QA Engineer
Gram Games
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Execute functional tests in a grey box environment, developing understanding of game code and logic to push quality further up the development cycle.
- Actively own test areas and ensure defects are entered. This will include taking on features which are technically or practically more challenging leading to higher risk.
- Standard bearer for QA, representing discipline in planning, weekly meetings, daily scrums and other team Agile practices.
- Solve complex problems in effective, efficient and resourceful ways. Ability to break problems down.
- Promote cross-discipline knowledge sharing, e.g. work with code on how to best QA network traffic.
- Ensures a positive, professional and collaborative team environment is maintained.
- Works with outsource QA team to achieve best possible results, including creating documentation, mentoring where appropriate and fielding questions.
- Flexibility in responding to business priorities.
- Good understanding of client/server testing and importance of metadata.
- Familiarity with source control, such as GIT or SVN.
- Has worked with development environments such as Xcode, Visual Studio, Android SDK, Unity etc.
- Understanding of how software architecture influences the amount of testing required, including optimizing tests that utilize the same code paths. Ability to pair test features.
- Adept at costing, time estimation, risk analysis, and root cause analysis.
- Ability to carry out Telemetry testing.
- Familiarity with iOS and Android operating systems and hardware.
- Understanding of the SDLC and Change Management.
- Aware of the defect metrics the QA team should be tracking to measure success.
- Enthusiasm for learning new technical and QA skills.
- Strong initiative and ability to pro-actively self-manage; always looking for new and better solutions to existing challenges.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, backed up with a proactive approach to knowledge sharing and best practise.
- Experienced with agile methodologies.
- Expert understanding of software QA and games development practices and terminology (ideally in relation to mobile games or live-supported games).
- Previous experience with bug databases, preferably JIRA.
- Experience using a test management system, preferably TestRail.
- Ideally worked within games as a service products, understands the concept of ‘Live QA’.
- Highly competitive salary
- Free gym membership up to the value of £600 per year
- Private medical care
- Awesome free onsite food serving breakfast, lunch, and lots of treats (naughty and nice)
- Life insurance and a favourable pension scheme
- Healthcare cash plan including dental and optical coverage
- Amazing tech to work with and consoles to play and relax with everywhere you look!