Senior Tester Position Available In Wake, North Carolina

Senior Tester (R26610)
Department
Quality Assurance & Test
Location
Cary, United States
Product
Unreal Engine
Company
Epic Games
Requisition ID
R26610
WHAT

MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

What We Do
The Quality Assurance team owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of all products and functions across Epic. Our team works closely with developers and production to ensure the best possible user experience for our community and customers.
What You’ll Do
We’re looking for a Senior Tester to join the Unreal Engine’s Platform QA team. You’ll be working first hand with the Unreal Engine by supporting its features across multiple desktop platforms, including Apple and Linux, as well as the runtime platforms that the product is capable of developing for. You should be willing and excited to constantly take on challenges yourself as well as through team collaboration, while consistently learning in order to further your growth in this quickly evolving, hands-on development space.
In this role, you will
Execute test cases with attention to detail to help ensure the quality of several products
Write clear and concise steps to reproduce issues in a bug report
Communicate issues and escalate if needed by understanding the larger goals of the product
Provide reporting on blocking issues, testing results, and quality status to members of QA and other members of the development team as needed
Apply familiarity with features to uncover issues and inefficiencies
Support engineering efforts to optimize the end user experience
What we’re looking for
Technical software or troubleshooting skills (degree in Computer Science or equivalent, self-taught, or relevant experience)
18+ months of testing similar products
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Exposure to the software development life cycle and how testing applies
Experience encountering issues/bugs in software, and communicating those issues in a clear and concise way
Experience logging defects in bug tracking systems such as Jira
Passion for using Apple and/or Linux Operating Systems, along with experience of XCode and or VSCode
Previously worked with SDKs (Mobile, Consoles, Desktops)
Familiarity or prior use of Game Engines such as Unreal, Unity, etc
Any degree of scripting or knowledge of programming skills such as Python or C++
EPIC

JOB + EPIC BENEFITS

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EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.