Development Tester - Contract

Home to the North American Ubisoft headquarters since 1996, Ubisoft San Francisco opened its development studio in 2009 and since developed Rocksmith® and Rocksmith 2014, to teach millions of people how to play guitar and bass. With a song library of over 1,500 songs and 10 years of support the Rocksmith franchise helped millions of players around the world on their musical journey. In 2017, the studio released the critically acclaimed South Park™: The Fractured But Whole™, in collaboration with Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and South Park Digital Studios. The studio is currently working on innovative new titles with Rocksmith+ and XDefiant.

As a Development Tester at Ubi SFO, you will facilitate and maintain the quality of new and existing content for our FPS project, XDefiant. This will be achieved by evaluating the quality of features and acting as a liaison between production and QC teams.
You are very familiar with the design and intricacies of the first-person shooter genre across different franchises. This knowledge will be used to help make informed and precise decisions throughout the project in different areas.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Maintain open communication with the functionality test teams, assisting them with product details
• Communicate directly with development teams and other Development Testers (locally and from other studios)
• Report issues encountered with standardized format that can be easily identified and reproduced according to project guidelines
• Perform regular tests on the product and/or tools in order to ensure the required quality
• Plan tests on specific areas and improve upon the process throughout the project
• Deliver feedback and reports to the development team, on a regular basis as well as on-demand
• Validate high risk changes before they are integrated into the main version in order to ensure stability and basic functionality

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Proactive working manner
• Experience with Confluence or similar documentation tools
• Experience on a similar position of at least 12 months
• Experience with JIRA or other bug-tracking systems
• Comfortable in writing test-cases and setting up test procedures
• Open to changes and self-improvement
• Extensive knowledge of the FPS video game genre
• Adapt easily to platform and workload variations

Contract rate is $25.00 hr for 40 hrs a week.

Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 24 countries and sales in more than 50 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

Ubisoft is an EOE and offers competitive salaries and a complete benefits package. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Ubisoft is committed to creating an inclusive work environment that reflects the diversity of our player community. We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and age or disability status.

Skills and competencies show up in different forms and can be based on different experiences, that's why we strongly encourage you to apply even though you may not have all the requirements listed above.

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