Senior Manual Tester (Game Testing)

We are seeking a Senior Manual Tester to join EPAM’s newly formed Performance playtesting team for a AAA game platform.

This role is focused on ensuring a best-in-class gaming experience and maintaining a fair, competitive environment for all players.

Responsibilities

• Understand current and proposed future changes to the playtest schedule and coverage requirements
• Supervise day-to-day tasking of testers to ensure the highest priority testing tasks are completed
• Track and report on team activity, including attendance, challenges and escalations
• Review testers' effectiveness for the project
• Participate in staffing activities
• Troubleshoot and escalate found defects and situations that impact the team's ability to complete daily assignments

Requirements

• At least 3 years of Software Testing experience, with background in game testing as a plus
• B2 level of English
• Work from office, starting 9-9:30AM
• Ability to join planned weekend overtime shifts once per quarter
• Expert understanding of project documentation
• Capability to provide good-quality functional requirements, conduct specification review and analysis
• Experience in planning testing activities for a team, as well as executing and results reporting
• Advanced experience installing and running builds on Consoles or Mobile devices and training others to perform these activities
• Ability to coordinate a workstream of 5-20 Testers in an established project or organize testing from scratch
• Experience in knowledge transfers, onboarding and upskilling others
• Expert level of knowledge of Software Quality Control process and SDLC
• Proven experience in evaluating theoretical knowledge and practical skills and the seniority level of candidates and providing actionable feedback and recommendations on positions or projects matching
• Gamer with experience in at least a couple of titles and genres

Nice to have

• Game testing experience

We offer

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn