// Open Role at Pixel Toys
Join Pixel Toys as a Senior QA Engineer to lead technical quality, stability, and performance for award-winning mobile and VR games. Drive test automation, integrate CI/CD, and mentor junior team members in a collaborative studio environment.
Based in the heart of Leamington Spa, Pixel Toys have spent over a decade pushing the capabilities of mobile and VR gaming. We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including: Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we’re now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike ANYTHING we’ve done previously!
As a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers.
We are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey!
The Role:
As a Senior QA Engineer at Pixel Toys, you will lead our technical quality, stability, and performance efforts by combining hands-on testing with test automation and tooling expertise.
Working collaboratively across our production cycle, you will partner closely with Engineering, Production, DevOps, and Live Operations to establish comprehensive test strategies for new features. You will oversee functional, regression, exploratory, and risk-based testing, ensuring our builds meet strong standards of stability and playability before reaching our community.
A central focus of your role will be advancing our automated testing capabilities. You will design, expand, and maintain robust automated test suites following development best practices, turning manual test cases into efficient, repeatable workflows. Partnering directly with Engineering, you will integrate automated testing into our CI/CD pipelines, build custom utilities to enhance testing efficiency, and continuously refine test suites to ensure ongoing reliability across development branches.
In addition to core testing, you will guide performance tracking and live operations support, utilising profiling tools like GameBench to run regular performance tests, investigate regressions, and troubleshoot player-reported live issues. You will publish clear QA reports and dashboards that give production and studio leadership full visibility into defect trends and build health.
On top of this, you will act as a dedicated mentor, sharing knowledge and supporting Junior team members in automation, scripting, and testing best practices.
About you:
You will join us with experience in Games QA or Software QA, ideally with a focus on test automation. Experience working on mobile games is desirable.
We would love to see experience across some of the following areas:
What can Pixel Toys offer:
At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. We have some fantastic benefits we offer our employees… Here are just some of them:
Recruitment selection is based on skills, experience and a good Pixel Toys mission and values fit.
Experience in Games QA or Software QA with a focus on test automation. Practical experience designing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated test cases. Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, C#, Java, SQL) and an interest in developing automated tests. Exposure to C# and .NET for test automation and debugging. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing integration. Working understanding of SDLC, QA methodologies, and Agile practices, with experience using tools like Jira. Strong analytical problem-solving skills to investigate technical issues and prioritize testing. Supportive mindset with experience or interest in mentoring junior team members.