Senior QA Tester - 12 month role (based in Tokyo)

As a Senior QA Tester, you will be embedded within the development team and will be responsible for testing the game and subsequent updates before release, so the project is high quality in terms of overall player experience, technical considerations, platform requirements and stability.

 Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with our Development team to plan testing for features in development
• Develop and maintain Test Plans and Test Cases.
• Provide comprehensive reports to stakeholders on the current state of the game.
• Identifying, investigating and reporting issues in JIRA.
• Liaise with external QA teams to plan test resource and test strategies.
• Mentor and guide other QA team members through motivation, reviews and feedback.
• Prepare and deploy game builds as required.
• Active participation in helping improve your team’s software development methodologies
• Contributing towards test process improvements and effectiveness through experimentation
• Demonstrates initiative and motivation for action by proactively moving activities and issues forward

Skills & Behavioural Competencies

• Initiative and autonomy: You take responsibility for your work and are able to work autonomously. You show initiative and determine when issues should be escalated.
• Clear, consistent and proactive communicator: You think about what information people need and convey that information in a transparent, clear and timely manner. You check to see if people have understood or need additional information. You identify when you need more information to do your job and ask for it.
• Problem solving: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to exercise sound judgement and make decisions based on accurate and timely information.
• Openness to change: You want to learn what works, share ideas, and are willing to try new things out. You are adaptable and prepared to shift direction after discussion about benefits and risks.
• Teamwork: You are willing to assist and support others as required and get on with team members.
• Planning, organisation, and attention to detail: You develop and use systems to organise and keep track of information or work progress. You review and check the accuracy of information. You show an ability to work on and prioritise multiple initiatives at the same time.

Qualifications and Experience

• Shipped at least two titles in a Senior QA role
• A great understanding of QA process and testing methodologies in order to implement innovative QA approaches and processes.
• Ability to identify gaps in testing and to strategise around this.
• Experience working with both internal and external teams.
• You have a proven ability for bug finding, communication, reporting skills and working under pressure
• Excellent analytical, problem identification and solving skills
• Knowledgeable in the different stages of a project’s development and different development methodologies
• Experienced with a variety of test tools including bug databases like Jira
• Experience in creating or contributing to the overall test strategy for a project
• Experience testing on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms is beneficial
• Experience working in an agile environment and SCRUM methodology is beneficial
• Experience writing or planning automated tests

Japanese Visa Qualifications

•   A bachelor's degree or 10 years of experience.

Timezones and work location

We are considering candidates based in Japan or New Zealand (as we have physical studios in both locations).

This role must be in office, for some months if will be in office all 5 days of the week.

We are looking to hire a Full Time employee, for a Fixed Term of 12 months.

Don't meet all the requirements?

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In your application, feel free to let us know if you need anything to make your experience or environment more comfortable. We'll do our best to support you!

At Shapefarm we…

• Are humble
• Make sure the job gets done
• Take responsibility for our work and our actions
• Have the willingness to walk the extra mile to help others
• Have a positive attitude towards problem-solving