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Working closely with Developers and Game Designers, you'll use your testing experience to identify bugs, provide meaningful feedback, and help improve the overall player experience throughout development. If you're passionate about gaming, love solving problems, and thrive in a collaborative environment, this could be your next adventure!\nA QA Tester’s Impact\nPlans and executes test activities including creating test plans, testing new content, logging/prioritizing bugs, and assisting with bug triages\nCollaborates with other QA team members, developers, producers, and project managers - including reviewing test plans and strategies, escalation of risks, and reporting on test plan progression\nWorks on projects at various stages of development, from pre-production through to live operations\nProvides regular updates to Senior QA, QA Manager, Producers, and Project Managers for the respective products\nMonitors Player Support feedback channels to actively identify and escalate service issues; and works with the Player Experience team to ensure bug-related community feedback is investigated and addressed\nAssists Senior QA with release and testing process functions\nWeighs-in on feature design and playtest prototypes for new games and features\nAdvocates for a culture of shared quality ownership throughout the studio and project teams\nInspires teamwork and collaboration\nYour Track Record Includes\n2+ years experience in a QA role, preferably in digital/mobile gaming\nA passion for user experience and making great mobile products\nKnowledge of bug entry and collaboration tools, including JIRA and Confluence\nExperience with G Suite tools including Sheets, Docs, Hangouts, etc.\nKnowledge of testing phases and approaches, including functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end\nBONUS POINTS FOR: Experience using Version Control Systems (Git, SVN, etc.), Unity, automated testing tools, Android Studio, XCode, Google Play Console and iTunes Connect and experience shipping mobile titles\nWhat We Offer!\nYour base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. The annual base salary for this position is $66,500 - $70,000 for candidates located in British Columbia and Ontario. For other jurisdictions, your base salary may be different. \nOther things you can look forward to as a “Hippo”:\nAn incentive plan tied to company goals\nExtended health, dental & vision benefits for you and your dependents (plan premiums 100% covered by the company) + a $600 health & wellness spending account + an Employee & Family Assistance Program\n4 weeks vacation + paid winter holiday closure + 10 paid personal/sick days per year\nAnnual $3,000 self development “Brain Fund” budget + 5 paid professional development days to attend conferences, courses, training - you name it!\nHome Ergonomic Benefit for your home office - $1,000 + company laptop (choice of PC or Mac!) and accessories required to work effectively\nPaid short or long term parental and compassionate caregiver leave - up to 16 weeks’ top up\nCharitable gift matching up to $1,000 per year for recognized causes that you support + 3 paid volunteer days per year\nRemote Work\nOur culture is built on a foundational set of core values that unite us as one team, wherever you’re working from. 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