Senior QA Technician

1 Month ago • 3 Years + • Quality Assurance

Job Summary

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior QA Technician to join our team in Horsham, West Sussex, working on new projects within the Total War universe. The ideal candidate will be an exemplary and technical QA technician with proven testing experience and a deep understanding of game systems and development processes. You will use debug tools and automation to identify a wide range of bugs, working autonomously within an Agile environment. Responsibilities include assessing priorities, balancing requests across projects, and keeping stakeholders informed. You will also collaborate with external test teams, providing test plans and guidance. Daily tasks involve assuring quality, conducting in-depth technical testing, working towards objectives with minimal supervision, providing data-driven test results to discipline leads, reporting status regularly, and contributing to sprint and PI goals within an Agile team. You should demonstrate strong knowledge of in-game systems, development tools, and digital distribution platforms, utilize automation to find defects, and test game databases and documentation to discover bugs before implementation.
Must have:
  • 3+ years in QA, preferably in game development or full software lifecycle.
  • Affinity for strategy games on various platforms.
  • Experience in an Agile development environment.
  • Ability to self-manage and generate testing tasks.
  • Strong communication and relationship building skills.
  • Proficient time management and organizational skills.
Good to have:
  • Strong knowledge of Total War games.
  • University degree in a relevant field.
  • Experience in test automation.
  • Experience testing across multiple platforms.
  • Experience with tools testing.
Perks:
  • Additional medical and dental health insurance for you, your partner and kids.
  • Life insurance.
  • Free health care screening.
  • Additional holiday allowance.
  • Full studio closure over Christmas and New Year.
  • Annual discretionary studio bonus.
  • Defined career development pathways and personalized training support.
  • Public transportation card.
  • Monthly food vouchers.
  • Hybrid working.
  • Wellbeing support with an employee assistance program.
  • Free games and merchandise.
  • Access to our extensive games library.
  • Free breakfast every day.
  • Options for subscribing to additional health, wellness and sports services.
  • Office massages.
  • Studio parties for you and your family.

Job Details

We are looking for a Senior QA Technician to join our talented and motivated team of professionals working on exciting new projects in the Total War universe at our studio in Horsham, West Sussex.
You'll become part of a world-class development team working on a title in the award-winning Total War series. And you will be able to offer insights that drive the way our projects are shaped and directly influence our players’ gaming experience.

Key Responsibilities 
A Senior QA Technician is an exemplary and technical QA technician who has proven testing experience and in-depth understanding of game systems and development processes. They are able to interrogate game systems using debug tools and automation to find a wide variety of bugs.   
As a Senior QA Technician, you will be expected to work autonomously in an Agile environment to build relationships and generate tasks working across multiple projects. You will be expected to assess priorities and balance requests across the franchise while keeping stakeholders informed. 
You will be expected to work with external test teams to provide test plans, training and guidance on how to best test for the area or features you have been assigned.  
  
On a day-to-day basis you will:
  • Assure the Quality of a given area through the finding of bugs and effective communication.  
  • In depth technical testing of specific functionality within an assigned area. 
  • Work autonomously towards set objectives with minimal supervision required. 
  • Work closely with discipline leads to provide them with relevant and accurate data driven test results where applicable. 
  • Provide regular reports regarding status of assigned area to your lead and other stakeholders. 
  • Work as part of an Agile team to build relationships, share knowledge and generate tasks as part of wider sprint and PI goals.
  • Show strong knowledge of and ability to test a broad range of in game systems, the tool set used to create TW games and digital distribution platforms.
  • Use automation including automated testing scripts to help find defects and generate data for analysis and work with automation team members to suggest improvements to our automated testing systems.
  • Test outside of the game within game databases and documentation to discover defects before they are implemented into the general game build. 
  • Work on projects across the franchise and be able to balance priorities with assistance from your lead.
  • Provide structured test plans and training to enable third party testers to test effectively. 
 
Knowledge, Skill and Experience 
Essential
  • 3+ years in QA preferably at a game's development studio or full experience of software development lifecycle from production to post-release support.
  • Affinity for strategy games on various platforms
  • Experience working within an Agile development environment
  • Ability to self-manage and generate tasks to drive testing in an area
  • Strong communication and relationship building skills
  • Proficient time management and organisational skills, able to handle multiple tasks and meet set deadlines and priorities
 
Desirable 
  • Strong knowledge of Total War games 
  • A university degree in a relevant field that can be applied to Games Testing
  • Experience in Test automation
  • Experience testing across multiple platforms
  • Experience with tools testing 
About Creative Assembly 
Creative Assembly crafts deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades.

We are all game makers and we care deeply about the experiences we create. We empower our teams to make significant contributions to our games, supported by skills development and growth opportunities.

We are located in Horsham, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria. 
We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:
  • Additional medical and dental health insurance for you, your partner and kids, life insurance, and free health care screening
  • Additional holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all Bulgarian Bank holidays
  • Annual discretionary studio bonus
  • Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including; SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance
  • Public transportation card
  • Monthly food vouchers
  • Hybrid working
  • Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme
  • Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library
  • Free breakfast every day - toast, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, soft drinks and more in our fully stocked kitchen
  • Options for subscribing to additional health, wellness and sports services
  • Office massages
  • Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer and Christmas parties, Children’s day party, wrap parties for game releases
  • Our studio sites have disabled access.

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: SEGA Europe Limited and our studios do not accept unsolicited candidate introductions from unauthorised third parties. For the avoidance of doubt, SEGA Europe is not liable for any fees, compensation or any other costs associated with the introduction of a candidate or recruitment services unless and until an agreement has been duly executed. Further details can be found here.

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