QA Technician - Agency Contract

Playground Games

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Playground Games is looking for a QA Technician to join our Forza Horizon team here in Leamington Spa. While this role is based onsite at the Playground Games studio in Leamington Spa, the successful candidate will be engaged via a managed service provider. Following completion of the interview process, the successful candidate will be connected with the provider for contractual details and onboarding. As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. As QA Technician you will be working with the Quality Assurance team to support the delivery of regular content updates to Forza Horizon 6. 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.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• Validate new game builds.
• Test new features as they appear in game, ensuring all work is to the highest possible standard, and integrate smoothly with existing game features
• 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 This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed