Senior QA Specialist (Game Development)

Location: Onsite in Helsinki, Finland, or London, United Kingdom. Relocation support is available.

Company

A Helsinki-based game developer creating long-running mobile games played by millions of people worldwide.

What you will do

• Provide embedded QA support for a dedicated game team and improve testing processes, game quality, and player experience.
• Validate release candidates throughout the release cycle and ensure builds are stable, compliant, and ready for submission.
• Test performance across FPS, memory, battery, loading times, and network behavior on iOS and Android.
• Investigate crashes, ANRs, backend issues, and live-service defects, identifying root causes and verifying fixes.
• Plan risk-based tests, own bug tracking and regression testing, and manage external test vendors.
• Introduce improved tools, strategies, and workflows for scalable game testing.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of hands-on game testing experience spanning technical systems testing, features, and content.
• Strong knowledge of iOS and Android ecosystems and experience testing games on both platforms.
• Experience testing performance metrics and investigating crashes, ANRs, backend-related bugs, and client-server issues.
• Understanding of free-to-play games, game design, live operations, and live-service environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, multitasking, and independent working skills.
• Practical experience using or experimenting with AI in day-to-day work.

Nice to have

• Experience with release processes, CI/CD pipelines, build systems, or performance profiling tools.
• Familiarity with backend systems, cloud environments, server testing, SDK integrations, or platform services.
• Scripting or basic programming skills for debugging or test automation.
• Experience managing external test vendors or using game analytics and performance monitoring tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within small, independent game teams with substantial ownership and autonomy.
• Collaborate closely with game developers and other QA specialists in a player-focused environment.
• Relocation support is provided through a dedicated mobility team and external partners.
• Compensation, benefits, work environment, and resources are structured to support long-term success.
• Accommodation support is available during the recruitment process.

Hiring process

• The hiring process includes a personal assessment of technical and soft skills.
• Candidate expertise and interests are matched with the most suitable game team.