Sr. QA Analyst, Games - Night School Studio

Job Description

ABOUT OUR TEAM

We're a group of developers, artists, and storytellers that make games full of wonder, danger, and humor. Everyone at our studio, whether an industry vet or new voice impacts each game through collaborative feedback, mutual respect, and creative empowerment. If you want to make games leave a meaningful impact on players: we want to hear from you.

We're looking for new teammates who deeply care about the work they do, the stories they tell, and the people they create with. As part of the Netflix team, we strive to hire the best and value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration.

Learn how our story-loving game people came to join Netflix's team of game-loving story people.

QUALITY ASSURANCE AT NIGHT SCHOOL

An unending drive for qualitative perfection while keeping the eye and heart of the player in mind for everything we do. This is what is at the core of QA at Night School and what we strive to uphold for every game, patch, hotfix, and demo we may test. As the gatekeepers of quality, it is our responsibility to provide a best-in-class service to all our stakeholders. We offer testing knowledge, give holistic feedback, then deliver the best product to our most important customers: our players.

ABOUT THE JOB

You'll represent our team and work with many organizations and individuals including our QA vendors. Your primary focus will be testing iOS and Android games while also testing for other platforms such as PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac and more. If you crave creating test plans, leading JIRA, and bug management along with FQA and CQA testing: we welcome you with open arms.

Responsibilities:
• Own the creation and executions of test plans, including the Master Test Plan, and troubleshoot support within TestRail
• Journeyman testing – Strive to think outside the scope of the test plan when appropriate (ad-hoc testing, documenting negative test cases, etc.)
• Become a true expert of Night School games while assessing product quality, usability, and device limitations
• Provide a technical QA presence in development meetings on top of working with partners and stakeholders to utilize and improve our testing tools
• Triaging difficult problems and driving them to resolution

Skills and Experience:
• 4+ years of industry experience in QA for the gaming industry with a working knowledge of the software development process
• Minimum 2 years hands-on testing mobile games experience with exceptional iOS/Android testing experience
• Experience with JIRA, TestRail, and TCM tools and expert knowledge in MS Excel/Google Sheets
• Ability to work with internal teams and external QA vendors, review partner test results, and hold all products to the highest levels of quality
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to influence through feedback as well as champion and enhance the user experience

Nice to Have:
• Certifications: PMP, Scrum Master and/or Product Owner, ISTQB
• Coding Knowledge: XML/HTML, JavaScript, Python, Java, C/C++/ C#, SQL
• PC/Web experiencing or the ability to learn
• Experience with Xcode, using IPAs, and pulling device logs
• Experience with Continuous Integration system

This position is onsite Tues, Wed, Thurs

At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location.

The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $50,000 - $250,000.

This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d83wbq-18-223-111-48-42 in your application.