QA Tester

Title: QA Tester

Location: Remote (United States)

Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of rooms, or build something new to share with us all! Our mission is to ensure that Rec Room is a fun and welcoming environment for people from all walks of life. An app of this size and complexity needs constant testing. That’s where you come in!

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

• Embed within our Econ Team, testing our in-game purchasing and economic features
• Spend the bulk of your time in Rec Room, using a variety of traditional screen-based devices and VR headsets. You will become a deep expert on all things Rec Room!
• Work closely with the entire Rec Room team, fellow QA and Developers, to develop test plans
• Provide detailed status reports, on an embedded teams quality metrics
• Ensure that bug database is always up-to-date with high-quality bug reports
• Work closely with the entire Rec Room team, fellow QA and Developers, to understand and reproduce bugs during the development of new features
• As needed work on special events (i.e., trailer shoots, community town halls, etc.)
• You will be a bug hunter, puzzling out why a particular issue is happening and spending time in multiplayer sessions with Rec Room Community members

REQUIREMENTS:

• 2+ years of professional game or related software testing experience
• Ability to learn and understand in-game economic toolsets provided to players
• Ability to write and execute test plans with limited guidance
• Ability to write high-quality repro steps
• Ability to juggle a variety of tasks, and work in ambiguity on complex problems
• A methodical and detail-oriented work style
• Excellent ability to solve problems, critically think, and apply logic in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to onboard and work remotely that aligns with a West Coast workday

BONUS POINTS:

• Familiarity with peer to peer economies
• Experience with user generated content (UGC) games
• Experience testing multiplayer video games
• Experience testing cross-platform games
• Experience with Azure DevOps [Boards] or similar bug tracking tool
• Familiar with online communities in the games space (i.e. Steam, Reddit, Discord, Twitter, specific game forums, etc.)
• Experience with VR devices generally
• Experience or interest in game development
• Experience with Rec Room specifically

COMPANY INFO TO KNOW

Rec Room offers generous medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. We also support your retirement benefits with a company match. Rec Room values work-life balance by providing unlimited paid time off. Our company values are real and drive our culture. We work hard to be a safe and friendly place for people from all walks of life.

Rec Room provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

The base pay range for this position is listed below; please note the base pay may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Stock options and, in some cases, a sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. We also offer a full slate of benefits, including flexible vacation, medical, dental vision, life and disability coverage, long-term care insurance, FSA, commuter benefits, a 401(k) plan with company match, and a parental leave program. We also offer some not-so-standard benefits, including equipment, family, and pet care stipends.

Base Pay Range

$51,000$65,000 USD

Applicants who are in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, accessibilityrequest.hr@recroom.com. Rec Room will work with each individual to define their application-related needs and to try to accommodate those needs.

Applicants can find our CCPA disclosure notice here.