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Senior Quality Assurance Analyst - Minecraft Legends
2 years ago
Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.
In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing a four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.
Minecraft Legends is a brand new entry into the Minecraft universe, in collaboration with Mojang, and coming to all major platforms. This exciting new action strategy allows players to explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction, gather allies, and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld from the ravenous piglins!
We are looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst to join our cross-discipline team testing software and reporting issues relating to functionality, playability, and fun factor. Depending on experience level, you may be part of creating test plans, guiding specific tests, and assessing issues pre and post launch.
Responsibilities
- Test software for functionality, reliability, and/or performance
- Report bugs and defects into an online database, ensuring that all necessary information is included and easy to understand
- Contribute to the overall Test Plan, by creating, running and scheduling Test Scripts for your assigned game area(s)
- Effectively communicate the status of your assigned game area(s) to the Production & Development teams
- Perform risk analysis and escalate issues to QA management when necessary
- Participate in review of requirements and designs, communicating concerns and/or risks to project stakeholders
- Provide daily status updates and trends to QA Lead and development team
- Senior Quality Assurance Analyst is expected to be responsible for an entire game/scrum area
Requirements
- A minimum of 2 year experience in a Quality Assurance role
- At least one shipped product
- Experience with QA process and testing terminology
- Online testing experience, with an emphasis on cross-play
- Experience with Xbox One and/or PS4/PS5 testing
- Working knowledge of business tools such as email, spreadsheets, word processors etc.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills across multiple audiences
- Ability to work within a highly functional cross-discipline team
Pluses
- Experience playing strategy, adventure, open world and survival games
- Knowledge of network multiplayer systems, embedded QA methodologies and test automation in general
- Experience working on console and PC games
- Certification & guideline experience across multiple platforms
- Experience leading an internal or external QA team
- Experience working from home and communicating remotely.
Vacation & Extras
+ 4-day, 32-hour work week for all full-time staff
+ Mentorship program
+ Skunkworks internal game jam program
+ 4 weeks paid vacation per year
+ 11 paid stat holidays
+ 3 paid days per year for professional development
+ December holiday studio closure (extra paid time off!)
+ Comprehensive health/dental benefits from day 1
+ Life insurance
+ $300 Healthcare Spending Account per annum
+ RRSP matching up to $1500
+ Profit-sharing bonus program
If applying for an artistic role, please provide a link to your portfolio and/or demo reel.
Any questions about the role and/or accessibility requests can be sent to: hr@blackbirdinteractive.com
Unfortunately, we cannot reply to everyone. Only successful applicants will be contacted about the next steps. Thank you for your understanding.
If you are interested in the role, please apply even if your experience and skills don’t perfectly match our ideal credentials. We are committed to inclusion and especially encourage members of historically marginalized communities to apply. As an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all qualified individuals. BBI does not discriminate against applicants based on gender, race, national and ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital and family status, and/or mental or physical disabilities.
Our work takes place on the stolen, unceded and traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
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