QA Lead
CD PROJEKT RED18 hours ago
Warsaw, PolandStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop the gameplay QA team while fostering accountability, role clarity, and continuous skill growth.
- Translate the Cyberpunk 2 QA strategy into practical testing approaches, measurable outcomes, team priorities, and milestone verification plans.
- Own testing execution, monitor gameplay quality metrics, KPIs, and bug trends, and create mitigation plans for identified risks.
- Coordinate testing dependencies and gameplay requests with development, production, external QA vendors, and cross-functional teams.
- Provide data-informed reporting on quality status, blockers, risks, and project readiness.
- Improve QA workflows, tools, testing frameworks, documentation, reporting, and team effectiveness.
- Assist with complex investigations, issue analysis, performance analysis, crash debugging, and memory investigations when required.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience leading or managing QA teams and at least 5 years of experience with direct performance management and career development.
- Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, bug workflows, defect management, test planning, test coverage, QA practices, and quality reporting.
- Experience with game engines and editors, preferably Unreal Engine, and a strong understanding of game development lifecycles.
- Experience developing and executing testing strategies for integration, stress, performance, stability, tools, engine, platform, and technical feature validation.
- Experience with QA metrics, KPIs, bug trends, profiling tools, crash analysis, memory investigations, platform-specific testing, or console development environments.
- Experience with Unreal Insights, engine profiling, crash debugging, test documentation, test plans, test reports, dashboards, or quality summaries.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, ownership, accountability, emotional maturity, and ability to work under pressure and changing priorities.
- Experience working with external QA vendors, distributed QA teams, or cross-location development teams.
- English proficiency at a minimum C1 level and availability to work from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM for overlap with the Boston team.
- Nice-to-have experience includes AAA titles, user experience research, focus groups, usability testing, player feedback, automation frameworks, automated test authorship, build verification, CI/CD pipelines, and technical validation workflows.
- Interest in the Cyberpunk universe and passion for high-quality player experiences in large-scale RPGs.
Benefits
- In-office hybrid or full-time work in Warsaw, Poland; relocation to Poland is required for candidates residing abroad.
- Relocation support includes a flight ticket, first-month company apartment, pet relocation, shipping belongings, legalization assistance, residence assistance, and tax settlement support.
- Polish lessons are available for employees and their spouses or partners.
- Private medical healthcare, dental care, rehabilitation, life insurance, pension and insurance plans, annual cancer-prevention screenings, and psychological and psychiatric care are provided.
- Sports card, menstrual leave, RED Parents Network support, childcare benefits, family events, and a company-supported summer camp for children are available.
- Training, lectures, courses, workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning are offered.
- Cafeteria platform benefits include subscription benefits, additional medical packages, vouchers, shop and cinema codes, and public transport reimbursement.
- Additional perks include a welcome pack, newborn gifts, social events, dog-friendly offices, canteens, public transport support, bicycle facilities, an onsite gym, climbing wall, yoga and boxing classes, and no dress code.
- The role is offered under an employment contract in Poland and may be eligible for a long-term incentive program involving CDPR stock options.
Tech Stack
Unreal Engine
Categories
About CD PROJEKT RED
CD PROJEKT RED is a Warsaw-headquartered game development studio building story-driven role-playing games for PC and consoles. It is the creator of The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077, and funds itself by selling premium titles and expansions worldwide. Founded in 2002, the studio operates globally with teams in Poland and a growing hub in Boston working on new installments and original IP.