The Junior QA Tester is responsible for ensuring all bugs are identified, thoroughly investigated, accurately reported and maintained to ensure the highest standard of software for Skyhook stakeholders.

9 months contract, 35 hours a week (Flexi-time at 7 hours each day. Core hours are 10am-4pm.).

The candidate will be expected to work from our Liverpool office.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Verifying features and systems daily.
• Regressing and retesting existing bugs.
• Executing Test Cases on assigned projects.
• Creating feedback and bug reports for the teams.
• Perform ad-hoc and exploratory testing on focused areas.
• Suggesting improvements for existing testing procedures.
• Recording play through videos and hosting weekly play through updates.
• Ensuring all bugs are identified and thoroughly investigated.
• Ensuring bug reports meet Skyhook bug quality standards and are accurately recorded.
• Completing allocated work within given timeframes.
• Ensuring all relevant Skyhook procedures are followed.
• Behaving in an appropriate manner in the workplace.
• Learning and maintaining knowledge with productivity tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Any additional duties/expectations as an employee of the company above and beyond specific job role

What skills do you need:

• Some proven experience of working in a QA Testing capacity within the games industry; testing software and composing bug reports.
• Demonstrable knowledge of exploratory testing to discover edge cases.
• Display excellent attention to detail, maintaining diligence and focus for extended periods.
• Holds Functional Skills Level 2 or GCSE Level 4 in English or equivalent.
• Able to demonstrate excellent oral and written communication.
• The ability to be methodical and analytical.
• The ability to demonstrate excellent problem identification and investigative skills.
• A passion for games and their development.
• Be computer literate with basic productivity tools, such as Google Docs and Sheets.

Desirable, but not essential

• Experience with Confluence/Jira software.
• Experience with Unity.
• Experience with software development and version control.

About the Company:

Skyhook Games is an established games development and outsourcing studio dedicated to delivering high-quality services to the gaming industry. We work with some of the biggest names in the gaming world and pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence, creativity and reliability. As we are working on an exciting new project, we are seeking a Junior QA Tester to join our team and work across our multiple projects.