Manual QA Engineer (iGaming)

Location: Remote
Employment type: Full-time

About the Role

PEOPLE HUNT agency is hiring a Manual QA Engineer on behalf of an international iGaming game studio specializing in instant and crash games. The studio focuses on high-intensity gameplay, real-time mechanics, and non-standard game design built on modern game engines.

This role is ideal for a QA professional with a strong understanding of real-money games, betting logic, and round-based mechanics, who is comfortable testing both frontend game clients and backend integrations.

You will play a key role in ensuring game stability, correctness of calculations, smooth user experience, and high product quality across releases.

Key Responsibilities

• Test game clients including UI, animations, round sequences, balance changes, and user interactions

• Verify correctness of game mechanics: bets, wins, multipliers, RTP-driven behavior, and edge cases

• Test backend integrations with aggregators, operators, and game servers

• Validate API responses, WebSocket communication, status synchronization, and round lifecycle

• Perform exploratory testing of new game mechanics and prototype features

• Create, maintain, and document detailed test cases, checklists, and test plans

• Reproduce, analyze, and document defects with clear steps, expected/actual results, and logs

• Collaborate closely with developers, game designers, backend engineers, and QA automation

• Check visual accuracy, UI alignment, transitions, performance, and overall player experience

• Test iframe integrations, loading flows, and multi-device compatibility

• Support regression testing and verify release readiness

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Manual QA Engineer in iGaming or game development

• Strong understanding of game logic: betting, payouts, RTP, round progression, and bonus features

• Experience testing interactive UI, animations, and dynamic elements

• Solid backend testing skills (business logic, calculations, state transitions)

• Understanding of client–server architecture

• Hands-on experience with WebSockets and real-time game flows

• Understanding of REST APIs

• Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail

• Experience creating structured test documentation

• Ability to reproduce complex issues and communicate effectively with developers

• Experience with cross-browser and cross-platform testing

• Very good Russian and English languages

Nice to Have

• Experience working with game aggregators or operator integrations

• Knowledge of test management tools (TestRail, Zephyr, etc.)

• Basic SQL for data validation

• Experience working with logs, monitoring tools, or browser developer consoles

• Understanding of QA automation basics or interest in Playwright / Cypress

• Experience testing real-time or high-load systems

• Interest in game mechanics, math models, and player behavior analysis

• Experience with abuse or exploit testing (bonus abuse, timing issues, edge cases)

• Basic knowledge of security testing (input validation, fraud vectors, client-side risks)

• Familiarity with load or stress testing

What the Company Offers

• Fast-growing product company with startup mindset and long-term ambitions

• High level of autonomy and trust

• Modern tech stack and non-bureaucratic processes

• Flexible full-time remote work

• Core collaboration hours: 11:00–16:00 CET

• Healthy work-life balance and human-centered culture

• Opportunities for professional growth as the company scales