Tech QA Lead
CD PROJEKT RED20 days ago
Warsaw, PolandStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop the Technical QA team, including performance management and career development.
- Translate the Polaris QA strategy into practical testing approaches, team priorities, and measurable outcomes.
- Own testing execution, milestone verification, technical quality standards, and project readiness assessment.
- Monitor quality metrics, KPIs, bug trends, risks, blockers, and mitigation plans.
- Collaborate with Production, Development, Tech, Shared Development Services, QA experts, other QA leads, and external QA vendors.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, test plans, test reports, dashboards, and quality summaries.
- Improve QA workflows, testing frameworks, reporting models, technical metrics, and test management processes.
- Provide hands-on assistance with technical investigations, issue analysis, debugging, performance analysis, crash analysis, and memory investigations.
Requirements
- At least five years of experience leading or managing Tech QA teams.
- At least five years of experience with direct performance management and career development.
- At least five years of experience in game development.
- Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, bug workflows, defect management, test planning, test coverage, technical QA practices, and quality reporting.
- Experience with Unreal Engine or an in-house engine and its editor tools.
- Ability to develop and execute testing strategies covering 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, and crash debugging.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, ownership, accountability, and leadership skills.
- Experience creating technical documentation, test plans, test reports, dashboards, or quality summaries.
- Experience working with external QA vendors, distributed QA teams, or cross-location development teams.
- Preferred experience with AAA titles, programming or scripting in C++ or Python, automation frameworks, automated test authorship, build verification, or technical validation workflows.
- Interest in The Witcher universe and passion for high-quality player experiences in large-scale RPGs.
Benefits
- Office-first full-time or hybrid work primarily from the Warsaw studio; relocation is required.
- Private medical healthcare with dental care and unlimited rehabilitation options for employees and eligible family members.
- Life insurance, pension and insurance plans, annual cancer-prevention screenings, and free psychological and psychiatric care.
- Sports card, menstrual leave, RED Parents Network support, and subsidized summer camp for children.
- Trainings, lectures, courses, online tutorials, e-learning, cafeteria-platform benefits, vouchers, public transport reimbursement, and company gifts.
- Dog-friendly office, social events, canteens, bicycle facilities and showers, onsite gym with climbing wall, fitness classes, yoga, boxing, and no dress code.
- The role may be eligible for a long-term incentive program involving the option to purchase CDPR stock after the vesting period.
- The position offers an estimated base pay range of 23 900–32 800 PLN gross monthly.