Lead QA Tester (Games)

Location: UK remote or West Midlands-based

Company

Independent game developer based just outside Birmingham, creating games across a range of internal and external projects with studio and publisher partners.

What you will do

• Lead the creation, maintenance, and execution of test plans across features, systems, updates, and release candidates.
• Set QA priorities, coordinate testing, and escalate risks, blockers, and quality concerns.
• Monitor build health, test progress, defect trends, dashboards, and quality metrics.
• Oversee functional, regression, exploratory, live, and online game testing.
• Work with producers, designers, engineers, and QA colleagues to support release decisions and improve testing processes.
• Guide testers and improve QA documentation, reporting, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Strong experience leading QA activity for game-development projects.
• Expertise in test planning, test-case design, defect management, regression testing, and release-readiness assessment.
• Experience using dashboards, build statistics, and quality metrics to identify trends and communicate risks.
• Strong understanding of build verification, functional testing, and live or online game testing.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Proactive, detail-oriented leadership style focused on practical problem solving and continuous improvement.

Culture & Benefits

• Friendly, supportive environment focused on building games with an experienced studio.
• Opportunity to work on AAA titles and IP with established studio and publisher partners.
• Access to a range of projects and learning opportunities within an independent game developer.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this opportunity.

Hiring process

• Submit a portfolio and cover letter.
• Portfolio samples from previous studios must be cleared for release by the copyright owners.