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- Global Referral: Yes
- Division: Game Division
- Workgroup: Game Support
- Job Function: QA
We are looking for a candidate capable of leading multiple QA teams in Paris (Cergy), to be a strong voice and champion the QA Team across the full development lifecycle, establishing and improving testing guidelines, training junior and senior QA and QA Leads, as well as being a communication bridge between production, engineering, and QA on a key suite of projects.
Responsibilities
Your mission:
- Be a strong voice of QA team in production and client meetings & be able to independently define and drive QA strategy for a large project
- In close relation with our video game production teams and in an international environment, you will be tasked with leading a pair of QA Team's in Paris
- Champion QA best practices across the full development lifecycle
- Spend time hands-on providing leadership by example.
- Assist in the growth and development of the team members. Participating in trainings, reviews, and evaluations.
- Working with producers and other stakeholders to define testing plans and processes (both for embedded Dev QA and external General QA).
- Working hands-on with QA teams to ensure quality of deliverables and thoroughness of testing coverage.
- Proactively contributing to development and deployment of QA tools.
- Ensuring excellent communication, positive working relationships and teamwork within the development & QA team and across disciplines.
- Keeping abreast of current trends in the marketplace especially regarding best practices, tools and processes.
Qualifications
Qualifications :
- At least 5+ years of experience in a QA Leadership role in the game industry.
- At least 9+ years quality assurance experience
- Proven track record of shipped (preferable AAA) games on multiple platforms (PC, console, mobile) in a leadership role
- Project and people management skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Excellent knowledge of testing methodology as well as required software (JIRA / TTP, Excel, PowerPoint...).
- Excellent knowledge of QA tools covering different areas of the development pipeline, their design & functionality.
- Being fluent in English is mandatory for communicating: English written and spoken.
- Working knowledge of SCRUM and Agile practices.
- Work well / respond to pressure.
- Think critically and apply analytical skills in resolving complex issues.
- Quickly master proprietary tools and development processes.
- Strong videogames knowledge.
About Us
Founded in 2004, Virtuos is one of the largest independent video game development companies. We are headquartered in Singapore with offices in Asia, Europe, and North America. Specializing in full-cycle game development and art production, we have delivered high-quality content for more than 1,500 console, PC, and mobile games. Our clients include 23 of the top 25 gaming companies worldwide.
About Our Team
Founded in 2004, our Paris studio is located within the lush confines of Parc Saint-Christophe in Cergy – easily reachable by public transport.
Our studio has a full suite of capabilities to undertake projects of varying scopes, including co-developments, adaptations, and remasters of AAA games. A great example of this is our recently launched homemade game, Mahokenshi, which was released in January 2023.
Virtuos Paris houses a team of experts from technical artists and game designers to engineers. Our Paris studio takes pride in its engineering team’s depth of experience, which has been providing its rich expertise in re-engineering and adaptation, as well as in gameplay mandates to our global partners to bring some of the world’s top AAA games to life.
