Senior QA Engineer

Epic Games • Cary, NC

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About The Position

Epic Games’ Quality Assurance team owns testing, risk management, and quality evaluation across its products and functions. The team works with developers and production to support the best possible experience for users and customers.

The Senior QA Engineer works with product owners, developers, and QA management to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, and plan test coverage for upcoming features and releases. The role develops and implements automation using technical tooling, including AI, and facilitates functional, qualitative, and performance testing. At the senior level, this position operates autonomously within the gameplay pillar and keeps stakeholders informed about potential quality risks.

Requirements

• Strong experience and demonstrated skills writing test automation or QA tools.
• Ability to read code or scripts in multiple languages, including C++, C#, and Python.
• Experience developing test plans and risk-mitigation strategies.
• Experience using AI tools and sound judgment about when their output can be trusted.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate confidently with stakeholders and partner teams.
• Ability to provide mentorship, lead projects, and deliver high-quality work products.
• Ability to identify and suggest ways to improve, optimize, or close testing gaps.

Responsibilities

• Work with QA analysts, QA management, product owners, and developers to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, plan test coverage, and build tooling and automation to improve team efficiency.
• Examine technical gaps and automation initiatives to ensure quality for Unreal Engine and Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) developer tools and builds.
• Build and drive test strategies and test plans for multiple features in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Use technical and manual QA skills to perform testing, analyze product quality, and discover or troubleshoot reported defects and internal issues.
• Use AI-assisted tools where possible to accelerate test planning, automation, and strategy.
• Report and track data quality, using that data to inform discussions about product quality and development health and support the development team before, during, and after deployments.
• Test communications between clients and backend services.
• Lead cross-team QA projects or features, mentor junior employees, provide cross-team QA plans, and own test-quality improvement efforts.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and a Vision HRA coverage, with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents.
• Long-term disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) with competitive match.
• Mental well-being program through Modern Health, with free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents.
• Company events and company-wide paid breaks.
• Unlimited PTO and sick time.
• Paid sabbatical after seven years of employment.

What This Job Offers

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