Are you looking for an opportunity to work with a growing team on an exciting new project? Do you consider yourself a champion for the quality of products? Do you understand the unique challenges of testing video games?

Our team at Stoic, 4-time BAFTA nominated independent video game company, is seeking a QA Lead / Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) for the development of our next project. You will help us take the project from prototype phase through beta, launch, and live support over a 3+ year timeframe.

We are looking for someone who can see the roadblocks presented to QA and relishes overcoming them. A person who can build, manage and maintain a diverse set of tools while building, mentoring, and managing a growing QA team. You will also be a partner with studio developers and partner teams.

What you will do:

Mentor and motivate the team.
Develop manual BVTs / smoke tests / buddy builds for clients and services
Written & verbal communication
Daily/Weekly reports that effectively communicate the test team’s status as well as game build quality
Regular syncs with partner quality lead for test coordination & strategizing
Creation & usage of data-driven dashboards/reports.
Test ownership
Dev support testing & bug investigations, including basic crash analysis
Collaboration with partner quality team to ensure full test coverage of the game
Develop automated tests using C++, C#, Unreal Engine 4 Automation & Gauntlet
Develop automated load tests for backend services
Create automated test coverage and quality metrics

Basic Qualifications:

Written & verbal communication is key! You have the ability to communicate effectively throughout the studio and with partner teams
Services experience
Some experience with Games as a Service (GaaS) and/or basic understanding of services
Some experience with leveraging various service environments for services testing (e.g. test/staging/production deployment environments)
Strong collaboration skills with studio devs and partner teams; Experience coordinating with partner quality lead to distribute workload and strategically tackle quality challenges
Ability to prioritize issues by severity & urgency considering context, with focus on players’ experiences
Passion for impacting the game and influencing studio and partner teams to make sure the right bugs are fixed, and ability to effectively communicate/advocate this
Familiarity with test data/telemetry, processes, and tools (e.g. bug databases)
Basic data analysis skills; Able to continuously improve test strategies by incorporating latest data findings
Advanced C++ or C# programming skills
Skills in one or more scripting languages including PowerShell, bash, or Python

Preferred Qualifications:

Ability to present complex technical information to a variety of audiences
Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
A proven track record of successfully shipping software
3+ years of test experience
Experience working in a milestone model (e.g. concrete deliverables that are delivered regularly)
Strong experience with GaaS development
Familiarity with Azure and PlayFab
Visual Studio and Windows Development experience
Linux Development Experience
Strong experience with leveraging telemetry, tools, and automation to improve game quality
Strong experience with using debuggers to provide devs with appropriate level of bug info

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.