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Jagex

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Online gaming • Internet technology • MMOs • Casual gaming

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2001

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

👥 B2C

💰 Private Equity Round on 2011-02

Description

• Are you an established QA Lead looking for a new challenge? • As a QA Lead, you will be responsible for the quality output of a Product by ensuring the test strategy agreed at the Product level is being carried out. • You will supervise the execution of the testing process, decide on an appropriate test strategy and directly line manage QA staff working within the team. • With an excellent working knowledge of the production pipeline, testing and live products, you will champion Quality across the Product team • Plan, create and execute resource planning with the aim to achieve excellent test coverage in response to product needs. • Work seamlessly with development teams to track issues and assist in the remedy of defects. • Create and maintain appropriate QA processes to facilitate work on assigned products. • Develop, and guide, the testing strategy on an assigned product. • Embed yourself within the leadership group of the assigned product, advocate for quality. • Ensure the team applies defect reporting standards and adapt or improve the standards as necessary. • Ensure all test requirements are executed on time and to an excellent standard. • Create and maintain QA metrics that measure team performance, ability to release, risks, process adaption, and defect trends, among others. • Manages the outsource QA function, as and when required. • Provide line management to assigned team members. • Support QA team members; mentor, inspire and help develop their skills. • Actively participate in the recruitment process for QA staff.

Requirements

• ISTQB Foundation (or equivalent) • Excellent knowledge and understanding of the software development lifecycle and the process, pipelines, disciplines and dependencies required to make a video game. • Understanding of various game platforms and their release environments, including but not limited to PC (Windows, OSX) and mobile (iOS, Android). • Good familiarity with QA in an Agile environment and Agile frameworks in general. • Excellent knowledge of test tools, including defect-tracking (e.g. JIRA), Test Management Systems (e.g. X-Ray, Testrail) and source control (e.g. Perforce, SVN) • Good understanding of software QA and games development practices and terminology e.g, version control, regression, integration, versions. • Ability to manage teams and individuals, mentor and develop other QA testers. • Experience with managing external test teams, including preparing tasks, providing feedback and scheduling.

Benefits

• Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan. • Minimum 6% Pension contributions. • Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling. • Life Insurance. • Discretionary annual performance bonus. • Enhanced family leave policies from day 1. • Flexible working hours. • 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!