Job summary Amazon Games is currently looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join the Lost Ark team and to help drive the testing for ongoing releases. Lost Ark is a free to play MMO Action RPG that offers an immersive action-centric play style. It offers battles, raids, and PvP while playing solo, with groups of friends, or matchmaking with other adventures in an open world setting.
Check out the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhc30WRb0n0&t=3s
What you'll do:
Become an expert in the game's multiplayer architecture, back-end services, and features
Work with the Project QA Manager to iterate on and oversee the implementation of the game's test strategy and test plans
Test and report on system stability and performance
Leverage game telemetry to identify and troubleshoot issues
Relentlessly pursue the root-cause of defects
Prioritize and categorize quality issues based on what will have the most impact on the customer experience
Advocate for the customer in discussions with development peers and QA leadership
Mentor junior individual contributors on quality approaches
Continuously learn and remain curious
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4+ years of experience in overall software
QA/testing/development experience
Experience testing servers and services for an online multiplayer game
BS in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience
Experience shipping a AAA multiplayer game
Experience with networking, databases and/or AWS services
Experience testing e-commerce systems
Experience testing across a variety of platforms (PC, mobile, console, etc.).
Knowledge of: QA methodology and tools; software testing standards, methods and conventions; and the product development cycle
Proven success in communicating cross-functionally and across management levels
ISTQB (or equivalent qualification) a plus
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