Senior QA Technician - Contract

2 Hours ago • 4-8 Years • Quality Assurance • Undisclosed

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Job Description

As a Senior QA Technician, you'll be responsible for validating game builds, testing new features, ensuring high-quality standards, and resolving regressions with the development team. You will liaise with developers, maintain the bug database, and write/maintain test plans. Experience working on at least one published AAA console title for a full development cycle is required. The role involves collaborating with an external test team and ensuring all work meets the highest standards. This contract position is based in Royal Leamington Spa with a hybrid work model (minimum 3 days in-studio).
Must have:
  • Experience in Senior QA role on a published AAA console title
  • Understanding of game development process
  • Excellent communication and attention to detail
  • Bug database management and test plan creation
Perks:
  • Relocation assistance

Description

Playground Games is looking for a Senior QA Technician to join our Fable team on a contract basis.   

About us:  

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.   

About the role:  

As Senior QA Technician you will be working with the Quality Assurance team to deliver high-level deliverables. You will use your experience, observation skills and clear communication to help ensure that all work is bug free and of the highest possible quality.  

Our ideal candidate is an experienced QA Technician who is passionate about games, has excellent communication skills and a keen eye for detail.   

This is a contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.   

What you’ll do:  

  • Validate new game builds 
  • Test new features as they appear in game, ensuring all work is to the highest possible standard and resolve regressions with the development team 
  • Liaise with developers to ensure that you keep up to date with the current game design and functionality, as well as sharing this information in a clear and concise manner with an external test team to facilitate their testing of the title 
  • Take full QA ownership of multiple areas of the game 
  • Write and maintain test plans to support the development team in achieving project goals 
  • Manage and maintain the bug database for your areas of responsibility 

What you’ll bring:  

  • Experience working in a Senior QA Technician or equivalent position on at least one published AAA console title for a FULL development cycle 
  • A good understanding of the game development process 

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.  

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity.  We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.    

We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members.  It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players.  We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.   

At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.  

If you require any reasonable accommodation to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com 

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About The Company

Playground Games was established in 2010, bringing together some of the most experienced and talented developers from the UK industry, with the vision to create genre-defining titles for a global audience. Since then, we’ve created five critically-acclaimed, award-winning hits; our Horizon games have garnered more than one hundred awards and have been played by many millions of fans. 


Today, Playground has two world-class studios in Leamington Spa. In our original HQ, we continue to support and grow the huge, vibrant Horizon community. In our new studio on the other side of town, we are excited to be developing Fable, a new beginning for the legendary franchise.

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