QA Tester Internship

About CYANIDE

Founded in 2000, Cyanide studio is today one of the leaders in French video games. The studio quickly gained recognition for the quality of its strategy, sports simulation, and role-playing games, such as Pro Cycling Manager, the Styx series, and Blood Bowl, which have been highly successful with players. Building on this solid history and over 50 developed titles, the studio continues its success in the video game industry today, exploring new genres and imagining unique and exciting gaming experiences for players worldwide. Chef Life and Blood Bowl 3 were released in early 2023 to complete the list of published games.

The Position

As part of our games in development, we are offering 6-MONTH, FULL-TIME QA Tester internships.

Under the direction of the Lead QA, you will participate in the following missions:

• Perform quality tests on the game, following pre-established procedures.
• Participate in the development of test plans.
• Monitor bugs that you have discovered yourself, as well as those reported by players or internal tools.
• Write reports based on remarks, suggestions, or recommendations within a Quality Process.
• Verify the proper consideration and correction of discovered bugs before validating different versions of the game.

Profile Sought

• You demonstrate rigor, method, autonomy, and you appreciate teamwork.
• You have good written and oral communication skills.
• You are reactive and take initiatives if needed.
• You are able to imagine manipulations that can generate bugs and/or reproduce typical behaviors of different player profiles.
• Ideally, you have good knowledge of the Cyanide game universe, and you have a first experience in Quality Assurance.
• A good command of English is necessary to communicate with external stakeholders.
• You have a technical aptitude (prototyping with indie engines, level creation, etc.).

Would be a plus:

• Experience in video games.

Details on the position

Location

Nanterre, France

Contract

Internship (6 months)

Start Date

July 2025

Additional Information

• Internship agreement with a higher education institution (university, school, institute...)
• Student status, enrolled in initial training for the academic year 2024 - 2025 and/or 2025 - 2026
• Duration: 6 MONTHS, internship start between July and September 2025
• FULL-TIME, 100% on-site
• Alternating rhythm is not possible
• Near Nanterre-Université (RER A / SNCF L) and Nanterre-La Folie (RER E)
• Statutory compensation
• Benefits: restaurant tickets and company restaurant, public transport subsidy
• Position accessible to workers with disabilities or reduced mobility

Job Area

Design - Conception - Audio - QA

Test evaluation

NB: the recruitment process includes a QA test.