QA Analyst - Vancouver, Canada - Sumo Digital Ltd

Sumo Digital Ltd

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Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Welcome to Timbre

We are Timbre Games (part of the Sumo Digital Group), a new studio in Vancouver, Canada focused on making exciting, innovative game experiences.

Timbre's vision is to change the games industry through the original games we make, as well as how we make them.

We're building an inclusive, supportive culture that allows us to explore fresh, new (and sometimes weird) ideas.

We're searching for more visionary explorers to join our team of diverse voices, coming together to develop games that are accessible to a wide audience.

If you're thinking about your next adventure, send us your resume to talk to our team about how you can add your voice to the games we're working on.

QA at Timbre
At Timbre, QA is a key pillar and fundamental to how we make games and deliver enjoyable experiences.

This means pursuing fun and immersion, ensuring accessibility, and creating games experiences that embrace diversity and evoke the curiosity and imagination of everyone that play our games.

The exploratory Timbreoos of our quality team are not merely testers; they are 'Advocates of Quality' - constantly exploring the furthest reaches of our builds to ensure we create player-focused games, while developing and optimizing QA processes that run through the core of our development team.

Our QA Analysts will help shape QA culture at Timbre through a positive, player-focused attitude that embraces innovation, creativity and fun. This position will impact Timbre by driving quality and discovering pesky hard-to-find bugs on our first released game.

What impact will you have as a Quality Assurance Analyst at Timbre:

As an 'Advocate for Quality at Timbre', you will be following up on issues and tracking and reporting bugs found utilizing test plans, console specific guidelines and through team collaboration
You will be performing handson smoke and performance testing through preproductionBecoming a 'playerfocused' expert on our titles and ensuring our games are FUN
As part of a crossdiscipline agile team, you will partner with different departments to support and complete user stories to a high quality, with a focus on clarity and playability
You will help foster a diverse and inclusive environment within the QA team, and Timbre as a whole

What you bring:

2+ years of experience working in Video Game QA, having shipped at least one game with a team on a console project
Experience working with Manufacturer Requirement Guidelines
Experience in early preproduction
A collaborative, 'yesand' approach to communication: you are experienced in delivering clear, concise messages that are easily understood by all disciplines, as well as any external partners, utilizing a positive approach
Excellent organizational skills with a strong capability to manage multiple priorities
Knowledge and comfort working in an agile environment, or a desire to learn

What you'll gain:

Timbre aims to foster a workplace environment that empowers our team to do their best creative work. Below are a list of some of the benefits we offer to ensure you reach your full potential. As we continue to grow, we are co-creating more values-driven benefits to support our team.

Competitive salary & comprehensive health benefits, including extended health, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short / longterm disability, 24/7 counselling through an employee assistance program and a health spending account available to you from your first day
Annual bonus & up to 5% RRSP matching available to you from your first day
Flexible paid time off (unlimited), plus holiday closure between Christmas and New Years, as well as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Work with us in Vancouver or remotely across Canada, utilizing our $500 work from home allowance
1 year gaming subscription and weekly gaming days
My Pathway a Career Development Program to provide a clear path for you to grow at Timbre
8 learning days per year and unlimited access to Udemy online courses
A values driven culture with direct access to leadership and industry veterans with a wealth of knowledge to share

Timbre's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Timbre Games is located in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada and on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Although our roots are in Vancouver, we work with a remote, distributed team across Canada.

If you are interested in an opportunity at Timbre Games but are not presently residing in Canada, please note that we may be able to offer assistance in immigrating / relocating under the right conditions.

At Timbre, we try to be mindful and not set unrealistic requirement expectations in order to apply. If you don't tick all of the boxes of the role that you're excited about, we encourage you to send your resume to our