Principal QA Engineer
On-siteSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Job Summary
Own the quality approach for teams or product areas, ensuring quality activities span the entire software development lifecycle. Lead initiatives shifting quality left through automation, tooling, and process improvements that help engineers catch issues earlier. Identify, create, and evolve test frameworks and automation strategies to improve speed, coverage, and reliability. Define and implement test approaches within an overall quality strategy while shaping responsible use of AI-assisted workflows. Use metrics and reporting to surface quality risks, turning insights into action with product and discipline leaders. Provide craft leadership and coaching to strengthen test design, planning, and execution across multiple teams. Define, adapt, and socialize scalable quality standards that influence engineering, delivery, design, and production leaders. Partner with Game and Central teams to drive strategic initiatives, manage hiring, and mentor QA professionals. Work in a full-time capacity based in Sydney, Australia, with a focus on game development environments and cross-platform experience.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of software quality assurance or quality engineering experience, with multiple proven product successes
- Experience defining and implementing test approaches as part of an overall test strategy
- Experience coaching QA team members on test design, planning, and execution
- Experience driving continuous improvement processes within a team or organization
- Experience leading or maturing automated testing frameworks, tools, or processes that improve sustainable development
- Experience using quality metrics, telemetry, or reporting to assess quality health and influence decisions
- Experience working effectively across disciplines and influencing teams beyond direct reporting lines
- Experience handling multiple simultaneous projects and partners
- Experience tasking or partnering with remote teams and providing feedback on effectiveness
- Experience establishing product or business-unit quality standards, practices, or operating models
- History of leading strategic quality initiatives with broad organisational impact
- Strong judgment in ambiguous problem spaces, with the ability to evaluate, scope, and execute solutions with team, initiative, or business-unit impact
- Strong technical acumen, with the ability to engage deeply with engineers on systems, tooling, automation, and development workflows
- The ability to adapt quality strategy to emerging development practices, including AI-assisted workflows and automation
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in game development environments and supporting or shipping games
- Development or quality experience across multiple platforms such as mobile, console, and PC
- Familiarity with CI/CD maturity, release quality, and build or delivery workflows
- Familiarity with Unreal and/or other game engines
- Relevant certifications such as ISTQB Foundation, ISTQB Agile Tester, ISTQB Expert Level, ISTQB Advanced Test Manager, or ICAgile Test Expert
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