Senior QA Game Tester

Who We Are:

GlobalStep is a world leader in risk management and mitigation in the development, production, and maintenance of video games throughout their lifecycle. We are headquartered in Dallas, Texas and operate globally with service locations in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia. Our services include Quality Assurance, Localization, Live Operations Support, Data Analytics, Test Automation and Consulting Services for our global customer base.

Strength in Diversity.

The many different cultures and walks of life that coexist within GlobalStep are our biggest strength. We value our employees’ inputs and what each unique individual brings to the table. GlobalStep is about inclusion through diversity, collaboration with stakeholders, high performance commitment, and always seizing opportunities.

Are you passionate about technology and video games? Do challenges excite you? Are you ready to join the world of video games and give your best? Are you a great team player? If your answer is yes, we need you!

• 2+ years’ experience in Quality Assurance Processes and Methodologies in gaming on at least 3 titles (mobile/PC/console)
• Experienced in end-to-end testing of a game across all phases of its development.
• Experience in test planning strategies and maintaining test cases.
• Strong aptitude for identifying high value defects using domain expertise across platforms and genres. Creates excellent defect reports including any supporting information required to debug and prioritise a defect.
• Excellent attention to detail in test case execution and displays creativity and curiousity in non-scripted testing activities.
• Effective workload management and has the capability to quickly adapt to changing project priorties
• Good communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• Proficient in the use of testing tools e.g., JIRA, TestRail, MS Excel, basic SQL commands
• Stays up to date with the latest trends of QA / Software testing

• Software Testing including Functional, Exploratory, Usability, Compatibility, Usability and Regression testing
• Familiarise yourself with the goals and testing strategy of every project you work on and identify any problems that could impact testing before the project commences.
• Use established and innovative methods to identify high vaue defects, minimising the number of invalid and duplicate defects found.
• Create concise bug reports, including root cause analysis.
• Execute test cases accurately and efficently
• Managing your workload as assigned by the QA Lead and supporting other team members with their workload as required.
• Communicate quality risks and dependencies in a timely manner to ensure that they have visibility and are addressed.
• Share your insights as to the playability of a title.
• Propose solutions to improve the team’s way of working.
• Maintain test cases to improve test case execution efficiency and test coverage.
• Support the onboarding of new testers.
• Coach and mentor less experienced testers to increase the teams overall testing capabilties and expertise.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• A rare opportunity to help build and shape a brand-new team

• Hybrid working from home model

• A professional, fun and supportive work environment

• Partnering with the world’s best technology and gaming companies, working across all major platforms including Xbox One, PS4 & 5, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, iOS, Android

• Working to industry standards as part of an Agile team

• Further opportunity to work on exciting projects at major Games Studios