Ubisoft
DevTest Team Lead
Ubisoft, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Company DescriptionHome to the North American Ubisoft headquarters since 1996, Ubisoft San Francisco opened its development studio in 2009 and since developed Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014, to teach millions of people how to play guitar and bass. With a song library of over 1,500 songs and 10 years of support the Rocksmith franchise helped millions of players around the world on their musical journey. In 2017, the studio released the critically acclaimed South Park: The Fractured But Whole, in collaboration with Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and South Park Digital Studios. The studio is currently working on innovative new titles with Rocksmith+ and XDefiant.
Job DescriptionAs a DevTest Team Lead at Ubi SFO, you will facilitate and maintain the quality of new and existing content/features for our FPS game, XDefiant. You will be the main DevTest point of contact for your respective group of features or content and facilitate healthy communication and practices across multiple areas. Your mission is to guide a team of testers to uphold and enforce strong processes for a successful live product. You are very familiar with the design and intricacies of the first-person shooter genre across different franchises. This knowledge will be used to help make informed and precise decisions throughout the project in different areas.
This is a Hybrid role and would require Mondays and Tuesdays of each week on site in San Francisco.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Communicate with Producers and Leads from every team (Engineers, Level Design, Animators etc.) and facilitate the flow of information with the team
Communicate with the QC Lead Testers throughout the project's different milestones
Management and mentorship of Dev Testers and Snr Dev Testers; including 1:1s
Coordinate the daily workflow of Testers and assign tasks to the respective feature/content owner
Assist the DevTest Manager coordinate all of the different test cases, configure and refine JIRA filters/dashboards for the team
Provide risk analysis reports to the DevTest Manager relative to their ownership
Follow up in the JIRA database and push the production team to correct the various major issues in order to stabilize build versions
Implement new processes to meet the requirements of the project set by the DevTest Manager
Ensure test plans and documentation are updated, relevant to existing content/features
Ensure the validation/testing coverage of live builds
You are the main point of contact for the respective group of Content and Features
Interview candidates; hire, onboard, and train new employees
Follow up and evaluate the work of testers to share with the DevTest Manager
QualificationsWHAT YOU'LL BRING
Lead or Seniority experience of at least one year's experience in a similar industry
Shipped at least one AAA title on multiple platforms
Testing experience with mid to senior level of experience
Extensive knowledge of the FPS video game genre
Exceptional experience in writing test-cases and setting up test procedures
Proactive working manner and sense of accountability
Exceptional experience with JIRA or other bug-tracking systems
Exceptional experience with Confluence or similar documentation tools
Additional InformationWHAT YOU'LL GET
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Employer HSA contribution to fully cover your deductible (with enrollment in a HSA eligible medical plan)
401k match
Paid vacation, holiday and wellness time
Fitness, physical challenge, and eSports competition reimbursements
Ginger emotional support app for you and your adult dependents with up to 10 sessions per year of video-based therapy and psychiatry services
Membership to One Medical
Rocket Lawyer online legal service membership
Paid parental leave
Paid time off to volunteer
Pawternity – paid time off to bond with a newly adopted pet
Sabbatical leave available after 5 years of employment
Access to all of the latest Ubisoft games for PC
Generous discount on new Ubisoft games
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guideline.
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Job DescriptionAs a DevTest Team Lead at Ubi SFO, you will facilitate and maintain the quality of new and existing content/features for our FPS game, XDefiant. You will be the main DevTest point of contact for your respective group of features or content and facilitate healthy communication and practices across multiple areas. Your mission is to guide a team of testers to uphold and enforce strong processes for a successful live product. You are very familiar with the design and intricacies of the first-person shooter genre across different franchises. This knowledge will be used to help make informed and precise decisions throughout the project in different areas.
This is a Hybrid role and would require Mondays and Tuesdays of each week on site in San Francisco.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Communicate with Producers and Leads from every team (Engineers, Level Design, Animators etc.) and facilitate the flow of information with the team
Communicate with the QC Lead Testers throughout the project's different milestones
Management and mentorship of Dev Testers and Snr Dev Testers; including 1:1s
Coordinate the daily workflow of Testers and assign tasks to the respective feature/content owner
Assist the DevTest Manager coordinate all of the different test cases, configure and refine JIRA filters/dashboards for the team
Provide risk analysis reports to the DevTest Manager relative to their ownership
Follow up in the JIRA database and push the production team to correct the various major issues in order to stabilize build versions
Implement new processes to meet the requirements of the project set by the DevTest Manager
Ensure test plans and documentation are updated, relevant to existing content/features
Ensure the validation/testing coverage of live builds
You are the main point of contact for the respective group of Content and Features
Interview candidates; hire, onboard, and train new employees
Follow up and evaluate the work of testers to share with the DevTest Manager
QualificationsWHAT YOU'LL BRING
Lead or Seniority experience of at least one year's experience in a similar industry
Shipped at least one AAA title on multiple platforms
Testing experience with mid to senior level of experience
Extensive knowledge of the FPS video game genre
Exceptional experience in writing test-cases and setting up test procedures
Proactive working manner and sense of accountability
Exceptional experience with JIRA or other bug-tracking systems
Exceptional experience with Confluence or similar documentation tools
Additional InformationWHAT YOU'LL GET
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Employer HSA contribution to fully cover your deductible (with enrollment in a HSA eligible medical plan)
401k match
Paid vacation, holiday and wellness time
Fitness, physical challenge, and eSports competition reimbursements
Ginger emotional support app for you and your adult dependents with up to 10 sessions per year of video-based therapy and psychiatry services
Membership to One Medical
Rocket Lawyer online legal service membership
Paid parental leave
Paid time off to volunteer
Pawternity – paid time off to bond with a newly adopted pet
Sabbatical leave available after 5 years of employment
Access to all of the latest Ubisoft games for PC
Generous discount on new Ubisoft games
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guideline.
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