Additional Locations:
Mercer Island, USA
Job Id: REQ-0008937
Manager, QA
VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-based tactical shooter.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage QA professionals working across multiple teams focused on Competitive features
- Hold teams accountable for upholding quality and player impact as an essential factor in decision-making
- Partner with other craft leaders to influence craft and product decisions through quality insights and risk analysis
- Identify, recruit, interview, and hire QA professionals to help teams scale effectively with Competitive feature specialization
- Guide testing strategies throughout the software development life cycle
- Reporting on metrics using data to guide action
- Identify risks, impact, probability, and plan mitigation
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years Quality Assurance Experience with at least 2 of those leading QA teams
- 1+ year managing QA professionals
- Have experience managing QA activity in Competitive Client Features and Backend Services
- Leading teams within game development
- Experience with product development pipelines and workflows
- Experience with strategic goal setting, tactical execution
- Experience working with remote testing teams
Desired Qualifications
- Experience managing QA people and process in an embedded environment
- Experience with test automation and tooling for backend systems and services in game development
- Experience using test tools such as Swagger, SQL, Postman, and SoapUI
- Experience with Perforce and Git
- Preferred Licenses/certifications:
- I/ASTQB Foundation Level
- I/ASTQB Agile Tester or ICAgile Agile Testing (ICP-TST)
- I/ASTQB Advanced Test Manager
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!
Our Perks:
Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the and . Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of and our ongoing work to build the .
It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.
Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:
- Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
- Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
- Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
- Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters
These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.
- (Los Angeles Only)Base salary range between $167,300.00 - $234,600.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.
- (Mercer Island only)Base salary range between $167,300.00 - $234,600.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.