Location: Remote (must be available for meetings between 10am–6pm EST)
Employment Type: Full-time
Company Description
Integrated Reality Labs (IRL) builds tools and experiences that bring people together in the real world through integrated reality (IR) gameplay. Our flagship product, SLAP, merges the excitement of real-world play with the convenience of mobile technology.
Company Description
Integrated Reality Labs (IRL) builds tools and experiences that bring people together through integrated reality (IR) gameplay. Our flagship product, SLAP, merges the excitement of real-world tag with the convenience of mobile technology.
Role Summary
Full-time Lead QA Engineer for IRL’s flagship Location-Based Multiplayer Mobile Game: SLAP.
Position Overview
Integrated Reality Labs is building an exciting integrated reality mobile app that enables massively multiplayer tag-based games in the real world. The real-time, multi-player & real world aspects of SLAP present unique challenges to ensuring SLAP is consistently stable and bug-free. These challenges can only be overcome through rigorous technical and manual testing informed by a working understanding of mobile networking, BLE, UWB, and GPS.
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Lead QA / Test Engineer to join the IRL team, who possesses both technical & manual testing acumen, previous experience or deep understanding of networking & GPS, and experience managing a distributed team of Junior-QA Engineers.
The ideal candidate has a strong technical background, including the ability to write test cases and review code for errors, excellent investigation + problem-solving skills, and a passion for continuous improvement. As a Lead QA Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the game's functionality, performance, and overall user experience meet our rigorous standards.
Responsibilities
- Lead the QA team - share knowledge, best practices, standards & expectations, processes, and testing methodologies.
- Collaborate closely with the development team to understand game features, mechanics, and technical aspects to ensure effective testing strategies.
- Develop comprehensive test plans and test cases for various game components, including gameplay mechanics, network interactions, UI/UX, audio, and visual elements.
- Execute manual tests to identify bugs, glitches, and other issues in the game's functionality and user interface.
- Verify multiplayer gameplay functionalities, including matchmaking, server interactions, player synchronization, and data consistency.
- Perform compatibility testing across different mobile devices, operating systems, and screen resolutions.
- Monitor and track reported issues using bug tracking systems, and ensure timely and accurate communication of bug reports to the development team.
- Work closely with developers to reproduce, isolate, and debug issues, providing clear and detailed information for efficient resolution.
- Perform regression testing to ensure that previously identified issues have been successfully fixed without introducing new problems.
- Participate in the design and execution of performance and stress testing to evaluate the game's stability under various conditions.
- Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by providing feedback on gameplay, user interface, and overall user experience.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in both technical and manual QA testing of location based mobile applications. (Multiplayer Testing experience preferred.)
- Understanding of mobile game development processes, multiplayer networking, and gameplay mechanics.
- Proficiency in using bug tracking and test case management tools.
- Familiarity with mobile device specifications, operating systems, and working knowledge of the impact that OS versions + device variations may play in application development, performance, and testing.
- Ability to work effectively both as an individual contributor, and as a team leader.
- Strong English communication skills to articulate issues clearly and concisely to the development team.
- Knowledge of automated testing tools and scripting languages is a plus.
- Previous experience with game development, scripting, or programming is a bonus.
- Ability to lead complex technical investigations where problem-solving skills and attention to detail will be determinative of success..
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Game Development, or related field, or equivalent practical experience. (Preferred but not required)
Why Join IRL?
- Innovative Product: Be part of building the world’s first fully realized real-world multiplayer mobile game, merging digital and physical play seamlessly.
- Growth Opportunities: Shape the technological foundations of a cutting-edge product and grow into more strategic roles as the company scales.
- Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a diverse team of product managers, designers, and backend engineers who are all passionate about delivering extraordinary user experiences.
- Impactful Work: Your contributions will directly influence engagement, retention, and the overall success of our integrated reality ecosystem.