Quality Lead

Mojang Studios is seeking a dedicated Quality Lead to champion the quality of our globally renowned games. This pivotal role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams including producers, developers, designers, and content creators. Your mission is to work with engineering teams to create and execute comprehensive quality strategies, inspiring confidence in every feature and ensuring our games are ready for players worldwide.

Must Have

• Establish and nurture strong relationships with studios development teams to advocate for a culture of quality.
• Serve as the advocate for quality across all studio titles, maintaining deep knowledge of our game portfolio and emerging projects.
• Build and maintain a Community of Practice for Quality within the studio, facilitating communication, sharing best practices, and identifying opportunities for collaboration.
• Collaborate with engineering managers to build and execute a holistic quality strategy which includes leveraging automation, telemetry, and manual test coverage to build in and maintain quality for our products.
• Collaborate with other Quality leaders to align on a quality strategy and initiative roadmap, and facilitate communication between the Redmond and Stockholm based Quality teams.
• Lead, mentor, and support a team of Quality Engineers, fostering their growth through coaching and setting clear development objectives.
• At least 6 years of experience in quality assurance, software testing, or a related field within the gaming industry.
• Experienced in quality ownership of large or complex features or products over multiple release cycles.
• 3+ years of people management experience leading quality teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Good to Have

• Experience leveraging data visualizations, including bug data, test passes, and player telemetry, to assess quality.
• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Deep knowledge of Minecraft is a plus!

Perks & Benefits

• Hybrid remote working model
• Collaborate with studio colleagues in Redmond, USA, and across various disciplines
• Belong to Xbox Game Studios, creating unique opportunities to grow and develop
• Amazing studio space situated right on the water by Söder Mälarstrand, filled with tools, toys, and caffeine
• Work in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals

Mojang Studios is best known as the creators of Minecraft, but we’re also on a mission – to build a better world through the power of play. Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence.

About the Role

Mojang Studios is seeking a dedicated Quality Lead to champion the quality of our globally renowned games. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate closely with our cross-functional teams of producers, developers, designers, and content creators. Your mission is to collaborate with engineering teams to create and execute on comprehensive quality strategies that inspire confidence in every feature and ensure our games are ready for players worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and nurture strong relationships with studios development teams to advocate for a culture of quality.
• Serve as the advocate for quality across all studio titles, maintaining deep knowledge of our game portfolio and emerging projects.
• Build and maintain a Community of Practice for Quality within the studio, facilitating communication, sharing best practices, and identifying opportunities for collaboration.
• Collaborate with engineering managers to build and execute a holistic quality strategy which includes leveraging automation, telemetry, and manual test coverage to build in and maintain quality for our products.
• Collaborate with other Quality leaders to align on a quality strategy and initiative roadmap, and facilitate communication between the Redmond and Stockholm based Quality teams.
• Lead, mentor, and support a team of Quality Engineers, fostering their growth through coaching and setting clear development objectives.

What you’ll need to succeed

Required Qualifications:

• At least 6 years of experience in quality assurance, software testing, or a related field within the gaming industry.
• Experienced in quality ownership of large or complex features or products over multiple release cycles.
• 3+ years of people management experience leading quality teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leveraging data visualizations, including bug data, test passes, and player telemetry, to assess quality.
• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Deep knowledge of Minecraft is a plus!

About this role:

This is a full-time role with a hybrid remote working model. You'll collaborate with our studio colleagues in Redmond, USA, and across various disciplines. This position sometimes has off hour meetings mainly with West coast USA representatives. Please note that we are only able to consider applications from candidates currently residing within Sweden.

Mojang Studios

Mojang Studios is a Microsoft-owned game developer. The company was founded in Stockholm, Sweden and has offices around the world, including Stockholm, Redmond, Tokyo, London, and Shanghai. We’re always working on new and exciting ways to expand the Minecraft universe. Our community is global and incredibly diverse. We keep this in mind when developing anything, as we want people to feel included in Minecraft. And in recruiting, our goal is to make Mojang Studios as diverse as our community. We got started as a tiny indie developer, and part of our culture still reflects that heritage. But we’re also proud to belong to Xbox Game Studios, which creates unique opportunities to grow and develop. To help us achieve amazing things, we have built an equally amazing studio space. Situated right on the water by Söder Mälarstrand, it’s filled to the brim with all the tools, toys and caffeine required to create world-class entertainment. But in the end, it’s the people of Mojang Studios that make this place truly special. When you join, you’ll find yourself in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals – all united and working toward a single goal. Come help us reach it!

Important note on resumes

Please make sure that all the information in your resume is accurate because we will conduct a thorough background check. Any discrepancies will lower your chances of getting to the next interview stage and we’d hate to miss out on an awesome candidate! Double check that any gap years are reflected in your history, and that your education and work experience are completely accurate. Good luck!