QA Engineer

We are looking for a dedicated and detail-focused QA Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be essential in ensuring comprehensive test coverage, identifying and documenting bugs, and working closely with cross-functional teams to enhance product quality. If you have a strong background in QA testing, a passion for precision, and the ability to contribute to continuous improvement efforts, we’d love to connect with you!

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in creating targeted test plans within an agile development framework.
• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures based on product specifications and design intentions.
• Use tools to execute manual tests, send requests, and analyze responses.
• Manually verify that user actions match expected behavior.
• Identify and document bugs, including issues related to broken or missing functionality, design/art, animation, play experience (economy, pacing), localization, spelling, and audio.
• Prioritize, scope, and escalate bugs appropriately, and determine the best method for resolution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to communicate risks, defects, and test coverage status.
• Work with the leadership to continuously refine and improve QA processes through lessons learned.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of automation tools for QA testing.

Requirements

• 3+ years of QA experience, including 1+ year in software or web product testing.
• Expertise in regression, smoke, and integration testing.
• Experience working on QA for a software product during both initial development and live operations, with ongoing development and release cycles.
• Strong logical and analytical skills; a background in sciences, engineering, or software engineering is a plus.
• Highly detail-oriented and methodical, with the ability to efficiently prioritize tasks.
• Fast and independent worker; agile and flexible in adapting to a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Strong understanding of mobile software engineering and creative pipelines.
• Proficiency in working with web-based tooling and configurations.
• Ability to perform API testing using Postman and inspect/update APIs using tools like Charles Proxy.
• Familiarity with at least one bug-reporting system such as JIRA or Bugzilla.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and teams simultaneously in a high-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proactive problem solver; anticipates constraints and takes early steps to mitigate risks.

Preferred

• 1+ year of experience in automation testing (Katalon, Selenium, etc.).

Benefits and Perks

• 100% health benefit premiums for you and your dependents
• 401K match and Restricted Stock Units
• Flexible vacation policy
• Employee-driven entertainment, happy hours, and team-building events
• Snacks and drinks are available in the kitchen
• Casual work environment

About PLAYSTUDIOS
PLAYSTUDIOS is the developer and operator of award-winning free-to-play casual games for mobile and social platforms. The company’s collection of original and published titles is powered by its groundbreaking playAWARDS loyalty marketing platform, which enables players to earn real-world rewards from a portfolio of global entertainment, retail, technology, travel, leisure, and gaming brands across 17 countries and four continents. Founded by a team of veteran gaming, hospitality, and technology entrepreneurs, PLAYSTUDIOS brings together beautifully designed mobile gaming content with an innovative loyalty platform in order to provide its players with an unequaled entertainment experience and its partners with actionable business insights. To learn more about PLAYSTUDIOS, visit playstudios.com
PLAYSTUDIOS is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, or other protected category under the law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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