Quality Assurance Architect

Job Description

Electronic Arts Romania, a leading technology company and video game developer in Romania, brings together experienced individuals from diverse backgrounds with a shared passion for inspiring the world to play.

We prioritize your well-being with our great compensation package and benefit programs, including an annual performance bonus, stock awards, and premium healthcare for you and your loved ones. In addition to our global perks and benefits, you can enjoy our state-of-the-art studio facilities with local perks like relaxation spaces, games, and opportunities to refuel in our cafeterias

Expectations:

• You will build working relationships with senior members of the development, production, and design teams that you will use to guide a higher quality player experience through tasks such as feature planning, analyzing internal data/player data, and feature/design reviews.
• You will brainstorm test ideas, integrating them into improved cohesive test plans using both manual and automated testing methods for product features to increase software quality. Also work with senior management to address any identified test plan gaps.
• You will work towards completing the agreed upon strategy goals.
• You will be a mentor for peers, assisting with and growing their knowledge.
• You will collaborate and promote best practices across multiple teams.
• You will report progress and status through regular email or face-to-face communication with appropriate managers and other team members.
• You will promote a "Player First" approach always and be an advocate for the player in everything we do to help us achieve a high-quality experience for our players.
• You will work in partnership with your peers and Stakeholders to improve testing/operational processes to drive product efficiency.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of applicable work experience.
• In-depth knowledge of software development practices, including both agile and waterfall methodologies
• Experience working with source code control software such as Perforce or GIT and ability to identify and report technical issues.
• Work with medium to large-scale on-site teams and with external partners.
• Experience with Upstream Quality practices, such as: CI/CD, bug prevention and containment tools and strategies.
• Experience with any of the following test automation environments: Games, Console, Mobile or Web UI.
• Compile data points spanning multiple sources into cohesive and consumable summaries for senior team members.
• Defect, Test Case and Task tracking tool experience (JIRA, DevTrack, Test Rail, or Hansoft).