QA Analyst/Tester

Posted: about 2 years

Quality Assurance

Full-Time

Mid-Level

$45,000-$55,000

United States/Canada

PerBlue is looking for a talented QA Analyst / QA Tester to join our team. We’re a quickly growing independent studio whose free-to-play mid-core mobile games have been played by millions of people around the world, including our award winning Disney Heroes: Battle Mode game.

Our cross-functional and collaborative team has experience across the videogame industry. Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, we are also based remotely around the United States for an unmatched quality of life and work.

We’re looking for a passionate mobile gamer with a strong product focus to join our Quality Assurance team. We're considering candidates with at least a year of experience in QA or product development for a videogame company. We'll also consider candidates with similar QA experience in other software.

We are currently not considering candidates whose background consists primarily of automated testing and scripting.

What's this all about?

In this product centric role, you’ll play a key role in the testing and quality control of our mobile games. Working with one of our newest games, you'll develop and execute comprehensive Test Plans and Release Checklists, and be responsible for holding each build to the highest level of quality.

This highly autonomous cross-functional and cross-product role interacts regularly with senior software engineers, product managers, and game designers. You’ll be deeply involved throughout the production process of our games - from the specifications, to development, to testing, to release.

Our ideal candidate should have a meticulous attention to detail and constantly strive for perfection. You should have a tenacious eye for product quality, and hold others to the same quality bar. You should crave organization, process, and checklists. You should thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and be effective at juggling concurrent products, versions, and releases.

Requirements and Qualifications

Bachelor's or Technical degree (in tech or games field a plus
1+ years of experience testing video games in a QA and/or product setting, including writing and executing test plans, and logging/reproducing bugs
Specific hands-on playthrough testing experience required, as we do little automation work
Bugs and imperfections should bother you

Preferred Skills and Experience

Experience with mid-core mobile games
Intutive feel for game/unit/weapon balance a plus
Game design experience or education a plus
Product management experience or education a plus

Compensation and Benefits

We are a Remote First company headquartered in downtown Madison, Wisconsin with team members based around the US. We offer a competitive base salary; incentive bonus structure; 6+ weeks of paid time off; comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance; a well-matched 401k; flexible hours; and a variety of other perks including daily lunch delivery.

You'll be part of a passionate, welcoming, and collaborative team that has received several “Best Place to Work” awards by a variety of publications. We are headquartered in the vibrant neighborhood around beautiful downtown Madison.

No agencies, please. This is a pretty good description of this position’s roles and responsibilities but is not a comprehensive job description, so duties and supervisors may change. We regret that we cannot consider visa sponsorship or candidates based outside of the United States or Canada for this position at this time.

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About PerBlue

PerBlue is an independent mobile games studio based in Madison, Wisconsin. We make free-to-play midcore RPG and Strategy games played by millions of people around the world. From our bootstrapping roots that began in our college apartments in 2008, we've grown to become a leading venture-backed mobile gaming studio with a talented team of 50+ employees. Fueled with the passion to build great products and entertain millions of people, we endeavor to change the world with fun and innovative mobile game play.