Lead QA efforts at Kabam's Vancouver studio, managing a team and ensuring top-tier quality for AAA and Live Services mobile games. You'll set testing standards, coordinate tasks, mentor reports, and advocate for a "quality first" approach throughout the development cycle.
At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…
The key function of the QA Lead is to manage and provide direction to the corresponding QA team by setting testing standards and determining task priorities. They take responsibility for successful testing and report defects to relevant stakeholders. They play a leadership role within the team by training and managing their direct reports.
This role is a full-time, on-site position based 5 days a week at our Downtown Vancouver studio.
Team Management and Direction:
Task Coordination and Prioritization:
Testing and Defect Reporting:
Resource Allocation and Staffing:
Communication and Reporting:
Risk Management:
Career Development:
Quality Advocacy:
KPI Management:
Coaching and Mentoring Team members:
Direct and mentor their Reports on best practices.
Share knowledge and experience with team members.
High school diploma.
Extensive experience in testing Triple A games throughout the entire dev cycle.
7+ years of Triple A Game testing experience; preferably 5+ years of experience testing Live Services games.
Experience in leading and managing internal and external QA teams.
Strong tech capabilities and experience with JIRA, Confluence and Test Script Managing, and other QA-related software and testing tools.
Strong aptitude to learn new tools, tech and processes.
Familiarity with variety of device types/testing platforms and build processes.
Extended Health Coverage: effective day one, no waiting period! Our benefits cover health, dental, life, disability, and extended paramedical services such as vision care, mental health practitioners, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and much more.
DEIB Benefits: DEIB is important to us and to our people - that’s why our benefits include gender-affirming care, fertility care, and other hormonal treatments and drugs.
Flexible Spending Accounts: our benefits are built on a flex credit model, so you’re able to choose the coverage levels that are right for you, and allocate the rest to a group RRSP/TFSA, Health Spending account, and/or Personal Spending Account.
RRSP Matching: everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program once you reach 90 days with us.
Commuter Benefit: we believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and want to support you in making it work for you! We provide a flexible, monthly cash allowance to help cover the costs of transit, parking, or even personal logistics like childcare and pet care.
PTO and Parental Leave: we offer paid parental leave, flexible paid time off, paid time off for volunteering, sick leave, and holiday closures.
Employee and Family Assistance Program: this program provides crisis management support, immediate mental health care, and generalized support for emotional, mental, and financial well-being.
Telus Virtual Health: we provide increased access to remote healthcare providers for prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.
Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.
We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!
About Kabam
Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.
Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions, Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.
Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver & Montreal in Canada, and Los Angeles & San Francisco in the United States. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.
Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
High school diploma. Extensive experience in testing Triple A games throughout the entire dev cycle. 7+ years of Triple A Game testing experience; preferably 5+ years of experience testing Live Services games. Experience in leading and managing internal and external QA teams. Strong tech capabilities and experience with JIRA, Confluence and Test Script Managing, and other QA-related software and testing tools. Strong aptitude to learn new tools, tech and processes. Familiarity with variety of device types/testing platforms and build processes.
Learning and growth: We encourage people to grow both personally and professionally, and support this through regular lunch & learns and an education stipend.
Pay transparency: We share with employees the pay range their role falls within and clear career maps to determine how they can grow within their role or level-up to a promotion.
Cool spaces: Our offices are in Vancouver, Montreal, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Whether it’s summers on the rooftop patio in Downtown Vancouver, or watching the fireworks in Montreal’s South Shore - we want our people to feel like their time spent in office is worthwhile!
Giving back: Kabammers have a dedicated paid day off every year to volunteer to a cause close to their hearts. Some teams even band together for group volunteer days off-site!
