Skydance Games

Gaming

QALead

$70–90k Santa Monica, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“QA Lead at Skydance Games. Skills: Test strategy, QA automation, AI in QA. Plan test plans. Develop test plans”

What You'll Achieve.

Ship games meeting vision; Meet quality bar

Industry & Context.

Gaming
Problems you'll solve

Debugging workflows; Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years QA experience, 3+ years QA Lead role, Experience leading test teams, Experience overseeing external partners, Functional and usability testing, Experience with Jira, Solid grounding in QA concepts, Experience with 1st party compliance, Experience with scripting language, Working knowledge of CI/CD, High school diploma or equivalent

Nice to Have

Associate or bachelor's degree, Hands-on test automation frameworks, Experience with AI-assisted tooling, Familiarity with game-specific automation, Familiarity with Perforce, Familiarity with Unreal Engine, Familiarity with Unity, Experience with telemetry pipelines, Experience with crash reporting, Experience with analytics pipelines, Understanding of software test cycle, Understanding of iterative development

What You'll Do.

Oversee test execution

Collaborate with partners

Ensure deliverables meet standards

Provide testing support

Build test strategies

Execute test strategies

Represent QA in meetings

Identify automation opportunities

Identify tooling opportunities

Integrate tests into CI

Improve build verification

Shorten feedback loops

Maintain bug database

Ensure issues are actionable

Surface blocking issues

Evaluate tools critically

Coordinate 1st party certification

Provide status reporting

Prioritize based on project status

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Development teams; External test partners; Engineering leadership; Production leadership; Cross-discipline meetings

Communication Scope

Written communication; Verbal communication; Status reporting

Process & Methodology

Prioritization

Free ATS check

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