Senior QA Engineer [Fixed Term]

Avalanche Studios Group and its creative divisions are looking for an enthusiastic and exceptionally skilled Senior QA Engineer to join our team at our Stockholm office.

As QA Engineer, it will be your job to continuously drive and improve QA processes and workflows, design the projects’ test plans and work closely with developers of different disciplines to discuss and communicate plans clearly. You will be part of a small and awesome embedded QA team on site, as well as working with external QA partners.

We need a passionate and dynamic team member, whose attitude is backed up by their experience in QA helping to create great quality games, having worked as a senior QA Engineer on at least one released AAA project for console.

The role will be a mix of hands-on, strategy and processes, with you planning, coordinating and executing the testing of the project.

[Please note that this is a fixed term employment, with end date being 30th of June 2027]

What you´ll do:

Work as embedded QA Engineer within a development team to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, and plan testing coverage Active participation in the daily work of your assigned scrum team (stand-ups, bug triage, planning, etc.) Analyse design to design test plans, create test plans and test cases as well as their implementation and maintenance Test game area and features, report bugs into the bug tracking system, and regress bugs daily in the database, Own JIRA bugs for your assigned area and features. Plan and hold daily triage to ensure movement, needed escalation and reporting on state of health Be a point of contact and the expert of your assigned area and features for external QC and other Publisher teams. Create material and support external QC to ensure reliable valuable testing results. Support and work closely with the rest of the embedded QA Engineer team to ensure routine work, such as smokes, health reports, integrations and deliveries are met.

Who you are:

Several years of experience working in Video Games QA, with a couple of shipped titles. Specifically experience from working as an embedded QA inside a development team for at least one full development cycle Proactive with good ability to plan, prioritize, and collaborate with the production team to align testing within development schedules., Experience working with development planning tools and defect tracking tools (e.g. Hansoft, JIRA, DevTrack, TestRail, etc). Experience in using a variety of tools to ensure reliable testing results, including platform-specific target managers, performance and debugging tools, crash dump analyzers, and automation frameworks. Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal) Note: Research shows under-represented groups in the industry might not apply to a job if they don’t check off every requirement. At Avalanche, we’re more about your drive to learn and interest in tackling challenges than what’s on your resume! So don’t stress if you don’t tick every box— shoot us your application anyway! Diverse opinions and different experiences are what make our teams so great, not itemized lists of qualifications.

The Stockholm location Our Stockholm office is situated in Södermalm, the beating heart of the city’s game industry. It’s a physical representation of our games

• the lush vegetation of Just Cause and theHunter: Call of the Wild meets corroded metal straight out of Mad Max. Our hybrid model requires you to be in the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays to foster collaboration and creativity.

Our values At Avalanche Studios Group, we create worlds beyond limits. But that’s not exclusive to our games, so we’re committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace. All Avalanchers have a shared responsibility to create an open work environment where everyone is treated equally and respectfully. Being part of our world is not contingent on your heritage, your gender, or sexual orientation. It’s all about your passion and creativity.

How to apply To apply for this position, please register below and provide your CV in English. We review applications continuously. All further studio-related information is provided under a non-disclosure agreement.

At Avalanche Studios Group we're always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our passionate team, but please note that relocation assistance is not available for this role.