Senior Test Analyst

We are looking for a Test Analyst III to take ownership of complex Quality Assurance initiatives within video game development.

This role combines advanced hands-on testing with test strategy, risk assessment, release support, process improvement, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration.

The Test Analyst III is expected to operate as a subject matter expert in testing processes and tools while helping guide the quality strategy for major game features and releases.

Key Responsibilities

• Design comprehensive test plans and test strategies for complex game features, systems, and releases.
• Lead testing efforts for major releases and ensure appropriate functional and regression coverage.
• Identify project-level quality risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Investigate and help reproduce complex, intermittent, and low-reproduction defects.
• Monitor critical defects and proactively escalate quality risks.
• Create, maintain, and evaluate test scripts and structured test cases using test-management platforms.
• Analyze QA metrics and testing results to identify patterns, trends, and potential areas of concern.
• Provide detailed feedback regarding gameplay, game balance, user experience, and system quality.
• Work cross-functionally with QA, development, production, and other stakeholders to align testing efforts with project priorities.
• Identify opportunities to improve QA processes, workflows, tools, and testing frameworks.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for QA processes and testing tools.
• Mentor and train junior and intermediate test analysts.
• Promote strong defect-reporting, testing, and quality-management practices across the team.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional video game Quality Assurance experience.
• Demonstrated experience performing advanced exploratory and regression testing.
• Proven experience leading or coordinating testing efforts for significant game features, systems, or releases.
• Experience designing test plans and test strategies.
• Strong defect investigation, reproduction, and reporting skills.
• Experience using defect-tracking and test-management platforms such as Jira, TestRail, Bugzilla, or comparable tools.
• Strong understanding of video game development and QA lifecycles.
• Ability to identify quality risks and communicate appropriate recommendations.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving ability.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor less-experienced QA professionals.
• Ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives in a fast-paced development environment.
• Excellent English communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Strongly Preferred Qualifications

• Experience acting as a QA subject matter expert or escalation point.
• Experience gathering and interpreting QA metrics to support project decisions.
• Strong proficiency with structured test-management tools such as TestRail.
• Experience identifying and improving inefficient QA workflows or processes.
• Familiarity with game engines and version-control systems.
• Experience working in Agile and/or Scrum development environments.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience contributing to QA tools or testing frameworks.
• Scripting or test-automation experience.
• Exposure to compliance or platform-certification testing.