Electronic Arts

You will work onsite from Bogotá, Colombia (Salitre area).

We are looking for a Lead QA Specialist to join our American Football studio! Our Quality Verification and Standards team is an important part of our development process, delivering applicable insights that support our game teams to optimize software performance and enhance gameplay.

Our Lead QA Specialists help with driving end-to-end quality across an area of a game. You will combine hands-on elements working with game development teams on console games. You will report to the QA Development Director.

Responsibilities

● Issue prevention, detection, containment and reaction.

● Manage overall test strategy for an area of the game around 3 disciplines - the game, Live services, and platform and test planning for each release.

● Conduct investigations into escaped defects to identify and address gaps and risks

● Problem solving and risk assessments with the goal of finding permanent solutions

● Maintain game domain knowledge, understanding genre and platform norms and player expectations

● Plan test strategy and QA tasks using Scrum/agile process together with production teams.

● Partner with QA Management on tracking and reporting progress, project metrics and forecasting.

● Explore use of AI to improve QA efforts.

● Partner with game development teams on product roadmap, feature readiness and quality targets.

● Work with the Quality Engineering team to determine projects use of automation, conduct tools and tech evaluation and improve adoption considering priority and return on investment.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in quality assurance, game design or software development

• Experience creating end-to-end test strategies

• An understanding of quality assurance techniques, testing and automation frameworks, and multiple test methodologies.

• In-depth knowledge of current generation console testing and software development kits

Path to becoming a Lead QA Specialist (Quality Designer):

• Learn More about the Quality Verification and Standards (QVS) team at EA.

• From Government to Game Development, Jessica Makes a Move. Learn More

• Barbara Homewood had her heart set on becoming a Librarian and is now a Quality Designer at EA. Learn More

• One of our leaders, Ravi Minhas, shares what he is looking for in a Quality Designer. Does this sound like you? Learn More

EA Bogota Benefits

 ● Health Benefits - Medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, global fitness benefit ($500 USD per year), and mental wellbeing plan.
 ● Professional Development - Training and development programs, opportunities for career advancement and tuition reimbursement
 ● Work-Life Balance - 15 vacation days, paid holiday closure and paid sick leave
 ● Meaningful Work - Opportunity to directly contribute to the development of EA titles
 ● Additional Perks - Meal card ($400,000 COP per month), game credits and console reimbursement program
 ● Work Environment - New office space in the heart of Salitre, inclusive work culture and supportive team environment
…and more!