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Position Overview:

The Senior QA Analyst has in-depth QA technical and project expertise and has full ownership of quality across designated game areas or SKUs. Responsible for raising the quality bar higher by feeding back and refining processes for the test team the ideal candidate will guide more junior members and/or vendor teams towards a higher degree of efficiency and execution. The SQA Analyst will lead multiple features simultaneously while ensuring timely delivery against production timescales and costs. Additionally they are expected to have a detailed understanding of test planning techniques critical thinking and analysis and the mobile gaming Software Development Life Cycle.

What Youll Do:

• Communicate complex information/problems and solutions in a clear and concise manner.

• Develop and maintain test strategies regression plans cross-feature plans and test cases encompassing manual non-functional and possibly automation.

• Control and monitor testing efforts looking for coverage gaps as well as seeking to improve quality and efficiency.

• Coach and mentor more junior team members and external vendors.

• Maintain and update FAQs and team wikis including information on the teams process tools and scripts

• Build and share knowledge between other Zynga teams and partners.

What You Bring:

• Strong initiative and ability to proactively self-manage; always looking for new and better solutions to existing challenges.

• Strong experience working in a game studio as part of a feature/sprint team or similar

• Excellent verbal and written communication and social skills backed up with a proactive approach to knowledge sharing.

• Strong experience and effective use of external test teams to implement your testing plans and strategies. (Task estimation team organization task prioritization etc.)

• Expert understanding of software QA and games development practices and terminology (ideally in relation to mobile games or live-supported games).

• Experience using a task tracking software and test management system preferably JIRA & TestMo.

• Strong experience taking part in sprints being involved in planning retrospectives and estimations.

• Experience in QA within pre-production projects and prototyping phases.

• Experience of Live Ops and Games-as-a-service projects.

Bonus Points:

• ISTQB/ISEB Foundation certifications or equivalent certifications

• Experience working on mobile platforms: iOS Android and Amazon

• Experience with testing client/server interactions

• Understanding of how software architecture influences the amount of testing required including optimizing tests that use the same code paths.

• Familiarity with development environments such as Xcode Visual Studio Android SDK Unity Unreal or similar

• Familiarity with source control and branchings such as GIT or SVN

• Experience of technical areas and tooling: Network tools Performance tools Analytics tools API test tooling Automation frameworks device farms or similar

• Unity experience specifically testing or automation tool

What We Offer You:

Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits visit theZynga Benefits site

The pay range for this position in Ontario at the start of employment is expected to be between $75700 and $112060 CAD per Year.

However base pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates such as job-related knowledge skills experience and other objective business considerations.

Subject to those same considerations the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Regular full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company including: medical dental vision and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Companys discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts cultures and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability objective qualifications and work ethic not an individuals race creed color religion sex or gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin or ancestry alienage or citizenship status physical or mental disability pregnancy age genetic information veteran status marital status status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses reproductive health decision or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities health conditions or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram WhatsApp or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack and you should not engage. Zyngas in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e. via a email domain).

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 75700 - 112060