QA Lead Tester (day or night shift)

Electronic Arts Romania, one of the largest tech companies and video game developers in Romania, brings together talented people from diverse work backgrounds and industries all united by a common passion: inspiring the
world to play. If your dream job is to work with cutting-edge technology on some of the most popular video game franchises in the world, including EA SPORTS FIFA or NHL, then you're in the right place. Level up your learning and career development with some of the most talented industry professionals in the gaming world. We’re a diverse, creative, and collaborative group of people united by our shared vision of excellence. If you have a passion for creative storytelling, knowledge of one or more programming languages, an understanding of animation or design techniques, detailed knowledge of gaming and gaming principles, super-attention to detail, or a background in quality control or assessment, then join us creating the future of gaming.

The Challenge Ahead:
The QA Lead Tester is accountable for setting up and managing the daily testing tasks for local testing staff on assigned projects, provides informal mentoring and support for local testing staff in order to aid knowledge transfer and maintain sufficient skill-levels amongst all testing teams.

The next great EA QA Lead Tester also needs:
At least 2 years previous experience as Senior Tester/ Quality Analyst
Strong MS Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Outlook.
Proven experience of successfully leading within a distributed multi-site environment
Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, software development processes and technical understanding of game elements.
Excellent English communication skills
….and, in general, the ability to sweep us off our feet!

What a QA Lead Tester does at EA:
As a QA Lead Tester your primary focus will be working with line manager to identify and implement best practice to ensure that effective and consistent testing methodologies are applied across different projects.
You will contribute to the development of materials of the training and education of testers – placing a particular emphasis on test quality, reporting data and analysis.
You will also spend time publishing regular testing reports, analysis, and process documentation as required by the management team. Working with the relevant QA management in order to ensure that an accurate workload forecast is submitted.
Additionally, you will work with Project Leads to assess impact of analysis for any project design changes; with regular and frequent communication to partner teams.
You will participate in QA initiatives in order to drive greater collaboration and standardization between all regional specialized QA teams.