QA Engineer II - VALORANT, Core Game Features

Riot Games•Los Angeles, CA

4d•$106,371 - $149,739

About The Position

As a QA Engineer II for the Core Game Features team on VALORANT, you will partner with engineers, designers and producers to drive quality for the systems that underpin VALORANT's Core Gameplay and Modes. You will own test planning and ensure comprehensive test coverage by coordinating remote testers while performing whitebox testing where appropriate. You will analyze test, telemetry, and defect data to communicate product quality, identify risks, and inform development decisions. You will report into a Quality Manager.

Requirements

3+ years of Quality Assurance experience
Knowledge of Product Development Pipelines and Workflows
Agile Product Development & Agile Testing experience
Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams
Experience tasking and training remote testers
Experience with Jira and general defect management
Experience testing and releasing live games on Console and PC

Nice To Haves

Professional experience working on first-person shooters, or extensive engagement playing them
Experience working with Unreal Engine 5
Experience working with Blueprint or similar visual scripting tools
Understanding of automated test strategy
ISTQB Foundation Level
ISTQB Agile Tester or ICAgile Agile Testing (ICP-TST)
ISTQB Expert Level
ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
ICAgile Test Expert (ICE-AT)

Responsibilities

Triage, monitor, and prioritize the defect database
Author test plans, coordinate test execution, and oversee quality coverage across multiple features
Continuously improve testing processes, execution methods, and quality workflows
Partner with engineering, design, production, and other disciplines to provide continuous quality feedback and drive quality upstream
Proactively identify and highlight quality concerns & risks to product stakeholders, and collaborate to develop risk mitigation strategies
Map your team's work to quality targets based on product goals, while providing visibility into quality progress
Collect, track, analyze, and report quality metrics to stakeholders that provide measurable and actionable test data
Continuously improve testing processes, execution methods, and quality workflows at the team level
Ensure high quality releases and updates for various player-facing features