At AccelByte, our mission is to empower game creators by providing them with the backend platform and tools required to make scalable, reliable AAA-quality games. The company was founded in 2016 by industry veterans who have engineered online systems for some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world including Fortnite, Epic Store, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and EA Origin. We are backed by top investors including Softbank, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Galaxy Interactive, NetEase, and Krafton. Our latest Series B funding has firmly solidified our place as a top player in the gaming industry. AccelByte’s talent has decades of experience building and shipping some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world.
We believe that the best companies empower employees to make decisions, obsess about the best user experience, and are not afraid to make and learn from their mistakes. Our culture is based on humility, openness to feedback, drive, and collaboration, which we feel results in the best performing teams. As a company that values diversity, inclusion, and employee growth, our employees have opportunities to work with and learn from teams all over the world. We offer competitive salaries, a full range of health benefits, social activities, career growth opportunities, and an amazing team. Come join us!
POSITION SUMMARY:
In this position, you will work with engineers to help design and execute a test plan for our products. This is a 3-month contract opportunity, offering the chance to work on high-impact projects in a collaborative setting.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Software Quality Assurance is accountable for the following functions and responsibilities:
- Report to the QA Lead for AccelByte platform development department, working alongside product managers as well as business stakeholders to gather product requirements and verify the acceptance criteria.
- Providing the test strategy and planning.
- Develop and maintain test cases and scenarios for online gaming platform services.
- Contribute in several testing types such as functional testing, exploratory testing, regression testing, and sanity testing.
- Identify functionality and UI bugs on testing environments and document them with proper reproducible steps and supporting shreds of evidence.
- Help to define, implement and drive adoption of QA best practices and processes
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- 3+ years of experience as a Quality Assurance
- Excellent English communication skills both written and verbal, able to explain defects and provide steps to reproduce clearly
- Ability to work independently and/or in a team based environment
- Experience in functional or end-to-end testing for web-based and/or desktop apps projects
- Ability to design test cases documentation
- Ability to define and create a good bug report
- Knowledge about microservices and backend services in gaming aspect
- Understanding the concept on how the features are working inside the game
- Strong interest and experience in playing video games
- Good troubleshooting skills
- Ability to work with clients on tight deadlines and fluid requirements
- Experience in testing APIs (REST API preferred)
- Solid security best practices
- Experience working for or with AAA game studios
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure
AccelByte Inc is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, all qualified candidates and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, or disability. Our culture is innovative and inclusive, and we value our people the highest.
Please visit our career page for a complete listing of our open positions https://accelbyte.io/careers
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