QA Technician - Contract

1 Month ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

Playground Games is seeking a QA Technician to join the Fable team on a contract basis. The role involves working with the Quality Assurance team to deliver high-level deliverables. The candidate will utilize observation skills to ensure bug-free, high-quality work, test new features, and communicate effectively with developers and the external test team. The ideal candidate is passionate about games, possesses excellent communication skills, and has a keen eye for detail. This position is located at their state-of-the-art facilities, with a hybrid work model requiring a minimum of three days a week in the studio.
Must have:
  • Experience working in-house with a development team on current-gen consoles
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • An eye for detail
  • A genuine passion for video games

Job Details

Playground Games is looking for a 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 QA Technician you will be working with the Quality Assurance team to deliver high-level deliverables. You will use your observation skills to help ensure that all work is bug free and of the highest possible quality.  

Our ideal candidate is a promising 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
  • 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

What you’ll bring:

  • Experience working in-house with a development team on current-gen consoles
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • An eye for detail
  • A genuine passion for video games

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

At Playground Games, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment where anyone from any background can do their best work. We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our players.

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