Quality Engineer – Gears Of War – The Coalition

The Coalition is a Microsoft first-party development studio located in Vancouver, Canada. We are the official home of the Gears of War franchise, and our objective is to forge the future of the IP and push the limits of Microsoft’s entertainment platforms and devices. Our team is comprised of deep creative and technical talent from across our industry and beyond, working cohesively to delight our fan base and pass expectations of what is possible. As a studio, we lead from our values and work together to promote respect and inclusion, a growth mindset, grit, all while putting our team first! Join us and let’s go far together!
As a Quality Engineer on our Engine team you will help drive the planning and implementation of automated testing solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of our game development processes. You will be working directly with our automation team and collaborating with game developers to aid in building reliable test code, tools, and infrastructure. We develop using the Unreal Engine (UE5) which means we program in C++ as our major language.
Responsibilities

• Collaborate with game developers to help design, implement, and maintain reliable and efficient test code.
• Promote the benefits of automated testing throughout our game development processes.
• Work with our QA team to identify and develop automated solutions to manual testing procedures.
• Work closely with the automation team to help develop our automation framework.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years experience in C++ game development.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years software industry experience.
• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of software engineering best practices.
• Experience developing in C# and/or Python.
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills to facilitate working closely with other engineers, tech artists, and game testers.
• Knowledge of the Unreal Engine code base and tools.

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