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QA Lead

Job Description

Our studio is looking for a passionate and talented QA Lead to work with the development and QA team in producing high quality applications for the smartphone/tablet market.
Reporting to the QA manager, you will be responsible for leading the functionality QA team for a single product before release to market and subsequent updates so that the application is as close to a defect free state as possible.

Experience

• At least 2 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Lead
• Experience in working with multi-platform titles e.g. Android & iOS
• Familiarity with Apple and Google store submission and certification process
• Extensive knowledge of bug databases and workflows (preferably using Jira)
• Writing QA reports in a professional manner for the development team, production and senior management
• Experienced in writing test plans/test cases
• Awareness of the development cycle and key milestones
• Worked in the Agile/Scrum framework

Skills

• Passionate for the games industry
• Able to work effectively within a small team
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• Comprehensive understanding of how defects are reported for the dev team to fix
• Organised, disciplined and methodical approach to testing
• Ability to identify and estimate QA tasks
• Computer literate in word processing, record keeping, database handling
• Excellent English & communication skills
• Strong team spirit
• Pro-active approach to workload
• Able to work effectively in both remote and office environments
• Basic knowledge of Unity (not essential)
• Automation tools (not essential)

Responsibilities

• Organise test plans (smoke, compatibility, compliance, feature) so that every aspect of the game is thoroughly tested, and each release is held to high standards
• Ensure that all bugs from the QA team are recorded in an efficient and informative manner
• Manage QA team’s project workload
• Monitor and facilitate QA team’s personal performance, growth and development
• Coach and mentor the QA team while acting as a role model
• Take part in relevant meetings including daily scrum/stand-up
• Researching and identifying potential opportunities to enhance test process through improved methodology, tools, and automation
• Respond to development team’s request in line with the project e.g. providing more information for bugs, balancing, validating bugs
• Respond to support tickets internally by reproducing them, providing further information and forwarding them on to the development team
• Monitor and act on daily build health

Company Description

Ubisoft Future Games of London is a Ubisoft studio that designs, develops and operates free-to-play mobile and digital console games. Founded in September 2009, Ubisoft FGOL create original and unique games such as the Hungry Shark series which has been enjoyed by over half a billion people worldwide.

We are a dedicated team with drive, passion and creativity, who enjoy being part of a forward thinking studio in an exciting and ever-evolving industry.

Over the next 5 years, we expect to be typically developing two to three projects in parallel, with regularly scheduled new releases added to our catalogue.