Senior QA Analyst

About Us

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating. Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

About the Role

The Quality Assurance team owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of all products and functions across Epic. Our team works closely with developers and production to ensure the best possible user experience for our community and customers.

Epic Games is looking for a full-time Senior QA Analyst on Fortnite Reload. The person in this role will work alongside the dev team to provide QA support for incoming game features for Fortnite Reload/Arenas. They will be involved in testing efforts along with assisting in risk assessment and mitigation. They will work within existing processes while simultaneously finding ways to upgrade and innovate them. They will be ultimately accountable for end-to-end test planning and execution of assigned features.

If you are comfortable in a fast-paced environment and have the desire to grow your skills alongside world-class QA talent, then we would love to talk to you.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for feature-level test planning and test execution of individual features
• Conduct standard functional and qualitative testing types including performance tests, defect exploration and verification, happy path, and negative testing
• Generate analysis of outstanding defect load and recommend new areas of testing and areas to prioritize for fixes
• Escalate issues to the right owners so major issues are visible and handled promptly
• Proactively manage incoming defects and work autonomously on highest-value tasks, whether test writing or test execution
• Troubleshoot system and hardware issues to unblock testing
• Perform test gap analysis and communicate this information to stakeholders
• Communicate with multiple parties to facilitate the flow of information from dev teams to test teams

Requirements

• 3+ years of testing experience in fast-paced environments, with the ability to juggle multiple projects at once
• 3+ years of experience in game or game engine testing
• 2+ years of experience in Quality Assurance in game development
• Solid understanding of test methodologies, including functional, qualitative, and performance testing against consistently iterative development
• Strong communication skills and ability to confidently collaborate with product owners and developers on technical topics and features
• Excellent reporting skills for assembling data in an easily-digestible format
• Test planning skills for projecting test coverage needs in advance while remaining flexible to cover urgent requests

Benefits

• 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
• Vision HRA (Health Reimbursement Arrangement)
• Long-term disability, life insurance, and a 401k with competitive match
• Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, offering free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Company-wide paid breaks and events throughout the year
• Paid sabbatical for individuals with 7 years of employment