QA Embedded Tester | QA | London | (6 months)
We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development.
We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy.
Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way.
We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players.
We’re driven by our players! Come and Join the mission!
QA Embedded Tester
Hutch are looking for a QA Embedded Tester (6months) to join their team in London. Reporting to the QA Project Lead, you will be working within a small mobile games development team in an agile environment. You will be a good communicator with excellent people skills and strong technical skills. You would be expected to own the testing of one of our mobile games, completing in-house testing and regression. You will be self-motivated, well organised, and have a real passion for QA.
Our QA philosophy is centred around close collaboration with the development team, focusing on bug prevention over detection. QA at Hutch are embedded within the development teams and form strong partnerships with the developers and the production team.
Responsibilities- Design and execute functional and regression test plans (Manual Testing) Working embedded within the development team completing in-house testing and bug regression, attending and contributing to sprint planning, retrospectives, and the daily scrums
- Reporting on build status
- Tracking bug process/ database management
- Implementation of bug prevention methods
- Proactive risk analysis to identify key areas of testing
Requirements
- Proven experience working embedded within a development team in the mobile games industry
- Excellent communication skills
- Detail orientated with a great attention to detail
- Knowledge of game development life cycles
- Education in Computer Science, Games Design or similar
- Experience with JIRA or other bug tracking systems
- Mobile games testing experience (iOS/ Android) - functional & non-functional
- A good understanding of Agile development & testing
- An understanding of the F2P business model, mobile games market and exposure to licensing
Benefits
Life at Hutch
Our HQ is in the heart of Shoreditch in central London. We have additional offices in Dundee and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. We're an agile, creative team with people at the core of our values. We reward our employees with;
- Hutch is now a 4-Day Work Week company*
- Flexible working hours
- Remote working 2 days per week
- Excellent salary
- Private health care
- Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks)
- Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching
- Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch
- Free snacks and drinks
- Social events, game launch parties, Thursday night drinks and much more
*This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours/week) Mon-Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week).
Our Values
- Transparent - Being transparent and open helps us to be trusted and fosters integrity.
- Humble - When we are humble we show humility, we let go of egos and we are self-aware.
- Collaborative - We value teamwork, the spirit of collaboration and the results of working together.
- Driven - We have drive and ambition and always push for the best results rather than settling.
- Adaptable - Demonstrating the ability to adapt ultimately helps us grow and helps us thrive in different situations
We value diversity and as an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all suitable applicants. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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Come and find out more about Hutch. We make racing games, but it’s not the only thing that drives us - https://www.hutch.io/
Skills Required
- Proven experience working embedded within a development team in the mobile games industry
- Excellent communication skills
- Detail-oriented with strong attention to detail
- Knowledge of game development lifecycles
- Education in Computer Science, Games Design, or a similar field
- Experience with JIRA or other bug-tracking systems
- Mobile games testing experience on iOS or Android, including functional and non-functional testing
- Understanding of Agile development and testing
- Understanding of the free-to-play business model and mobile games market, with licensing exposure
What We Do
Hutch has been voted one of the Best Places to Work in the gamesindustry.biz awards for the last 3 years in a row! Since inception in 2011, we've entertained over 300 million mobile players across game titles including Rebel Racing, F1® Clash, Top Drives, and Hot Wheels: Race Off. We’re dedicated to growing the racing genre on mobile, and enabling communities of players worldwide to celebrate their passion for cars. People make games, and our people are the heart and soul of Hutch. We’ve created a work environment that we’re proud of and enjoy spending time in. As a team, we work together and play together. We take on creative and technical challenges to make great games and have fun along the way. Teams at Hutch have the freedom and responsibility to make the best decisions for the players, and we are committed to making their working lives as easy and as simple as possible. We’ve created an award-winning culture for our 100+ world-class team members, housed in our main studio in Shoreditch, London, with wider studios situated in Dundee and Canada. In December 2020 Hutch was acquired by Modern Times Group (MTG) to further accelerate opportunities to build highly diverse automotive experiences on mobile.
