Senior QA Tester – Lively, UK Full Time

At Lively, we pride ourselves on making games full of character. The world is fun and silly and sad and infuriating and banal and beautiful and ugly and all of those things have a place in our games. Lively is a sister studio to Electric Square, and across our 4 studios, many projects, 230 people (and studio dogs (and cats)) we offer you a comfortable and comforting studio culture that we hope can make you feel empowered and inspired.

The whole Electric Square family hungers for difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace providing a comprehensive benefits package and an award-winning environment to work in.

We are currently looking for a wonderful Senior QA Tester to join our Lively team. We’re based in Leamington Spa but we are fully supportive of remote working and happy to enable whatever blend of home and office best empowers you and your work.

A Senior QA Tester at Lively:

• Maintains and improves the bug database.
• Creates and maintains test plans.
• Develops and implements testing standards and procedures.
• Provides constructive and qualitative feedback to the development team.
• Enters detected defects into the bug database, gather relevant data needed to correctly debug issues.
• Regression & rechecks of fixes issues.
• Works in the game engine to evaluate performance.
• Mentors and trains junior team members.
• Establishes software quality standards for the life cycle of the product in conjunction with the development team.
• Documents and analyses test results, makes recommendations to improve overall quality.

Requirements

• Worked with game engines in a development environment.
• Experience with test management tools (Hansoft, Confluence, etc).
• Used a wide range of test software tools.
• Managed deadlines and scoped out workload.
• Excellent organisation and communication skills.
• Problem solving/analytical skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• 2+ years of QA experience with video games.
• Self-motivated individual who takes pride in delivering high quality projects through to completion.
• A keen interest in computer games, with the ability to familiarise with game-play elements quickly.

Please let us know if you also have:

• Associated Degree.
• ISTQB Certification.
• Good knowledge of disconnection testing with mobile titles.
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Experience with performance and/or security testing
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Worked on a mobile title in development.
• Experience using game engines (unity, Unreal, etc)
• Knowledge of test automation and automation tools.

Benefits

When you join Lively, you can expect to enjoy a unique culture. Whether it’s participating and relaxing with one of our wellness benefits or discussing the latest games over lunch cooked at one of Leamington Spa’s incredible eateries. The Studio knows that it’s the best people that make the best games and this is what Electric Square invests in. Below you will find all the benefits and perks you can enjoy as an Electric Square team member.

• Holidays – 25 days’ annual leave entitlement including studio closure over the Christmas period plus all UK bank holidays
• Bonus Anniversary Holidays – An additional day of annual leave for each year’s anniversary working at Electric Square, up to a maximum of 30 days of annual leave entitlement.
• Generous Team Project Bonuses
• Company Pension Scheme – Employer contribution matching award winning pension scheme provided by NEST under the UK governments automatic enrolment scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance Scheme – Full private medical cover provided by AXA PPP Private Healthcare.
• Group Income Protection
• Health and Well-being Allowance – £50 per month to spend on your choice of a range of healthy activities, ranging from going to the gym, rock climbing, yoga and a lovely massage. It’s on us!
• Group Life Insurance
• Private Dental Insurance Scheme – Full private dental cover provided under our Dental plan company scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – Salary sacrifice cycle purchase scheme with tax savings through Evans Cycles.
• Tech Scheme – Over 5000 products available from to buy over 12 or 24 month payment terms, saving up to 12% on National Insurance.
• Free soft drinks to keep you refreshed throughout the day. Remember your sugar intake, though, folks!
• Free Monthly Friday Team Lunch – Monthly Friday lunches have become a way of life here at Lively. It’s a wonderful way to sit and enjoy a bit of food and drink together as a team outside of the day to day at the studio.
• Eye-care Vouchers – Free eye tests.
• Train Travel Season Ticket Loan – Interest free company loan to spread the cost of an annual season ticket.
• Personal Trainer Sessions – Free gym sessions with our own Electric Square personal trainer.
• Fast Growing Studio – We’re only getting bigger, so there’s plenty of room for career advancement.
• Industry Conferences Budget – Many of our employees benefit every year from attending conferences such as GDC in San Francisco, Siggraph, E3, Unite, Unreal Fest Europe and more.
• Free locally roasted Coffee & Speciality Teas
• Free Cereal Bar – Extensive granola, muesli and breakfast cereal selections.
• Extensive Video Game & Book Library – Borrow a game, a book or even a whole console!
• Free Awesome Swag – Amazingly designed Electric Square T-shirts and merch, with the now iconic Electra emblazoned on the front. New ranges out every season.
• Dogs with Jobs – Electric Square is a dog friendly employer. Bring doggo into the studio to meet and hang out with the rest of the team any time!
• Exhibitions & Days Out – If there is an event happening of interest to us, we’ll happily spread the word, pick up the bill and see if any Electrons are up for going – we’re keen to get you everyone out seeing what’s going on.
• Project Wrap Parties, Cinema Nights & Team Social Events – We work hard together so it’s good to let off steam and spend some time together.