Description Scopely is looking for a Senior Dev QA to join our Yahtzee team in Barcelona on a hybrid basis working 2 days a week from our hub.At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players.We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.YAHTZEE is one of our casual free-to-play mobile games and is a classic board game with a new look.The team is based in Europe and the US, and works every day to create captivating new experiences for our players.What You Will Do Manage the testing design: Develop, review and maintain test plans, including test cases, test scripts, and testing harnessesCollaborate with development team: Work closely with the development team to identify defects and areas of improvement.Work to ensure developers understand the context of issues found and assist in debugging and resolutionPerform test reporting and documentation: Record and track test results, report on quality metrics, and identify areas for improvementProvide guidance and support: Support the team with technical or process related issues and provide guidance to the team on testing best practices and principlesAssess the testability of the existing and new features to be developed under their teamsManage the backlog for their Pod, triaging and owning the bugs and their process over their lifeAssess risk when quality is not met or in danger and raise flags if necessary to QA management and/or pod leadershipInfluence on their teams and fostering a Quality culture in which all the team is accountable for the quality by improving knowledge and creating events or ceremonies to enhance itBe the go to person in the team when it comes to Quality for anyone inside or outside the teamSupport internal and external testers on their duties, providing knowledge and tools/configurations when requiredContribute and be paladin over quality when it comes to defining acceptance criteriaProactively look always for ways of improving the quality of both the application and the team processesFostering the Agile methodologies and helping the pod lead when applicableCommunicate proactively: Communicate testing progress, timelines, and issues to the project manager, stakeholders, and development team.Coordinate with the craft lead and manager potential needs over external teams such as automation and/or localisation over the features in the teamProactively seek for opportunities of efficiency increase on our QA approaches, such as tools, automation and/or processes What We're Looking For Extensive experience within QA to be able to ultilise your skills to improve the quality of our processes Experience building functional testing plans Used to working with Agile methodologies Strong verbal / written communication and an excellent attention to detail Strong time management, accountability and organisational skills An ability to negotiate and ensure you and your team's message is heard, all the while with a sound business understanding to ensure correct balance and needs are met Proactive, enthusiastic and self-motivated Flexible to an agile setup with the ability to multitask, managing coverage for multiple high profile releases with strict deadlines A strong commercial awareness with an understanding of business priorities and goals Exceptional reporting capabilities
