QA Analyst - Unannounced AAA Project - Fixed-Term Contract (M/F/NB)
Ubisoft
Job Summary
As a QA Analyst, you will play a key role in quality monitoring on one of our major projects. Your responsibilities include conducting thorough tests to ensure game stability and quality, creating and communicating test documents, identifying and tracking bugs in a dedicated database like JIRA, collaborating with development teams to anticipate quality needs, and actively participating in improving testing tools and processes.
Must Have
- Conduct thorough tests to ensure game stability and quality.
- Create, update, and communicate test documents (plans, cases, procedures).
- Identify, log, and track bugs in a dedicated database (e.g., JIRA).
- Collaborate closely with development teams to anticipate and escalate quality needs.
- Actively participate in improving testing tools, processes, and methods.
- Technical, IT or design education.
- Proficiency in bug and test management tools (JIRA, TestRail, XRay…).
- Rigour, organizational skills, team spirit, and good communication in French and English.
Good to Have
- First experience in QA or software testing appreciated, ideally in video games.
- Appetite/curiosity for World Building/System and/or Level Design topics.
- Passion for video games and good industry knowledge appreciated.
- Knowledge in automated test data analysis is a plus.
- Autonomy in managing priorities according to project stages.
Perks & Benefits
- Flexible hours and possibility to work remotely up to two days a week, under Ubisoft charter conditions.
- 20 days of remote work per year from an EU country (eligibility restricted to EU citizens).
- Internal e-learning platform for training on necessary tools.
- Game library where you can borrow the latest Ubisoft games, competitor games, consoles, and board games.
- Our CSE (Works Council) and its preferential rates on a wide range of shows, cinemas, concerts, sports halls, amusement parks, and many other good deals.
- Career and development plan established with your manager with clear objectives for annual progression.
- Clubs: choir, yoga, tennis, lightsaber…
- 1.5-hour lunch break to attend a class in our gym or borrow a bike for a ride in Bois de Vincennes.
- Surf/yoga or ski weekends organized by the CSE.
- Foosball, climbing, Just Dance, or Boomerang Fu.
- Internal clearance sale to complete your collection of Ubi goodies and games.
Job Description
Company Description
Ubisoft's teams comprise 18,000 people across more than 30 countries worldwide, united by a common mission: to enrich players' lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their energy and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer and believes that diversity of backgrounds and perspectives is essential to creating worlds that allow everyone to thrive and express themselves. If you are enthusiastic about taking on exciting challenges, leveraging cutting-edge technologies, and participating in the future of entertainment, join us and create the unknown.
The Paris studio is Ubisoft's pioneering studio and the origin of the publisher's first successes after its creation in 1992. Today, we remain at the forefront of essential licenses such as Just Dance, Ghost Recon, Mario + Rabbids, Howrse, and Mighty Quest. We have also built a solid reputation as a partner of choice in inter-studio collaborations like Watch Dogs, Skull & Bones, Beyond Good & Evil 2, and Star Wars. Building on this experience, we continue as a studio to push creative boundaries by working on very promising, as yet unannounced projects.
Job Description
As a QA Analyst, you will play a key role in quality monitoring on one of our major projects. Your responsibilities include:
- Conducting thorough tests to ensure the stability and quality of game versions.
- Creating, updating, and communicating test documents (plans, cases, procedures).
- Identifying, logging, and tracking bugs in a dedicated database (e.g., JIRA).
- Collaborating closely with development teams to anticipate and escalate quality needs.
- Actively participating in improving testing tools, processes, and methods.
Qualifications
- Technical, IT, or design education.
- First experience in QA or software testing appreciated, ideally in video games.
- Proficiency in bug and test management tools (JIRA, TestRail, XRay…) and an appetite/curiosity for World Building/System and/or Level Design topics.
- Rigour, organizational skills, team spirit, and good communication in French and English.
- Passion for video games and good industry knowledge appreciated.
- Knowledge in automated test data analysis is a plus.
- Autonomy in managing priorities according to project stages.
Additional Information
Recruitment Process
- Phone interview with a Talent Acquisition Specialist [~30 minutes]
- Video interview with the Hiring Manager [~1h]
Our Benefits
Joining us means having access from day one to:
- Flexibility in your hours and the possibility to work remotely up to two days a week, under the conditions provided by the Ubisoft charter;
- 20 days of remote work per year from an European Union country (eligibility restricted to European citizenship profiles);
- Our internal e-learning platform to finally train yourself on the tools you needed so much;
- Our game library where you can borrow the latest Ubisoft games, competitor games, consoles, and board games;
- Our CSE (Works Council) and its preferential rates on a wide range of shows, cinemas, concerts, sports halls, amusement parks, and many other good deals.
And after 1 year?
- You will have a career and development plan established with your manager, as well as clear objectives that will allow you to progress each year;
- You will have joined one of our clubs: choir, yoga, tennis, lightsaber… Or you will have created your own!
- You will enjoy your 1.5-hour lunch break to participate in a class in our gym or borrow one of our bikes for a ride in the Bois de Vincennes;
- You will eagerly await the next surf/yoga or ski weekend organized by the CSE;
- You will have become unbeatable at foosball, climbing, Just Dance, or Boomerang Fu;
- You will have raided the internal clearance sale to complete your collection of Ubi goodies and games (because you can never have enough).
As an employer, Ubisoft offers everyone the same opportunities for employment, without distinction notably of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, and age. Ubisoft strives to develop an inclusive work environment that reflects the diversity of its player community within its teams.
Consult this guide which aims to support you in your application, and discover our actions to encourage more diversity and inclusion.