Junior Automated QA Engineer - Studio Elevation (Remote within the UK)

As a Junior Automated QA Engineer, you will support the reliability and effectiveness of our automated testing across the project. Working closely with the QA team and wider studio, you'll contribute hands-on scripting and technical support to help ensure builds are tested efficiently, pipelines remain stable, and testing infrastructure performs reliably., * Write scripts to deploy builds to devices automatically as part of an automated test suite.

• Author and maintain functional automated tests as determined by the needs of the project.
• Support other team members in their development of functional and performance testing.
• Work with QA stakeholders to ensure they can test builds efficiently, writing scripts or extending tools as necessary.
• Work with IT and other relevant parties to ensure that infrastructure (including headsets used in headless testing) remains healthy and outages are resolved promptly.
• Maintain stability in projects by correcting markup issues that prevent automated tests running, liaising with other teams (such as level design) as needed when making corrections.

The essentials:

• Experience writing code or scripts in a high-level language (e.g. Python)
• Knowledge of CI/CD systems such as TeamCity, Jenkins, or Epic's Horde
• Familiarity with industry-standard source control systems, such as Perforce or Git
• Experience working with Unreal Engine and the Unreal Editor environment
• Experience working with Blueprints or Python scripts to automate functionality within Unreal
• A problem-solving mindset, with the ability to troubleshoot effectively

Nice to haves:

• Experience supporting or maintaining automated test pipelines in a production environment
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks or build deployment tooling
• An interest in improving workflows, tools, and processes within QA and engineering teams

• 12-month fixed-term contract
• Full time (37.5 hours per week)
• Fully remote within the UK
• Salary is competitive and dependent on experience, We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials. Beyond this, there's an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.

We are nDreams - creators of some of the world's most immersive VR games. You might know us from Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked, FRENZIES, Wreckin Racoons, or our latest adventure, Reach. From humble beginnings as an independent studio, we've grown into a leading VR developer, combining ambitious projects and global scale with a personal, caring touch. We believe the best workplaces and games are created by diverse, happy and safe teams. We're committed to building a culture centred on respect, wellbeing and balance. It's crucial we make our games and industry more accessible to underrepresented communities. We strive to live this through the people we hire, the experiences we create and the causes we support.