Senior QA Analyst, Jagex
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
+ Discretionary annual performance bonus
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Video game studio
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Video game studio
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
+ Discretionary annual performance bonus
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make forever games that connect and inspire players all around the world.
Role
Who you are
- Strong knowledge and proven experience with data analytics and testing telemetry
- Strong understanding of open-world testing challenges — e.g., streaming, large environments, AI interactions, save/load systems
- Detailed understanding of the software development lifecycle
- Excellent understanding of integration testing, branching strategies
- Proven experience driving collaboration between different teams
- Experience testing across different video game platforms and hardware (e.g. PlayStation, PC, Android); experience with compatibility and performance testing
- Proven experience with risk-based testing and managing QA for large-scale or live products
- Familiarity with data analytics and telemetry, using metrics to assess quality and player experience
- Experience performing grey-box & white-box testing
- In-depth knowledge of QA tools (JIRA, X-ray or similar) and familiarity with a variety of specialist tools
What the job involves
- As a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst on RuneScape: Dragonwilds, our open-world survival crafting game built in Unreal Engine 5, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the stability, performance, and overall quality of complex gameplay systems, from dynamic environments to survival mechanics and player progression
- You’ll collaborate closely with development, design, and production teams to define and evolve test strategies, shaping the game’s quality at every stage of development
- As a senior member of the QA team, you’ll also mentor others, refine processes, and champion best practices to help the team deliver a polished and seamless experience for players across all platforms
- Gain in-depth understanding of new and developing features from the early stages of conception, design and development
- Anticipate testing requirements across open-world systems, such as AI behaviors, crafting, resource management, and environmental interactions
- Define and evolve test strategies for Unreal Engine 5, leveraging automation, profiling tools, and performance metrics where appropriate
- Understand and evaluate QA tools from a technical perspective and recommend or develop them as necessary
- Review and evaluate defect database, on individual ticket and data analysis levels to improve or facilitate QA processes
- Collaborate across the product team to evaluate and improve quality processes, involve everyone in driving quality
- Work with departments outside of product team (e.g. Localisation, Legal, Submission and Release) to ensure work or requirements are communicated
- Contribute to defect and task prioritisation, adjusting priorities in collaboration with the development team
- Mentor and develop members of the QA team and be a source of knowledge and expertise in QA and the product
- Organise process and feature documentation, assessing gaps in knowledge and filling them in
- Manage or assist on complex QA tests and product features, with planning, organising team tasks, and test execution
- Be a Subject Matter Expert across multiple QA and product subjects
- As part of Jagex, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a globally successful franchise, contribute to exciting new projects, and be part of a company that hugely values both our employees and our players
Our take
Founded in 2000, Jagex is the video game studio behind the RuneScape titles. It is one of the largest British video game studios, having ammased 2.4 million active subscribers, one million free-to-play users, and over 300 million lifetime RuneScape accounts.
Jagex specialises in "forever games", in which players can continue to discover new experiences and challenges without ever reaching an end. RuneScape is a perfect example of this approach, still receiving updates over twenty years after its initial release.
On top of the RuneScape franchise, the company's acquisition of Gamepires brought titles such as SCUM under the company's banner, which it is also working to make into a forever game. It also acquired Pipeworks - adding a Games-as-a-Service platform to its broadening portfolio.
In 2024, it was announced that Jagex would be bought by CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments. This represents a move that will position it well to pursue creating more new and innovative player experiences in the future.
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Company benefits
- Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan
- £75 Monthly Energy Allowance (paid on top of your salary)
- Generous Pension Contributions
- Free Gym Membership
- Employee Assistance Programme & Onsite Counselling
- Life Insurance X4 your Salary
- Income Protection 75% Salary
- Annual performance bonus & Pay Reviews
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity - from day 1
- 25 days annual leave +Bank holidays (Increasing by 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)
- Flexible Working Hours
- Flash Bonuses
Company HQ
Milton, UK
Leadership
Phil Mansell
(CEO)Has worked at Jagex since 2011, beginning as Lead Designer then transitioning through roles to become VP of Studios then CEO. Also former Board Member for Ukie and Lead Designer at Climax and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
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