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QA Senior Game Testing Lead & Consultant
Technical Skills
7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, including 4+ years of professional Video Game QA / Play Testing.
- Professional experience testing commercial video games across multiple development and release cycles.
- Strong understanding of gameplay mechanics, player experience evaluation, progression systems, exploratory testing, regression testing, release readiness, patches, and live operations.
- Demonstrated experience assessing game quality, identifying risks, and validating player-facing experiences beyond defect detection.
Test Management Tools: Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail, Zephyr, Hansoft, or equivalent test management and defect tracking platforms.
Game QA Strategy & Planning
- Definition of Game QA strategies from project inception.
- Risk-based testing and coverage planning.
- Test effort estimation and execution planning.
- Quality risk identification and mitigation strategies.
- Adaptation of testing approaches throughout the game development lifecycle.
Game Development Lifecycle & Game Testing
- Experience supporting game development from feature implementation through release and post-release validation.
- Understanding of content integration, build validation, milestone testing, regression cycles, release readiness, patches, and live updates.
- Strong understanding of how Game QA differs from traditional software testing.
Game Engines & Technologies
- Familiarity with Unity, Unreal Engine, and comparable game development technologies.
- Understanding of game systems, gameplay implementation, content pipelines, builds, and development workflows.
- Professional testing experience across Mobile, PC, and Console platforms.
- Validation of compatibility across devices, operating systems, screen resolutions, and hardware configurations.
- Knowledge of platform-specific quality risks, constraints, and user interactions.
Performance & Technical Validation
- Identification of player-facing performance issues including FPS degradation, loading times, responsiveness, memory consumption, stability concerns, network issues, thermal behavior, and battery impact.
- Ability to recognize when specialized performance, device, or engineering support is required.
Leadership & Consulting
- Experience leading Game QA teams and Play Testing initiatives.
- Establishment of QA processes, testing standards, reporting mechanisms, quality metrics, and governance models.
- Experience facilitating discovery sessions, stakeholder workshops, knowledge-transfer activities, and client-facing discussions.
- Strong communication skills with QA, Engineering, Design, Production, and Leadership stakeholders.
Preferred Certifications
ISTQB Game Testing Certification, ISTQB Foundation Level, Agile Testing Certification, or equivalent Quality Assurance certifications.
Responsibilities
- Define Game QA strategies, testing approaches, coverage models, and execution plans for game testing engagements.
- Lead discovery sessions with game studios and stakeholders to understand gameplay mechanics, business objectives, and quality expectations.
- Identify quality risks, testing priorities, dependencies, and coverage requirements.
- Evaluate gameplay mechanics, controls, progression systems, tutorials, usability, player behavior, and exploratory testing scenarios.
- Oversee manual Game QA and Play Testing activities across the development lifecycle.
- Coordinate regression testing, feature validation, compatibility validation, and release readiness activities.
- Establish testing standards, quality metrics, reporting frameworks, and governance practices.
- Mentor QA teams and Play Testers, promoting best practices and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Design, Production, and Development teams to drive quality outcomes.
- Identify opportunities to leverage AI-assisted testing and automation while preserving human-driven gameplay evaluation.
- Review defects, testing reports, quality metrics, and testing recommendations with stakeholders.
- Support compatibility validation across mobile devices, PC configurations, and console platforms.
- Identify player-facing performance concerns and coordinate additional validation efforts when necessary.
- Contribute to successful game launches, patches, content updates, and live-service releases.
English: Very Good
Location: Ags, GDL, ENS, CDMX, MTY
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