Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Description

Amazon Games is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to join the New World team. New World is an open world MMO that pits players against the haunted wilderness of Aeternum, a mysterious island in the twilight of the Age of Exploration.

Please watch our New World Trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKnUBs-Ko44&feature=youtu.be

Amazon Games applies the principles of Amazonian culture to the world of game design. We have a diverse team of talented, creative people pairing their love of making games with the unique strengths that come with being part of Amazon. Across all of our teams and locations, we are united by a common purpose: to share great gaming experiences with customers around the world. We believe in a future where everyone is a gamer and everyone can create, compete, collaborate and connect through games, and we are looking for the right people to help us build that future. With the power of Twitch and AWS at your fingertips, you will have the chance to innovate in gameplay, creativity, marketing, and technology, while working alongside some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.

Key job responsibilities
- Become an expert in the game's features
- Develop the test plan for your assigned functional area.
- Test and report on functional issues, system stability, performance and general usability
- Lead a group of testers through the execution of your test plan
- Leverage game telemetry to identify and troubleshoot issues
- Relentlessly pursue the root-cause of defects
- Prioritize and categorize quality issues based on what will have the most impact on the customer experience
- Advocate for the customer in discussions with development peers and QA leadership
- Continuously learn and remain curious

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Irvine, CA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
- 3+ years of Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops) experience
- Experience in automation testing
- Experience in manual testing
- Experience as QA lead on medium to large sized projects

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with at least one automated test framework like Selenium or Appium
- Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $91,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-ro02wp-18-223-122-53-42 in your application.