German Games Tester

3 Months ago • All levels

Testing

Job Description

As a German Games Tester, you will be responsible for ensuring games and applications provide the best user experience by being linguistically bug-free. This involves checking in-game text for accuracy and adherence to cultural rules. You will follow the Universally Speaking LQA process, write detailed bug reports using industry-standard bug databases, and ensure that bugs are fixed and implemented correctly. You'll become an LQA expert on various projects and create and execute test cases throughout the project lifecycle, participating in test requirement gathering and looking for ways to improve efficiency. This role requires relentless attention to detail and clear communication in English. The job offers both 0-hour contracts and permanent positions.

Must Have:

Test games meticulously for linguistic bugs.
Communicate clearly in English.
Follow LQA processes and standards.

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Our Vision

A world-class partner to the games industry, trusted to deliver the highest quality services with passion, expertise and agility

Our Purpose

To serve our partners by enhancing the experience of gamers across the world through our passionate and expert team

Our Values

Quality, Passion, Agility, Customer Intimacy, Teamwork

Love Games?

Bi/multi lingual in German?

Join US

Universally Speaking (US) are a world-class partner to the games industry – its on US to make sure the game is ready for release. Our customers trust US to make sure that their amazing Indie or AAA games are perfect before they are made available to gamers.

What will you do?

Play and test the games. Literally. But we need you be on it and all over it. Relentless with your approach to testing games. As an absolute perfectionist you will find linguistic bugs and report these back using bug database communicating across global boundaries in an unambiguous way which is why is really important you can communicate in clear English.

We are offering both 0 hour contracts and permanent positions for this role. 0 hour contracts will be working full time and depending on performance can potentially be changed to permanent.

What would you do at work?

Your job is to make sure games and applications give the best user experience by being linguistic bug free
Check in-game text for linguistic accuracy and correctness, and its accordance to cultural rules
To do this you will learn how to follow the Universally Speaking LQA process and professional standards which we have optimised over the years to be the best in the industry
You’ll use a variety of industry standard bug databases to write detailed bug reports that get you noticed as someone who is trusted and cares about making games better
Reporting issues is where it starts but you’ll also have ownership to ensure that bugs have been fixed and implemented correctly
You’ll become the LQA Expert across a broad range of Indie to AAA projects and given areas of specialisation
You’ll own, manage, create, and regularly execute test cases throughout the project life cycle. This includes document testing practises, LQA process & reporting methods.
You’ll actively participate in test requirement gathering with developers to ensure Localisation QA effectively tests and supports all features of the project
You’ll be one step ahead in looking at ways to make improvements, take ownership for additional activities and create efficiencies in the way you work
Cooperate with the QA team