Principal QA Engineer (Gaming/Entertainment Backgroynd)

Overview

Hybrid
$77 - $90
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

mobile
console
and PC
QA

Job Details

Title: Principal QA Engineer

Duration: 12 Months

Location : Los Angeles, CA Hybrid

The Role

As a Principal Quality Assurance Engineer you will own the QA process for your teams or products. You will work with software engineers, content developers, artists, producers, project managers, and product leadership to create value for Players around the world. You will be guided by ***Test Policy to develop quality activities for every stage of the software development life cycle. Additionally, you will partner with your teams and other craft leaders to arrive at more efficient solutions to everyday problems and improve delivery. You will also be tasked to work with other QA professionals, often remotely to get your work completed.

Accountability

Impact/Scope

  • Your decisions impact actions or projects at the business unit and/or department level.
  • This work may have global reach; and you are considered an integral part of an organization's leadership team.

Complexity

  • You solve significant and unique problems that require an ability to evaluate, scope
  • and execute on solutions that may be a team or initiative wide effort.

Supervision/Oversight

  • You direct individual contributors or even small teams on specific work projects. You
  • can be held accountable for the success of others.

Craft Knowledge

  • You are recognized at ***as a craft expert on multiple dimensions.

Required Qualifications

  • Experience defining and implementing test approaches as part of an overall test strategy.
  • Experience coaching QA team members on test design, planning and execution.
  • Experience driving continuous improvement processes within a team.
  • Experience tasking remote teams and providing feedback on effectiveness.
  • 8+ years Software Quality Assurance Experience, with multiple proven product successes.

Desired Qualifications

Development experience across several platforms; mobile, console, and PC.

Preferred Licenses/certifications:

  • ISTQB Foundation Level
  • ISTQB Agile Tester or ICAgile Agile Testing (ICP-TST)
  • ISTQB Expert Level
  • ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
  • ICAgile Test Expert (ICE-AT)
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