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QA Lead
3 years ago
Inspired by minimalist art, Dots was created with the notion that beauty and fun are not mutually exclusive. Now as a successful studio, our goal is to provide the world with stylish and meaningful daily play experiences. We are on the lookout for a QA Lead who strives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment to help own testing efforts on live products such as Two Dots, and new products currently in development to join our diverse, multi-talented team.
The ideal candidate is someone with strong knowledge of mobile Quality Assurance best practices and understands the requirements for testing at each stage of the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate knows how and why software fails, is adept at finding and explaining such failures, and can improve processes to ensure failures happen less often. This candidate is someone who is motivated to take full ownership of the quality of a product, enjoys working hands-on, and loves digging in deep to figure out how things work.
Key Responsibilities
- Own quality on a live mobile game from feature ideation to release
- Work directly with Engineering Manager, Product Lead, and Producer to plan out testing and release schedules
- Oversee tasking and performance of external QA Engineers
- Provide input and direction for automated testing initiatives
- Drive improvements to team processes through smart resource management, creative problem solving, and continuous learning
- Excel in finding and explaining defects for both new and existing features
- Drive meaningful improvements to test plans, testing tools, and overall performance of the QA team
Requirements
- Extensive hands-on experience managing and performing quantitative testing on mobile software, games experience a big plus
- Familiarity with iOS and Android store ecosystems and testing expectations
- Familiarity with testing back-end & data-dependent systems
- Experience contributing or leading automation efforts on mobile apps
- Foresight to plan out realistic testing schedules for your team and the ability to hit those dates under pressure
- Ability to design, write, and run exhaustive test plans for specific features and regressions for entire games
- Knowledge of, and experience working in, a fast-paced and deadline-driven Agile/Scrum environment
- Strong motivation to learn new things and improve
- Capacity to lead and effectively task additional QA testers
- Experience using a ticketing system like Jira
- Great technical communication skills both written and verbal
- Can give qualitative feedback when expected and can take some in return
- Self starter and a leader who can drive projects to completion
- Passion for great mobile games
- Passion for beautiful, simplistic design
- Must be qualified to work in the United States
What We Offer You:
- Great Company Culture. Dots is an award-winning gaming company with three mobile hits—Dots, Two Dots, and Dots & Co—and over 100 million installs. We are newly proud members of the T2 family.
- While currently operating in a hybrid work environment, we expect to return to our stylish office, located in Manhattan in the historic Meatpacking District, once we can safely do so.
- We promote a friendly, honest, and collaborative work environment and believe we are at our best when we include everyone, regardless of one’s race, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical ability or attribute, and religious beliefs. We are proud of the diversity we’ve fostered and are continuing to make changes within the company to make Dots more equitable for everyone.
- Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
- Benefits. Medical (HSA & FSA), dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan, commuter benefits, in-house wellness program, broad learning & development opportunities, a charitable giving platform with company match and more!
- Perks. Fitness allowance, employee discount programs, free games & events, stocked pantries and the ability to earn up to $500+ per year for taking care of yourself and more!
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“T2”) is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment at T2 is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.
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