QA Lead

Salary: £46,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require proven experience as a QA Lead or Test Lead in games development.
• Were looking for a strong grasp of build validation and defect lifecycle management.
• We require experience writing test plans and QA reports.
• We require people-management experience, including 1:1s, reviews, improvement plans, or similar.
• Were looking for a confident communicator who can represent QA to developers, leadership, and publishers.
• We require proficiency with bug-tracking and documentation tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• We require a high degree of flexibility and strong organisational skills.
• Were looking for a passion for games and their development.
• We require in-depth knowledge of console and PC hardware and software, development tools, and technical games development.
• Were looking for the ability to problem-solve, horizon-scan, research, and develop ways to continually improve testing accuracy, coverage, and quality.
• We require proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Desirable: working knowledge of console certification and submission processes, including PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, mobile, and handheld platforms.
• Desirable: experience managing outsourced or external QA vendors.
• Desirable: familiarity with Perforce or similar version-control tools.
• Desirable: experience shipping at least one full title through all stages of development.

Responsibilities:

• We expect our QA Lead to own the projects test strategy at every stage of development, from feature specifications through milestone and submission testing.
• We expect our QA Lead to lead build validation, including BVT, Smoke, and LKG, and ensure results are triaged, reported, and acted on.
• We expect our QA Lead to take a hands-on approach to testing and evaluate the projects quality throughout development.
• We expect our QA Lead to manage the full defect lifecycle, including creation, validation, ongoing tracking, and representing QA in bug triage.
• We expect our QA Lead to build, maintain, and evolve test plans and test environments across internal, external, and publisher QA channels.
• We expect our QA Lead to produce regular QA reports for the team and project leadership.
• We expect our QA Lead to own the QA risk register and contribute to the wider project risk register.
• We expect our QA Lead to lead, coach, and develop the QA team through 1:1s, reviews, career progression, and performance management.
• We expect our QA Lead to mentor junior testers and oversee their onboarding into the discipline.
• We expect our QA Lead to help coordinate outsourced QA resources and liaise with publisher QA.
• We expect our QA Lead to represent QA in agile practices, including planning, retrospectives, and leadership build reviews.
• We expect our QA Lead to maintain QA documentation and contribute to future project proposals.
• We expect our QA Lead to communicate across the QA team hierarchy and represent the project and QA discipline.

Technologies:

• Confluence
• Hardware
• Support
• JIRA
• Mobile

More:

Were looking for an experienced QA Lead to join the Sumo Digital QA team and own quality assurance on an unannounced project. The role involves working on-site when needed. We offer a flexible, personalised benefits package, including a flexible benefits allowance, pension and financial support options; flexible working, 21 free-choice holiday days, bank holidays, a birthday day off, a Christmas shutdown, and options to buy or sell annual leave; health and wellbeing benefits; structured personal development, regular appraisals, and five learning days per year; and studio perks, social activities, sabbaticals after 10 years of service, and an annual gaming subscription. Some benefits are opt-in.

last updated 40 week of 2026