01 oct
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Tential Solutions
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Álvaro Obregón
01 oct
Tential Solutions
Álvaro Obregón
We are looking for a Test Analyst III to take ownership of complex Quality Assurance initiatives within video game development.
This role combines advanced hands-on testing with test strategy, risk assessment, release support, process improvement, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration.
The Test Analyst III is expected to operate as a subject matter expert in testing processes and tools while helping guide the quality strategy for major game features and releases.
Key Responsibilities
- Design comprehensive test plans and test strategies for complex game features, systems, and releases.
- Lead testing efforts for major releases and ensure appropriate functional and regression coverage.
- Identify project-level quality risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Investigate and help reproduce complex, intermittent, and low-reproduction defects.
- Monitor critical defects and proactively escalate quality risks.
- Create, maintain, and evaluate test scripts and structured test cases using test-management platforms.
- Analyze QA metrics and testing results to identify patterns, trends, and potential areas of concern.
- Provide detailed feedback regarding gameplay, game balance, user experience, and system quality.
- Work cross-functionally with QA, development, production, and other stakeholders to align testing efforts with project priorities.
- Identify opportunities to improve QA processes, workflows, tools, and testing frameworks.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for QA processes and testing tools.
- Mentor and train junior and intermediate test analysts.
- Promote strong defect-reporting, testing, and quality-management practices across the team.
Must-Have Qualifications
- 4+ years of professional video game Quality Assurance experience.
- Demonstrated experience performing advanced exploratory and regression testing.
- Proven experience leading or coordinating testing efforts for significant game features, systems, or releases.
- Experience designing test plans and test strategies.
- Strong defect investigation, reproduction, and reporting skills.
- Experience using defect-tracking and test-management platforms such as Jira, TestRail, Bugzilla, or comparable tools.
- Strong understanding of video game development and QA lifecycles.
- Ability to identify quality risks and communicate appropriate recommendations.
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving ability.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor less-experienced QA professionals.
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives in a fast-paced development environment.
- Excellent English communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strongly Preferred Qualifications
- Experience acting as a QA subject matter expert or escalation point.
- Experience gathering and interpreting QA metrics to support project decisions.
- Strong proficiency with structured test-management tools such as TestRail.
- Experience identifying and improving inefficient QA workflows or processes.
- Familiarity with game engines and version-control systems.
- Experience working in Agile and/or Scrum development environments.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- Experience contributing to QA tools or testing frameworks.
- Scripting or test-automation experience.
- Exposure to compliance or platform-certification testing.
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