Company:
QDStaff
Location: Las Vegas
Closing Date: 06/12/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
The leading pure-play mobile game software development company in the iGame space is hiring another Senior QA software engineer - SDET for their La Vegas office. Create award-winning mobile online games played in over 40 countries and consistently ranked in the top 10 in the biggest markets in the world.
The Senior QA software engineer is a leader in the QA community driving process and innovation while also working as an embedded QA engineer in a high performance cross-functional game development team. The engineer contributes to quality as well as usability, playability and even creative direction especially as it impacts performance and customer experience. This role has significant growth opportunities as the organization builds a leading edge test automation capability that will give you the opportunity to drive truly innovative mobile testing techniques.
Responsibilities :
Engineer (design and code) testing tools and solutions from scratch
Lead, design and create test scenarios, test cases, suites, and test plans for deliverables
Identify, promote, and sponsor innovation and best practices for cross team performance improvement
Test browser based games on mobile and online platforms on a wide variety of hardware
Write automated tests in TypeScript using Visual Code
Test using Webdriver IO with Selenium and automated browser testing tools
Conduct automated and manual testing as tasks require.
Lead in setting up the project task tracking / test schedule.
Creates / manages documentation associated to QA processes.
Keeps up to date on new hardware, browser news and relevant technologies.
Required mindset:
Must hate bugs - we want people who are passionate about quality
Takes pride in finding errors that developers swear are not there
Desire to learn with a natural curiosity that leads to new ways to identify bugs
Wants to grow and innovate technically
Passion for gaming and game development
Willing to relocate if not already within commuting distance to work location
Required skills :
Experienced, confident and proficient at software engineering (TypeScript or C# preferred) and able to pick up programming languages as needed
An aptitude for quickly adopting and improving new technology and technical frameworks
A track record of mentorship, direction setting, innovation and leading by example
Effective influencer within an agile development cell responsible for product quality with the ability to assist with project scheduling.
Proficient in SQL Scripts and SQL Server Manager.
Experienced with testing on iOS, Android, Windows and MacOS
Knowledgeable in performance analysis and performance data capture (start-up and runtime performance).
History of success working on multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.
Ability to work with others in a demanding and fast paced environment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Required experience :
Minimum of 5 years of work experience in software quality assurance and/or software development.
Candidates must have 2 or more years of mobile app or cross-platform web application testing experience
Candidates must have over 4 years of formal software quality assurance with progressive growth and assumption of responsibilities
Optional desirable:
Test script automation using the standard TypeScript test runner syntax
Knowledge of automated browser testing tools: Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Puppeteer or Playwright, etc is desired.
Skilled in SQL Stored Procedures and Data Extraction.
Proficient in Data Analysis.
Can design / create tools to help improve internal processes
Experienced testing / developing slot games.
Experienced testing / developing web-based games
Benefits:
All benefits begin and are vested immediately.
Health care coverage
Company H.S.A. contribution
4% 401k match
Eligible for up to 25% bonus paid quarterly based on personal and game team performance
Location:
This role is based is in Las Vegas, NV
It is in-office 5 days per week
Relocation expenses are paid
About the company:
This four studio software engineering company is averaging a 25% annual employee growth rate. With a median tenure of almost 4 years, employees are embracing the opportunity to innovate and personally contribute to global hit games in the world's leading portfolio of games.
With no legacy or corporate entity to serve, this company is adopting leading technologies to deliver new and innovative experiences. Their games are achieving fast market penetration, high player satisfaction and superior quality. They recruit for attitude and aptitude. They believe the right people will employ their passion for gaming to create great product with minimal supervision/overhead which is the inspiration behind their distributed studio approach to growth. You owe it to yourself to see this amazing alternative to corporate and indie game development.
The Senior QA software engineer is a leader in the QA community driving process and innovation while also working as an embedded QA engineer in a high performance cross-functional game development team. The engineer contributes to quality as well as usability, playability and even creative direction especially as it impacts performance and customer experience. This role has significant growth opportunities as the organization builds a leading edge test automation capability that will give you the opportunity to drive truly innovative mobile testing techniques.
Responsibilities :
Engineer (design and code) testing tools and solutions from scratch
Lead, design and create test scenarios, test cases, suites, and test plans for deliverables
Identify, promote, and sponsor innovation and best practices for cross team performance improvement
Test browser based games on mobile and online platforms on a wide variety of hardware
Write automated tests in TypeScript using Visual Code
Test using Webdriver IO with Selenium and automated browser testing tools
Conduct automated and manual testing as tasks require.
Lead in setting up the project task tracking / test schedule.
Creates / manages documentation associated to QA processes.
Keeps up to date on new hardware, browser news and relevant technologies.
Required mindset:
Must hate bugs - we want people who are passionate about quality
Takes pride in finding errors that developers swear are not there
Desire to learn with a natural curiosity that leads to new ways to identify bugs
Wants to grow and innovate technically
Passion for gaming and game development
Willing to relocate if not already within commuting distance to work location
Required skills :
Experienced, confident and proficient at software engineering (TypeScript or C# preferred) and able to pick up programming languages as needed
An aptitude for quickly adopting and improving new technology and technical frameworks
A track record of mentorship, direction setting, innovation and leading by example
Effective influencer within an agile development cell responsible for product quality with the ability to assist with project scheduling.
Proficient in SQL Scripts and SQL Server Manager.
Experienced with testing on iOS, Android, Windows and MacOS
Knowledgeable in performance analysis and performance data capture (start-up and runtime performance).
History of success working on multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.
Ability to work with others in a demanding and fast paced environment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Required experience :
Minimum of 5 years of work experience in software quality assurance and/or software development.
Candidates must have 2 or more years of mobile app or cross-platform web application testing experience
Candidates must have over 4 years of formal software quality assurance with progressive growth and assumption of responsibilities
Optional desirable:
Test script automation using the standard TypeScript test runner syntax
Knowledge of automated browser testing tools: Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Puppeteer or Playwright, etc is desired.
Skilled in SQL Stored Procedures and Data Extraction.
Proficient in Data Analysis.
Can design / create tools to help improve internal processes
Experienced testing / developing slot games.
Experienced testing / developing web-based games
Benefits:
All benefits begin and are vested immediately.
Health care coverage
Company H.S.A. contribution
4% 401k match
Eligible for up to 25% bonus paid quarterly based on personal and game team performance
Location:
This role is based is in Las Vegas, NV
It is in-office 5 days per week
Relocation expenses are paid
About the company:
This four studio software engineering company is averaging a 25% annual employee growth rate. With a median tenure of almost 4 years, employees are embracing the opportunity to innovate and personally contribute to global hit games in the world's leading portfolio of games.
With no legacy or corporate entity to serve, this company is adopting leading technologies to deliver new and innovative experiences. Their games are achieving fast market penetration, high player satisfaction and superior quality. They recruit for attitude and aptitude. They believe the right people will employ their passion for gaming to create great product with minimal supervision/overhead which is the inspiration behind their distributed studio approach to growth. You owe it to yourself to see this amazing alternative to corporate and indie game development.
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