention strategies.
• Experience with defect tracking tools (Hansoft, JIRA, DevTrack, TestRail).
• Experience in test automation.
• Scripting in Python or JavaScript; shell/CLI tools.
• Understanding of C++.

Responsibilities

• Embed in a development team to define acceptance criteria and plan testing coverage.
• Participate in daily team activities (stand-ups, bug triage, planning).
• Use manual and technical testing to analyze quality across editor, tools, integration, performance.
• Develop and maintain QA tools (remote console, debug, local servers).
• Mentor and train fellow QA engineers.
• Create and maintain test plans and test cases.
• Log bugs and regress daily in the database.

Skills

Gaming QA

Game engines

Source control

Build systems & CI

QA practices & bugs

Bug tracking tools

Test automation

Scripting (Python/JS)

C++ understanding

Tools

Perforce

Visual Studio

Hansoft

JIRA

DevTrack

TestRail

Job description

We are looking for an Experienced Technical QA Engineer to join our team. You will be working closely with our Engine and Internal Tools teams to help to improve the test and development processes, and proactively provide support as needed.

This position owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of a given feature, function or set of tools, or technical subsystems where you will be part of a rapidly iterating development team working closely with developers and production.

You will do this by creating and maintaining a quality program of extensive end-to-end tests, integration tests, and release/change management processes. You will become a driver of the quality process and an expert of the Apex engine with all its associated in-house and 3rd party tools.

What you’ll do

• Work as embedded Technical QA within a development team to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, and plan testing coverage for upcoming features / releases
• Active participation in the daily work of your team (stand-ups, bug triage, planning, etc.)
• Using a mix of manual and technical testing skills to execute a variety of testing techniques to analyze the quality, including editor and tools, integration and performance testing
• Development and maintenance of QA tools (such as remote console, simple debug, local servers etc)
• Mentor, teach and train your fellow QA Engineers in your areas of expertise
• Creating test plans and test cases as well as their implementation and maintenance
• Reporting bugs into the bug tracking system, and regress bugs daily in the database

Who you are

• Several years of experience from the software industry, where minimum 3 years of experience are specifically from the video games industry.
• Hands-on experience with game engines, content and asset editors, software tools, and shared technologies.
• Good familiarity with any source control, debuggers, and other software development tools (e.g. Perforce, Visual Studio, etc).
• Understanding of build systems, continuous integration, unit tests, automated functional tests, and testing frameworks.
• Experience with QA practices, methodologies, and bug prevention strategies.
• Experience with development planning tools and defect tracking tools (e.g. Hansoft, JIRA, DevTrack, TestRail, etc).
• Experience in test automation
• Scripting experience in languages such as Python or JavaScript, shell scripting and CLI tools.
• Understanding of C++

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.