Ironoak Games - Vancouver, Canada - IronOak Games

Description

IronOak Games - QA Tester

Description
IronOak Games is seeking a talented and enthusiastic QA Tester to join our team in Vancouver.

We are looking for somebody to help share responsibility for validating that our titles are market ready and free of issues.

This role is ideal for a tester from a large organization that is looking for a more hands-on role that allows them to work closely with the developers and game designers.

Not only will you be testing our games, but your feedback on all related areas will be extremely valuable and has the potential to help shape our games.

Why You Will Love IronOak Games

As part of the Curve Games first party studios, IronOak Games is known for their acclaimed game,
For The King, and the newly released sequel,
For The King II. Born from humble beginnings, the studio maintains a nimble and agile mindset that values people first.

Where every voice matters, no matter the role, your ideas and contributions will leave a mark on all of our releases.

There is plenty of opportunity to be involved in a broad range of challenges.

We also have a pretty fun office with a bustling pinball scene, a frequent boardgame scene, and a broad spectrum of talents and appreciations.

What You Will Do

• Testing different versions of the game predominantly on the PC platform as a functional tester
• Smoke testing to ensure we are providing reliable, stable builds on a consistent basis
• Support the development team to test new features as they are implemented
• Recreate bugs and provide information to the dev team to assist with fixing problems
• Logging issues within JIRA that follow our bug reporting guidelines
• Execute regression tests to validate new features/changes do not adversely affect existing features
• Retesting issues once they are resolved, including regression testing
• Contributing to establishing efficient test plans and scripts
• Collaborating with our firstparty publisher QA teams to ensure efficient test coverage, including multiplayer testing
• Maintaining JIRA bug database to ensure the project is clean and up to date

Requirements:


What we are looking for

• 2+ year experience in functional testing for video games
• Experience working with JIRA, Confluence, or similar bug tracking tools
• The ability to execute structured test plans
• High attention to detail
• A passion for games and game development
• The ability to writeup a bug report in a concise but informative fashion
• Good communication skills with ability to interact well with programmers, artists, and other specialists

Helpful Skills

• Familiar with For the King and the land of Fahrul
• Experience with Unity
• Understanding of various testing methodologies

What's in it for you?

• Opportunity to work in an indie studio connected to a global publishing company
• Work on exciting projects with successful, wellloved IP
• Great team environment with a deeply committed, caring group that looks out for each other
• Extended health, dental, vision benefits package for you and your family
• 4weeks of Flextime for vacation and 1weeek of sick days plus an additional week off during Christmas Holidays
• Flexible hybrid work from home
• Fun office environment with lots of rotating activities archery nights, Magic nights, Canucks games, vegetarian Fridays, and so much more

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Pay:
$51,000.00-$62,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Flexible schedule
• Vision care
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Vancouver, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• QA testing: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Vancouver, BC