QA Lead at Azra Games - Open Application. . Location: California, United States. Azra Games is recapturing the childhood thrill of storytelling with your entire toy box through modern AAA role-playing games. Led by veteran designer Mark Otero—the original director of Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, EA’s most successful mobile game of all time, with $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue—we’ve assembled an expert team with decades of experience building blockbuster games.. . Our debut release, UnGodly, will be Mark’s ninth RPG—and his best yet. We believe in harnessing technology, including generative AI, to transform how great games are made.. . The UnGodly development team is looking for a . QA Lead. to build and lead a distributed QA team, establish scalable quality practices, and drive release excellence. You’ll collaborate across disciplines to deliver high-quality live game experiences for our players.. . This role is open to remote candidates in the US and Canada, with a hybrid option in Sacramento, CA.. . What You Will Do. . . Lead daily QA operations, partnering with team leads to align priorities, assignments, and schedules with project goals.. . Own QA planning for capacity, certification, risk management, and Alpha, Beta, and Final build signoff criteria.. . Train and support external QA teams, ensuring consistent testing standards and coordination with internal teams and other vendors.. . Manage TestRail projects and approve test plans and test cases.. . Own the Jira bug database, ensuring effective issue tracking, triage, and reporting.. . Communicate quality risks, issues, and progress to stakeholders, partners, and executives.. . Improve QA, release, and deployment processes, establishing scalable practices that support the title’s growth.. . Partner with engineering, live operations and customer support to deliver a high-quality player experience.. . . What We’re Looking For. . . 5+ years of professional QA experience, including 2+ years leading teams across the full game development lifecycle.. . Proven experience supporting a live mobile game with a large, active player base.. . Strong knowledge of software development, testing methodologies, and QA best practices.. . A track record of improving processes, driving change, and embedding QA within multidisciplinary teams.. . Experience building and leading distributed teams.. . Experience partnering with live operations, marketing, and customer support.. . A proactive, resourceful mindset: able to work autonomously, seek out answers, and take ownership of results.. . Ability to adapt to ambiguity and shifting development priorities while maintaining high quality standards.. . Proficiency with bug-tracking and test-management tools.. . Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.. . . Bonus Points. . . Experience in mobile free-to-play or core gaming.. . Familiarity with release management, test automation, and quality metrics.. . Experience leveraging AI tools to improve QA workflows, expand test coverage, and increase testing efficiency.. . . Compensation. . For California candidates, the base salary range for this role is $90,000 - $110,000 per year. The ranges listed is what we expect to pay applicants for this role at the time of posting. If you reside in a different location. we will advise on the applicable range.
QA Lead at Azra Games - Open Application