QA Technician - Contract
Posted 1 week ago by Playground Games
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom
Summary: Playground Games is seeking a QA Technician to join their Fable team on a contract basis. The role involves working closely with the Quality Assurance team to ensure high-quality game deliverables and bug-free experiences. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a passion for video games, contributing to the reboot of the beloved Fable franchise. This position is based in Royal Leamington Spa with a hybrid work model requiring a minimum of three days in the studio.
Key Responsibilities:
- Validate new game builds.
- Test new features as they appear in the game, ensuring all work meets high standards.
- Liaise with developers to stay updated on game design and functionality.
- Communicate information clearly and concisely with an external test team to facilitate their testing.
Key Skills:
- Experience working in-house with a development team on current-gen consoles.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- An eye for detail.
- A genuine passion for video games.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Royal Leamington Spa
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Playground Games is looking for a QA Technician to join our Fable team on a contract basis.
About Us
As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.
About The Role
As QA Technician you will be working with the Quality Assurance team to deliver high-level deliverables. You will use your observation skills to help ensure that all work is bug free and of the highest possible quality. Our ideal candidate is a promising QA Technician who is passionate about games, has excellent communication skills and a keen eye for detail. This is a contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.
What You’ll Do
- Validate new game builds
- Test new features as they appear in game, ensuring all work is to the highest possible standard
- Liaise with developers to ensure that you keep up to date with the current game design and functionality, as well as sharing this information in a clear and concise manner with an external test team to facilitate their testing of the title
What You’ll Bring
- Experience working in-house with a development team on current-gen consoles
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- An eye for detail
- A genuine passion for video games
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios. Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment. We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work. If you require any reasonable accommodation to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com