QA Lead (AAA Games)

Location: Onsite, office-first in full capacity from the Warsaw office, Poland. Relocation support is available, including legalization and tax assistance.

Salary: 23,900–32,800 PLN gross monthly.

Company

CD PROJEKT RED develops story-driven role-playing games, including the Hadar project.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and develop the project QA team, supporting recruitment, onboarding, team structure, and skills growth.
• Translate the overall QA strategy into testing approaches, team priorities, measurable outcomes, and milestone verification plans.
• Coordinate exploratory, feature, regression, integration, stress, performance, stability, engine, tools, platform, and technical feature testing.
• Monitor quality metrics and bug trends, identify risks, and create mitigation plans for blockers and project readiness.
• Collaborate with Production, Development, Tech, QA experts, other QA Leads, cross-functional teams, and external QA vendors.
• Improve QA workflows, tools, test frameworks, documentation, reporting, and debugging practices while assisting with complex investigations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience leading and managing QA teams, preferably in AAA game development.
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, defect management, test planning, test coverage, QA practices, and quality reporting.
• Experience with game engines and editors, especially Unreal Engine.
• Experience with performance analysis, profiling tools, crash analysis, memory investigations, platform-specific testing, or console development environments.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, ownership, and accountability skills, including the ability to work under pressure and changing priorities.
• Ability to work onsite from the Warsaw office.

Nice to have

• Experience with User Experience Research, focus groups, usability testing, and player feedback.
• Experience with automation frameworks, automated test authorship, build verification, CI/CD pipelines, or technical validation workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Employment contract with 20–26 days of paid holiday and paid sick leave.
• Relocation package covering flights, temporary accommodation, pets, family, and belongings, plus Polish lessons for employees and partners.
• Private medical care, dental care, rehabilitation, life insurance, preventive screenings, and mental health support.
• Training, lectures, courses, online tutorials, and e-learning opportunities.
• Dog-friendly office with a gym, climbing wall, yoga and boxing classes, bicycle facilities, canteens, and regular social events.
• Family support programs, childcare benefits, family events, and a summer camp for children.