Job Description
We’re FuturLab, the award-winning game studio behind PowerWash Simulator, the Velocity series, Peaky Blinders Mastermind, and many more awesome games.
FuturLab are looking for a Senior QA Tester to join the PowerWash Simulator 2 team on a 12-month fixed term contract. We are hiring this role as remote; however, a successful candidate could be office-based or work a hybrid setup, if preferred.
If you are a QA professional who’d like to help us enhance the quality of the soothing PowerWash Simulator 2, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
· Work autonomously toward objections that have been set
· Review feature or content specifications and create test plans
· Review feature or content health, and report accordingly
· Investigate high-risk bugs and provide risk assessments to help prioritization during bug triage
· Mentor and help develop junior members of the team
· Contribute to and help develop internal QA processes
· 3+ years in QA, preferably at a game development studio
· Exceptional communication and organisation skills
· Experience with all, or most PC and console gaming platforms
· Experience creating and maintaining test plans
· A solid understanding of the game development process
Desirable Experience
· Strong knowledge of the PowerWash Simulator franchise
· Knowledge of Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo certification requirements
· Experience co-ordinating internal and external QA teams
· At least one title supported from concept to release
- Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
- Performance related bonus.
- Bi-annual salary reviews based on your performance.
- Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm (No weekends, No overtime, No Crunch!)
- Opportunity to work from home (UK only), out of our Brighton office, or hybrid.
- 27 days of paid annual leave, including 21 standard days, 3 days over the Christmas closure, 2 discretionary ‘Duvet Days,’ 1 day to celebrate your birthday, plus all 8 UK bank holidays and an extra day off for our very own FuturLab bank holiday!
- 5 paid training and 2 paid volunteer days per year to work on your personal development.
- Opportunities to attend and speak at gaming events/conferences.
- Free MS Game Pass or PS+ subscription
- Free game codes, game swag and merchandise.
- Bike2work scheme.
- Enhanced Maternity - 9 months full pay (statutory benefit topped up by FL)
- Paternity leave - 8 weeks full pay
- Enhanced Sick Pay.
- Enhanced Pension.
- Private Healthcare, includes dental and optical cover.
- Remote therapy service through Spill -8 x 50-minute virtual sessions over 6 months whenever you need them. Unlimited ‘ask a therapist’ text questions.
- Eye tests for display work.
- Amazing offices with a great culture. E.g. Regular social activities, Free fresh fruit, Free iced treats in the Summer and Free locally roasted Coffee and Speciality Teas!
FuturLab foster an inclusive and welcoming culture, check out the Life at FuturLab page (www.futurlab.co.uk/life-at-futurlab) for reasons why you’d love working here!
If you have the skills, experience and passion for the role then please get in touch as we’d love to hear from you!
To apply, click here: Senior QA Tester - 12 Month FTC - UK Only (Remote/Hybrid/Brighton) - FuturLab Ltd and attach your latest CV and cover letter/portfolio link.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process as required, please add any adjustment requests to your application.
Candidates without a valid UK work Visa cannot be considered.
