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QA Lead Analyst
4 years ago
As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re on the hunt for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
PERKS & BENEFITS
Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days & Holidays
100% Employee Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Plan Base Plan
Life Insurance, 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Benefits & More
Catered Lunches & Well-stocked Kitchens
Yoga & Wellness Activities
Happy Hours
Company Events
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as the main point of contact for all QA needs for 3+ mobile free-to-play games in live operations at the Burbank studio.
- Ensure that all software products meet established high quality levels.
- Direct the work of multiple QA teams in multiple time zones to ensure all testing needs are met in a timely manner.
- Provide approvals across all titles and releases coming out of the Burbank Studio.
- Keep all testers up-to-date on changes regarding priorities and schedule.
- Provide qualitative and quantitative reports to the team, including workflow issues & blockers.
- Create and maintain constant communication and healthy working relationships between QA, game, and support teams.
- Write and execute test plans to ensure full testing coverage.
- Provide studio QA resource plans; build, train and mentor studio QA staff.
- Provide game and studio leadership with metrics and reports regarding the quality of testing work.
- Keep all relevant testing documentation up to date and available to all testers.
- Log and regress stability issues and bugs.
- Create test plans to assist localization test teams.
- Assist Marketing team with in-game asset capture.
- Track and manage budget for outsourced QA teams.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years experience in mobile QA testing with at least 1+ year of experience in a supervisory role.
- Familiarity with bug tracking software (Jira, Unfuddle, Bugzilla, etc.) and software development tools (ex. Xcode).
- Knowledge of the Apple and Android family of mobile devices.
- Must be detail oriented, well-organized with an ability to multi-task.
- Familiarity with standard practices and procedures in the mobile QA field.
- Proactive, results oriented, self starter with a strong sense of ownership.
- Team player with good people skills; excellent written and verbal communication.
- Pragmatic: making games is complex; able to prioritize and focus when everything is high priority.
- Sense of humor and optimistic approach.
- Flexible and able to creatively solve problems.
- Able to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure, team environment.
- Affinity for Disney/Pixar is a plus.
- Passion for video games is a must!
ABOUT JAM CITY
Jam City is an award-winning mobile entertainment studio providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to a broad, global audience.
Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date.
The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018.
Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto.
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