Studio QA Director | North America | Canada | Europe | Fully Remote

What we are looking for:

Are you a visionary QA leader who has successfully steered quality strategy for massive, cross-platform live service games?

As the Studio QA Director at Escape Velocity, you will oversee and elevate the overarching quality standards for our ambitious competitive, real-time multiplayer titles. Reporting directly to the VP of Product Development and partnering with cross-functional leaders, you will guide the studio’s QA discipline to new heights. You will inherit and iterate on established QA processes and partner closely with our Associate QA Director to drive day-to-day project testing and execution.

Your focus will be on high-level studio strategy, QA budgeting, cross-functional development alignment, and ensuring our live service operations run flawlessly across PC, console, and mobile platforms. This is a unique opportunity to shape the strategic QA infrastructure of a well-funded studio and guide our testing strategy through pre-launch, launch, and years of live service content.

Requirements:
What we will do together:

• Champion and optimize the long-term strategic vision for the QA discipline across Escape Velocity, building upon our established testing processes for our products, our development methods, and our studio as a whole.
• Refine and scale studio-wide quality KPIs, release management protocols, and testing frameworks tailored for a continuous, cross-platform (PC, console, and mobile) live service environment.
• Oversee the QA budget, resource allocation, and high-level vendor strategies, acting as the ultimate decision-maker for external test partnerships and 1st party platform compliance.
• Direct, mentor, and manage the Associate QA Director, helping them grow as a leader and empowering them to successfully lead their well-functioning team in milestone-driven test execution.
• Collaborate closely with the VP of Product Development, Production, and other Studio Directors to seamlessly integrate advanced QA strategies into Agile development methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead the QA organization's exploration and adoption of AI in our testing strategy, alongside assessing and implementing other advanced testing methodologies like automation, backend service testing, and data-driven QA practices to elevate existing workflows.

What you will bring:

• Exceptional communication skills, capable of advocating for quality at the executive level while fostering a collaborative environment with production and development teams.
• Extensive senior-level leadership experience (Director or equivalent) in game development QA, with a proven track record of shipping and sustaining large-scale, cross-platform live service games on PC, consoles, and mobile.
• Deep expertise in managing and mentoring senior QA staff and overseeing large, distributed internal and external testing teams.
• Comprehensive understanding of live service release management, including the intricacies of testing client features alongside backend services.
• Expert-level knowledge of modern QA tools and environments, including a deep understanding of JIRA or similar programs with a focus on bug/defect tracking, as well as experience using UE4/UE5, Perforce, and Agile Development methodologies.
• A strong sense of purpose and self-motivation, with an eye toward continuous improvement in both you and the people you work with.

Benefits:
Interested… a bit about Escape Velocity:

Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what we believe is a once-in-a-career project with a committed publisher. But that doesn’t necessarily make us unique. What does make us special? We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues. We want every hour spent developing and playing our games to be an incredibly rewarding and worthwhile use of your time. To that end, we are ‘Fully Remote’ and support team members nearly anywhere in the world. We prioritize honesty, even when that means sharing bad news. We strive to give everyone autonomy so they can determine how best to work and play, and we care more about what you bring to the game and studio than how many hours you’re clocking. We’re dedicated to building a culture of play, which not only makes us better game makers, but also strengthens the bonds between us all. We believe in constant improvement across all areas – from the game itself to our production design – and are constantly re-evaluating how we spend our time to ensure that we’re not wasting yours and we’re all always working on the most important things.

A few benefits you can expect from us:

• A generous PTO allowance

• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)

• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare

• Private Mental Health scheme

• A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance

• Discretionary Studio Bonus

• Top range tech for your home set up

• Other benefits based on your region

How to apply:

Click apply and complete an application along with a Resume / CV. If we would like to move forward with your application, a member of the Recruiting Team will reach out to you and guide you through our process.

Escape Velocity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.

Applications will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.