The position
We’re looking for an exceptionally hard-working person who wants to be in a job and team that they love and who is passionate and dedicated to their work. The ideal candidate will be a sociable, and fun individual who constantly strives to deliver the best standards for the benefit of both themselves and their colleagues.
Duties
Playsport Games focuses on high quality internal QA testing for all our games and as a Tester you will have a fundamental role in our development process and will work closely with art, design and programming colleagues on each project.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
- Work in a Agile environment to help deliver quality builds and bug reports
- Evaluate testing environment and testing schedules
- Report on design flaws, technical issues and project status
- Identify and isolate errors, bugs and potential risks with pre-release software
- Report and track issues (Creating detailed descriptions of issues and accurate reproduction steps)
- Work with Production, Designers, Programmers and Artists to improve the overall gameplay experience by suggesting improvements and changes
- Completing ad-hoc requests made to the QA team
- Providing support to other departments as needed.
Skills & Experience
We’re looking for a social, hard-working person who enjoys working in team with other people and is passionate and dedicated about his/her work. The ideal candidate will be strongly skilled in the following:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Pro-active and self-motivated attitude
- Proven logical and methodical approach to problem solving
- Track record of working well within a team
- Previous experience in QA games testing roles
- Able to identify, explain and record details accurately
- Understanding of how to test and find defects in a video games
- Awareness of deadlines and corresponding actions that need to be taken
- Sense of humour?
- Confidence to communicate effectively with internal and external teams
The following skills are desirable but not essential:
- Knowledge of JIRA and Test Rail
- Passion for video games
- Experience managing a small team
- Experience with destructive testing methodology and practices
Who we are
Playsport Games is a supportive and friendly games studio based in Guildford, where everyone plays a full and active role in developing top quality games!
We’re the creator of Motorsport Manager, a #1 game on the App Store and a top rated game on Steam.
We’re a passionate and hardworking team with a single aim: making top quality sports games.
As a small team, Playsport is a perfect place for talented developers. We’re looking for people who are excited to get close to the action and want to be deeply involved in the development of a quality game.
We’ve just moved into brand new custom built studio space in the heart of Guildford. It’s posh and there are plenty of nice pubs nearby.
Benefits
- 25 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays
- Bright, comfy studio space in the heart of Guildford, the geekily glamorous Hollywood of games, just half an hour by train from central London
- Regular outings, games/pub evenings and ad hoc socials
- Endless supplies of tasty snacks (varying degrees of healthiness)
- Daily trailblazing with a humble, hardworking team of good humans
- Private Medical Insurance
- Cash Plan
- Dental Insurance
- Critical Illness Cover
- Cycle to Work Scheme
There are also plenty of other benefits from working for Playsport! We firmly believe that a creative and professional working environment should also be fun. We always have fridges stocked with complimentary drinks, regular deliveries of fresh fruit and snacks for all staff. Along with regular staff outings.
If this sounds like the role and environment for you then please email jobs@playsportgames.net with a copy of your CV along with a cover letter.
Before you apply, please keep in mind that this role is a full-time, permanent position based at our office in Guildford, UK, and you must be eligible to work in the UK.