Senior Quality Assurance Analyst (9 month contract)

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects. These include both world-class IPs and our own creations across multiple genres and platforms.

In 2022, we introduced a four-day work week and now support in-studio, remote (within Canada), and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options for all employees.

We are looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst to join our cross-discipline team testing game software and reporting issues relating to functionality, playability, and fun factor. Depending on experience level, you may be part of creating test plans, guiding specific tests, and assessing issues pre and post launch.

What You’ll Tackle

• Test software for functionality, reliability, and/or performance.
• Report bugs and defects into an online database, ensuring that all necessary information is included and easy to understand. Including tracking game stability and performance.
• Contribute to the overall test planning, by creating, running and scheduling Test Scripts for your assigned game area(s).In addition to developing test planning for this project, QA at BBI are expected to contribute to the overall development of the QA department.
• Effectively communicate the status of your assigned game area(s) to the Production & Development teams.
• Perform risk analysis and escalate issues to QA management when necessary.
• Work embedded with the development team alongside functionality testing.
• Participate in review of requirements and designs, communicating concerns and/or risks to project stakeholders.
• Provide daily status updates and trends to QA leadership, production and development teams.

You’ll Thrive Here If You Have…

• A minimum of 3 years experience in a Quality Assurance role.
• At least one shipped product.
• Experience with QA process and testing terminology.
• Online testing experience, with an emphasis on multiplayer.
• Experience with either VR game testing, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and/or PS4/PS5 testing. Confident knowledge of business tools such as email, spreadsheets, word processors etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across multiple audiences.
• Ability to work within a highly functional cross-discipline team.

Bonus XP

• Strong understanding of Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies.
• Familiarity with 3D packages, or video game engines.
• Experience with database software such as Jira.
• Knowledge of network multiplayer systems, embedded QA methodologies and test automation in general.
• Certification & guideline experience across multiple platforms.
• Experience working from home and communicating remotely.