Job Title: Lead QA Tester 

  • Location: United Kingdom 

  • Company: Auroch Digital 

  • Deadline: 13th June 2025

About Us: 

Auroch Digital, established in 2010 and based in Bristol, is a remote-first studio made up of 100~ developers from across the country.

As a studio, we get stuck into all sorts, from making our own IP games (Brewmaster, Mars Horizon), working with trusted and licensed partners (Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 1 and Boltgun 2), publishing console ports (such as Democracy 4 and Wildermyth) and co-development work-for-hire projects (Sea of Thieves, V Rising). 

Our values - sustainability, inclusion, fair play, and accessibility - are at the heart of everything we do. We support our team and pour our passion into the games we craft.  

We’re proud to say that we have a carefully picked team of friendly and talented developers, with a strong company work ethic and a corporate culture centred on openness, job satisfaction, and opportunities for learning and growth. 

The road ahead is an exciting journey for us, and we’re going to keep on stoking our fierce passion for creating great games and gaming moments. 

Job Description: 

Role Overview: 

Lead and line manage the QA team at Auroch Digital, as well as overseeing our testing procedures, testing approaches, test execution, and collaborating with other teams.

The QA team at Auroch Digital are well integrated into our projects and are key members of the development from the start. Each team member is a key developer on a project and the Lead QA Tester will support across all of our projects as well as supporting the team's personal growth and wellbeing as a manager. You’ll also go hands-on with testing when required.

Typical responsibilities: 

  • Line Manage (potentially up to six) QA members; currently a mix of Associates and Mid-levels

  • Assisting with mentorship and development of other QA team members across all levels

  • Help plan QA deliverables and ensure coverage for all testing requests from all areas of development

  • Help refine and evolve the testing processes to ensure fast and accurate qualitative and functional testing

  • Review capacity of the team relating to the scope of the project

  • Ensure quality sign off on releases for production milestones

  • Be a point of contact for all QA-related communication

  • Take part in project leadership meetings and chair QA meetings

  • Be an advocate of QA throughout the organisation

  • Liaise with external testing teams at our publishing partners

What we're looking for: 

  • To have shipped around 5 titles

    • If you don't quite have this number of titles shipped, but you still think you're right for the job, please don't let this put you off applying as these are broad guidelines.

  • Confident and Expert QA knowledge

  • Significant specialist QA talents in at least one practical area of QA (e.g. White Box Testing, automated testing, data analysis)

  • Strong people management skills - support your teams growth and understand their skills to get the best for each projects QA

  • Ability to handle QA on our most complicated projects

  • Ability to Create QA plans to turn around a project in trouble

  • Assist in maintaining and documenting Auroch’s QA methods

  • Ability to analyse and critique QA processes within the studio while providing viable alternatives

  • Understanding capacity, scope, and demand for projects, and across the studio

  • Strong collaboration and communication skills for cross discipline work across projects

  • Pro-actively offer useful advice and solid solutions to challenging QA issues

  • Well organised, both for yourself and others

  • Ability to anticipate risks and identify problems in the project early, and offer solutions for these

  • Expert in identifying early potential blockers and critical path issues

  • Expert in development hardware, understanding the tools and features, able to resolve issues and teach this to other members of the team

  • First-rate organiser, for themselves and others.

  • Strong understanding of CQA

  • Able to create basic in-engine automated test scripts

What We Offer: 

  • £40k - 55k salary band 

  • Private medical insurance after 1 year at the company 

  • Choose where you work - In our Bristol office, remote working, and hybrid options all available 

  • Flexible working times 

  • Career development - Ongoing support for training and career development with training budget 

  • 22 days holiday (plus bank holidays) - including day off for your birthday

  • Christmas closure not deducted from holiday allowance 

  • 1 duvet day for every 2 years' service (to a max of 4), starting with 1 

  • 5 annual learning days 

  • Regular company social events – Moocon, boardgame meet ups, online creative club for remote workers, and more 

How to Apply: 

Interested candidates should submit their CV and a cover letter outlining their qualifications and experience to recruitment@aurochdigital.com  

We are dedicated to being a diverse employer so if you need any additional support applying for this role or would like to apply in a different format, please reach out to discuss.