Engineering Director
Epic Games
Bellevue, WA
QUALITY ASSURANCE
What We Do
The Quality Assurance team owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of all products and functions across Epic. Our team works closely with developers and production to ensure the best possible user experience for our community and customers.
What You'll Do
We're looking for a Software Tester to join the Epic QA team. You'll love this role if you're an innovative problem-solver who loves to ask the tough questions or solution designer who wants to make sure software maintains a high quality standard; you should be willing and excited to constantly learn and grow in this quickly evolving area.
In this role, you will
• Execute building and cooking test cases with attention to detail to help ensure the quality of several products
• Maintain detailed test cases based on predefined test scenarios
• Thoroughly investigate and analyze issues to find root causes as well as communicate issues and escalate if needed by understanding the bigger picture
• Provide reporting on blocking issues, testing results, and quality status to the development team, and facilitate discussion around corresponding risk areas
• Write clear and concise steps to reproduce issues in a bug report
• Apply familiarity with features to uncover issues and inefficiencies
What we're looking for
• Technical software or troubleshooting skills (degree in Computer Science or equivalent, self-taught, or relevant experience)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Consoles, Mobile Devices, browser-based web tools, and/or VR hardware
• Knowledge in one or more of these areas: Map Editors, Game Engines or 3D Software toolsets; Backend servers and APIs; Games as a Service model development
• Experience testing software within a structured QA team
• Exposure to the software development life cycle and how testing applies
• Any degree of scripting or knowledge of programming skills like Python or C++ is a bonus
• Able to analyze defect trends and identify coverage gaps and provide feedback to prevent them going forward
• Experience deriving creative test scenarios and executing them autonomously using personal knowledge of the product in test and available feature documentation
• A real passion for gaming!
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8jnjk-3-137-219-193-42 in your application.
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation.