Light & Wonder
QA Tester
Job Description
Salary: £34,000 - 74,000 per year
Requirements:- Genuine passion for gaming and a strong interest in delivering exceptional player experiences
- Experience working in software testing or quality assurance
- Understanding of testing methodologies, QA processes and software development lifecycles
- Experience executing functional, usability and performance testing
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to identify issues and communicate findings clearly and accurately
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Confidence working independently with minimal supervision
- Flexibility and adaptability to support a variety of testing activities and priorities
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and Word
- Ability to learn new products, systems and testing tools quickly
- Experience using TestRail and/or Jira
- Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future
- Execute functional, usability, performance and compliance testing across gaming products and software platforms
- Verify games meet product requirements, quality standards and regulatory expectations
- Identify, reproduce and document software defects clearly and accurately
- Track issues through resolution and support retesting activities
- Investigate and reproduce issues reported from the field, and provide detailed findings
- Create, maintain and enhance test cases, test plans and test scripts
- Perform regression testing to verify fixes and ensure product stability
- Support multiple projects simultaneously while meeting testing deadlines
- Collaborate with developers and cross-functional teams to improve product quality
- Contribute ideas to improve testing approaches, tools and QA processes
- Provide testing support across different Light & Wonder teams as required
- Complete additional testing activities assigned by Senior Testers and Test Leads
- Excel
- Hardware
- Support
- JIRA
More:
We are Light & Wonder, and our Gaming team builds technology, products and content for casinos and operators around the world. In this Quality Assurance Software Tester role, you will help us ensure our games work as intended and deliver reliable, engaging player experiences. The position is fully onsite at our Chadderton office, five days per week, with regular onsite work required to test gaming hardware and software on our machines. Hours are 35 per week, Monday to Friday. We offer a discretionary annual performance bonus, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, paid leave for charitable projects and personal celebrations, a half day for health and wellbeing, up to 8% employer pension contributions, a rewards platform with cycle-to-work and shopping and lifestyle discounts, wellbeing benefits including private medical and dental insurance and Aviva DigiCare, an Employee Assistance Programme, and optional benefits including Tastecard, Give As You Earn and a Travel Ticket Loan. We provide opportunities to develop expertise in gaming product testing, compliance and quality processes, gain exposure to varied technologies and teams, and build a career in QA, software testing and product development. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. If invited to interview, you can let us know about reasonable adjustments that would help you perform at your best.
last updated 40 week of 2026
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Oldham
IT
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£54,000
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£55,000
UK median
This salary is 2% below the UK median for UK tech roles (£55,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks