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Quality Assurance Engineer (Intern)

Wargaming Prague believes that educating the next generation of gaming industry professionals is essential to ensure continued success. As such, Wargaming Prague offers a range of opportunities for talented individuals to complete a unique, first-class internship within Wargaming Forge project at a large international game development studio. Learn on the job from top-notch experts while gaining hands-on experience and taking the first step of your game development career.

As a Quality Assurance Intern, you’ll learn the basics of game development stages, the role of QA for each of these stages, and the necessary skills for starting a career in game dev and quality assurance. The QA Department is one of Wargaming Prague’s biggest teams, and consists of four smaller QA teams: Gameplay Features, Art, Automation, and Web.

This paid, part-time (20 hrs/wk) internship lasts for 4 months from July 18, 2022 to November 18, 2022. Preference will be given to candidates who are eligible to work in the Czech Republic (EU nationals and individuals holding a valid work/study visa).

What will you learn?

• Software development lifecycle and the role of QA
• Types of testing
• Documentation testing
• Defect reporting
• Client-server architecture
• Web services testing
• Game testing
• Performance and compatibility testing
• Test automation
• Interview preparation

Who will your mentors be?

Darek Vodrazka (QA Team Lead)

An experienced QA engineer who has an MA in Informatics, Darek started his career in developing open-source solutions regarding Business Informatics, Single Sign-on, and file storage. Since joining Wargaming, he’s participated in building QA teams for Wargaming Prague from scratch. He also earned Wargaming’s “Special Reward 2019” for his ability to provide great QA support and find solutions to problems that both the QA and Dev teams encounter. He possesses a Tester Foundation Level (ISTQB) certification.

Iveta Karpisova (QA Automation Engineer)

After starting as a Manual QA specialist in Wargaming Prague, Iveta learned Python in less than a year and became a QA Automation engineer. She’s also a volunteer Python tutor for QA engineers. She possesses a Tester Foundation Level (ISTQB) certification.

Miroslav Hejzdral (QA Engineer)

With 4+ years of experience in the gaming industry, Miroslav has taken part in successfully releasing multiple maps for World of Tanks random battles (Kharkiv, Overlord, Highway, etc.), as well as maps and Garages for events like Steel Hunter and Halloween.

Leontiy Shipilov (QA Engineer)

Leontiy started his career in QA in 2014. Since then, he’s spent 2.5 years working on projects for EU service providers, of which over half that time required him to collaborate directly with customers. After joining Wargaming in 2017, he’s taken part in the role of RQA for in-game features like The Great Race 2019 and Battle of Bloggers 2021 while regularly mentoring new team members. Leontiy possesses a Tester Foundation Level (ISTQB) certification.

What are we looking for?

• Upper-intermediate English or higher
• Proficient PC user (familiar with Windows/Linux OS, can install and work with new software, familiar with VMs)
• Enthusiasm to learn

What will help you stand out?

• Good communication skills:
• Experience playing Wargaming games.