QA Programming Specialist

QUALITY ASSURANCE

What We Do

The Quality Assurance team owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of all products and functions across Epic. Our team works closely with developers and production to ensure the best possible user experience for our community and customers.

What You'll Do

People within the QA Programmer career track work with product owners, developers, and QA management to own technical feature sets within Unreal Engine Tools. You will develop a test plan for tooling features. You will develop and implement automation test coverage and utilize technical tooling to expand breadth and add depth to QA coverage of multiple features in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. In addition, you will facilitate functional, qualitative, and performance testing efforts while using a mix of manual and technical testing skills to execute a variety of testing techniques across your product to analyze and report on quality. You are expected to work in a highly autonomous environment embedded on a specific team or product while working closely with designers, programmers, and production staff, using a combination of quality assurance, data analysis, and technical skills to drive appropriate testing techniques early on in development through release cycles and beyond.

In this role, you will

• Develop and implement automated test cases within a framework as well as assist in debugging issues for peers to ensure the team stays as productive as possible
• Responsible for feature level test planning and test execution of individual features, and conduct whitebox functional testing as well as technical testing including performance tests, defect exploration and verifications using various OOP languages
• Generate analysis of outstanding defect load and recommend new areas of testing and areas to prioritize for fixes as well as proactively manage incoming defects and work autonomously on highest value tasks, be it test writing or test execution
• Work with product owners, developers and QA management to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, and plan testing coverage for upcoming features / releases, as well as examine technical gaps and automation initiatives between geographically distributed teams, vendors, and agencies to deliver the highest quality product
• Assist SDETs and QA Programmers to investigate and design proposals for automated solutions
• Using a mix of manual and technical testing skills to execute a variety of testing techniques across your product to analyze the quality of said product while troubleshooting reported defects and internal issues
• Reporting and tracking for data quality, and using that data to drive conversations around product quality and development health, supporting developers before, during, and after deployments

What we're looking for

• 3+ years experience programming with C++, Java or C# required
• Ability to confidently collaborate with senior members on technical topics and features
• Ability to assess scope and requirements and help drive project timeline/milestones/plans
• Must have a strong background in reporting and tracking for data quality
• Software or games testing experience in a fast-paced environment
• Technical understanding of game engine or entertainment technologies, including automation, functional, qualitative, and performance against consistently iterative development
• Previous experience working with data and/or analytics

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).