QA Testers

Frontiers
Cambridge, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Code Coverage
Regression Testing
Software Quality Assurance (SQA)

Job description

We're looking for QA Testers who will be responsible for testing Frontier's games throughout all phases of development, from pre-production through post-release content. The role will work on medium-risk features, designing and executing comprehensive test suites, and conducting both regression testing and playtesting. This role emphasises ensuring stability, functionality, positive player experience, and operates with minimal supervision., * Write, run and maintain medium-risk test specifications and suites for new and existing projects, ensuring efficient time reporting and estimates on given tasks and written suites.

  • Conduct playtesting using a variety of test personas e.g. destructive testing and player-like testing.
  • Envision user stories and gather data with provided instructions.
  • Identify and report issues in a clear and accurate manner.
  • Perform regression testing for both internal and external issues.
  • Act as point of contact for specific features, regularly collaborating with cross-discipline teams to gather and relay relevant information back to QA.
  • Support other testers with basic troubleshooting.
  • Provide feedback and contribute ideas for improving test coverage and playtesting approaches., You will work with talented and passionate people to support, develop or publish our sophisticated and enduring games, in a creative, collaborative and inclusive environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our players.

Requirements

  • Previous QA experience with a solid understanding of QA tools, procedures and workflows.
  • Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience working collaboratively across teams to deadlines with excellent communication and documentation skills.

Benefits & conditions

This role is offered on a full in-studio basis or a hybrid basis (minimum 3 days per week in the studio). We can provide a comprehensive relocation support package as part of any offer, should you need to relocate., Wellbeing is a big focus at Frontier, and we are continually evolving how we can support our people. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and provide a range of wellbeing activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes a success-based annual bonus, share option schemes, life assurance, private family healthcare, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, in-house subsidised catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme, free bike servicing, and social activities and events. We strive to create an environment where everyone can fully demonstrate their capability and potential. If you therefore need any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition representative. For queries, please email: [email protected]

About the company

We are on a mission to make science open so everyone can live healthy lives on a healthy planet.

Frontiers is an award-winning open science platform and leading open access scholarly publisher.

We are one of the largest and most cited publishers globally. To date, our 200,000 freely available research articles have received more than one billion views and downloads and two million citations.

Our journals span science, health, humanities and social sciences, engineering, and sustainability. And we continue to expand into new academic disciplines so more researchers can publish open access.

Be part of the publishing revolution and help us transform the way research is published, evaluated, and communicated to the world.

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