QA Embedded Tester (12 months)

• Reporting to the QA Project Lead, you will be working within a small mobile games development team in an agile environment
• You would be expected to own the testing of one of our mobile games, completing in-house testing and regression
• Our QA philosophy is centred around close collaboration with the development team, focusing on bug prevention over detection
• QA at Hutch are embedded within the development teams and form strong partnerships with the developers and the production team
• Design and execute functional and regression test plans (Manual Testing) Working embedded within the development team completing in-house testing and bug regression, attending and contributing to sprint planning, retrospectives, and the daily scrums
• Reporting on build status
• Tracking bug process/ database management
• Implementation of bug prevention methods
• Proactive risk analysis to identify key areas of testing
• Hutch is now a 4-Day Work Week company. This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours/week) Mon-Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week)

Benefits

• 4 Day Working Week: We signed up to a 4-day working week trial for 6 months in June 2022 and after the success of the trial, we are now officially a 4 Day Week company! The 4 day working week will be added as a rolling 12 month policy for all our staff (to be reviewed annually).
• Mental Health coaching: Bi-weekly coaching sessions to ensure you and your team have support when you need it.
• Private medical insurance: Medical insurance, plus access to remote GPs.
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity: An enhanced package (more than the minimum government allowance), so you can enjoy more time off with your family.
• Performance Bonus: Everyone at Hutch shares in the success of the business. This is trending upwards year on year and offers a great annual payment.
• Game Jams: Regular studio game jams (one of our current games came from a game jam) where Hutchies get the chance to develop ideas they’ve had bubbling away in their background brains!- You will be a good communicator with excellent people skills and strong technical skills
• You will be self-motivated, well organised, and have a real passion for QA
• Proven experience working embedded within a development team in the mobile games industry
• Knowledge of game development life cycles
• Detail orientated with a great attention to detail
• Experience with LiveOps testing and an understanding of LiveOps models in free-to-play
• Excellent communication skills
• Education in Computer Science, Games Design or similar
• Mobile games testing experience (iOS/ Android) - functional & non-functional
• Experience with JIRA or other bug tracking systems
• A good understanding of Agile development & testing
• An understanding of the F2P business model, mobile games market and exposure to licensing