What are the responsibilities and job description for the QA Lead (Fixed Term Contract) position at Dreamhaven?
We love games and believe in their unique superpower to create personal, unforgettable stories that bring friends and the community closer together. That’s why Moonshot Games is looking for a Quality Assurance leader to join our team.
In this role, you’ll lead the process of testing our first game across all its platforms. You’ll dig deep into the game’s design and then build a strategy with internal and external partners to put its systems to the test.
Since the team is still early in its growth, you’ll get to play an impactful role in establishing foundational processes and methodologies.
This is a temporary role with an estimated duration of 6 months.
You Will:
- Manage the relationship with external testing partners in a way that reflects studio values
- Ensure testing efforts have the necessary breadth and depth to achieve specific outcomes
- Spearhead test-plan creation in collaboration with the design, engineering, art, and production teams
- Act as a communication bridge for testing efforts between internal and external teams
- Expand QA effort when appropriate to include localization QA, certification testing, and hardware config testing
- Identify and champion opportunities for automation
- Organize playtests across the team and lead the efforts around build tracking, issue reporting, and coordination of playtest environments
- Research, report, and manage bugs sourced from several platforms, including PC and console
You Are:
- Experienced leading testing teams through all phases of the game development process and delivering high-quality releases consistently
- Well versed in team management best practices, including streamlining workflows, tracking dependencies, long-term planning, and personnel coaching
- Skilled at evaluating the quality of video games and creating insightful reports that will support development priorities and help inform team decisions
- Eager to jump in and help test all areas of our game and platform as well as contribute ideas to help explore game concepts across the development process
Qualifications:
- Experience working in a senior QA role in gaming and/or entertainment
- Expertise with Jira, including to creating and optimizing bug flows, tracking milestones, sharing burndown charts, and effectively curating the bug database
- Proficiency with Testrail or similar task-tracking software for sharing testing-progress reports and trends
- Experience with Unreal development and/or console submissions is a plus
The base salary range for this position is $86,313 to $143,855 USD per year, which is associated with our Level 3 salary band. The range listed for this position is just one component of Dreamhaven’s total compensation package for team members and exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.
Dreamhaven is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate and welcome diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment.
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Salary : $86,313 - $143,855
