Skymap Games is hiring a Sr. QA tester to help us deliver the highest quality games possible by providing insightful feedback and technical analysis. In this role you will think creatively and analytically to thoroughly test games for bugs and crashes, as well as to provide non-technical feedback on gameplay mechanics, aesthetics, feel, etc. You will create detailed logs and meet with a team from each project to discuss your findings.
Responsibilities
- Define, implement and maintain a solid QA framework and process
- Champion the evolution of QA’s methodology, tools and impact by always seeking for opportunities to improve process and efficiency.
- Working with your QA Engineers, establish testing tools and a pipeline to identify and create new tools or resources
- Be able to provide an holistic quality overview of upcoming changes or additions at any given time, through relevant tracking and reporting
- Coordinate testing needs surrounding technical investigation of issues uncovered through negative KPI trends and / or Customer Support escalations
- Build and deploy testing suites and cases to verify game feature functionality
- Be the connection point and knowledge base for QA leveraging your domain expertise
- Complete directed and adhoc testing of game features
- Coordinate with internal Certification and Release team on 3rd party compliance and performance data captures
- Advocate for the quality of the player experience
Qualifications
- Exceptional Quality Assurance skills with proven experience
- Excellent communication and effective time management skills
- Strong time management, accountability and organizational skills
- Proactive, enthusiastic and self-motivated
- Flexible to an agile setup with the ability to multitask, managing coverage for multiple high profile releases with strict deadlines
- Exceptional reporting capabilities
- Knowledge of JIRA and / or similar bug tracking systems
- Experience supporting multiple platforms (PC, Console, Mobile)
- A sound understanding of the gaming industry and the typical end to end development lifecycle
- Familiarity with automation frameworks
- Passion for making video games the best they can be
- Works well in a team and independently
- Experience working on large, diverse, and remote teams
Pluses
- Experience in large complex games (MMO's), Live Ops
- Knowledge and experience working with Unreal
Additional Details:
- Base Pay: $21.50 - $26.50 / Hour
- Employee Type: FT Non-Exempt
- Minimum Experience: 3 Years
Skymap is a game development studio based in Manchester, NH. Founded in 2013, Skymap develops its own original titles and partners with other studios to help promising projects realize their full potential.
You can learn more about the studio and portfolio of titles at https://skymap.com.
Our Values
- Providing opportunities for employees of Skymap to contribute to our games and culture at any level of the organization.
- Hiring folks with a can-do attitude, excellent communication skills, and strong technical fundamentals. We want to work with people who are kind and helpful.
- Employees are a culture add, not a culture fit. Diversity is strength.
We Provide
- Most positions are fully remote.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents.
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, and term life insurance.
- 401k with matching.
- 4 weeks paid time off, sick leave, and holiday policies.
- Paid professional development time.
- Employee run and company funded committees for social events, charitable causes, etc.
- Process for employees to create and pitch original projects within the studio.
- Strong work-life balance and anti-crunch policies.
*Not all benefits are available to part-time employees.
