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Scopely, a leading mobile games publisher, is seeking a QA Analyst to join the Monopoly GO! team in Barcelona. You will report to the Vertical Group QA Lead of Live Minigames and play a vital role in maintaining quality standards within a tightly integrated pod team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure pod contributions meet the highest quality standards, balancing defect prevention with user experience while maintaining a holistic view of release quality across the wider team
- Develop clear and comprehensive test plans defining scope of coverage, time estimates, resourcing needs, tooling requirements, and broader support needs from concept through release
- Drive creation, upkeep, and execution of test suites and cases tailored to your pod's specific needs and evolving scope
- Support and adopt AI-driven QA initiatives to improve efficiency, coverage, and reporting
- Maintain a clean, prioritized bug database aligned with pod work
- Lead onboarding of external embedded QA resources, ensuring alignment with internal processes and strong working relationships
- Take ownership of pod quality output through hands-on testing and accountability at all development stages
- Review briefs and design documents to raise pre-production quality concerns, championing a 'shift left' approach
- Facilitate pod-specific playtests to gather feedback, track issues, and ensure follow-up actions
- Collaborate with Customer Support and Live & Release teams to investigate live issues and address root causes
- Adhere to team-wide QA governance and best practices throughout the QA lifecycle
- Participate actively in pod and QA team ceremonies, providing feedback and staying aligned with team strategies
- Work closely with developers to understand scope changes and assess cross-functional impacts requiring additional quality control
- Monitor holistic app health metrics such as ANRs and crash rates following pod contributions to releases
- Embody and promote Scopely's core tenets through actions, communication, and leadership
Requirements:
- Strong verbal and written communication with excellent attention to detail
- Strong time management, accountability, and organizational skills
- Strong negotiation skills with ability to advocate for team needs while understanding business priorities
- Proactive, enthusiastic, and self-motivated
- Flexible to agile setup with ability to multitask and manage multiple high-profile releases with strict deadlines
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of business priorities and goals
- Exceptional reporting capabilities
- Extensive knowledge of JIRA and/or similar bug tracking systems
- Mobile exposure and understanding of Apple/Google submission protocols
- Sound understanding of gaming industry and typical end-to-end development lifecycle
