Unreal Engine Tech QA Lead for RPG Games

CD Project; Warsaw (IN); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical healthcare

Life insurance

Annual cancer screenings

Mental health support

Sports card

RED Parents Network

RED Summer Camp for Kids

Welcome pack

Trainings and courses

Cafeteria benefits

Gifts for newborn rebels

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Tech QA Lead for the Polaris project (The Witcher 4) to guide a technical QA team, translate the Polaris QA strategy into actionable plans, and ensure high-quality milestones. The role focuses on improving QA workflows, reporting, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The position is based in Warsaw with office-first alignment, and relocation is required. You will manage testing across engine, tools, performance, and technical feature validation, while

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading or managing Tech QA teams.
• 5+ years direct performance management and career development experience.
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, bug workflows, defect management, test planning, coverage and reporting.
• Experience with Unreal Engine or in-house engine and editor tools.
• Strong understanding of game development lifecycles and testing strategies for integration, stress, performance, stability, tools, engine and platform validation.
• Experience with QA metrics, KPIs and bug trends.
• Experience with performance analysis, profiling tools, crash analysis, memory investigations, platform testing or console environments.
• Experience with Unreal insights, engine profiling, crash debugging.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management; ability to present technical quality status and risks clearly.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, test plans, dashboards, or quality summaries.
• Experience improving QA workflows, reporting models, dashboards and metrics.
• Experience working with external QA vendors, distributed QA teams or cross-location teams.
• Ownership, accountability and ability to work under pressure.
• Alignment with RED values and leadership examples.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Tech QA team, fostering accountability and growth.
• Adapt and implement Polaris QA strategy into practical testing approaches and priorities.
• Own testing execution and milestone verification to meet quality standards.
• Monitor quality metrics, KPIs, and bug trends to identify risks and mitigation plans.
• Coordinate with development, production and external QA vendors on dependencies.
• Maintain data-informed reporting on quality status, blockers and readiness.
• Drive QA workflow and tool optimization across processes and documentation.
• Provide hands-on support for complex technical investigations and debugging.

Skills

QA leadership

Performance management

Testing methodologies

Unreal Engine

Game lifecycle

QA metrics

Profiling tools

Crash debugging

Stakeholder management

Test documentation

QA workflows

External QA vendors

Ownership

Values alignment

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Tech QA Lead for the Polaris project (The Witcher 4) to guide a technical QA team, translate the Polaris QA strategy into actionable plans, and ensure high-quality milestones. The role focuses on improving QA workflows, reporting, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The position is based in Warsaw with office-first alignment, and relocation is required. You will manage testing across engine, tools, performance, and technical feature validation, while