Sr. QA Engineer

Job Purpose

Job Title: Senior QA Engineer

Compensation: $60 p/h

Location: US, East Coast, New York area preferred

Fixed Term contract, 1 year.

Job Purpose

RWS is looking for a Senior QA Engineer to join our Games team. You will play a key role in delivering immersive, world-class gaming experiences by driving quality throughout the development lifecycle.

Job Overview

We're looking for a quality advocate who takes a holistic approach to testing, proactively identifying opportunities to improve systems, processes, and product quality through close collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Design teams from the earliest stages of development.

You will serve as the primary technical point of contact for our offshore QA team, helping establish quality standards, review test strategies and plans, and drive continuous improvements.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building scalable solutions from the ground up, influencing how quality is embedded throughout the development process, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable experiences at scale through a shared commitment to quality.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build a comprehensive testing strategy that balances manual oversight of offshore teams with the development of scalable automation.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites XCUITest/Espresso for mobile apps.
• Partner early with Product, Design, and Engineering to identify potential issues during the requirements and design phases.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for our offshore QA team, providing technical guidance, reviewing test plans, and driving high-quality execution.
• Identify bottlenecks in the development lifecycle and implement process improvements to increase release velocity without compromising quality.
• Work within an Agile environment to provide clear, actionable feedback and bug reports, while actively participating in code reviews and sprint planning.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD workflows, helping ensure fast, reliable, and scalable releases.

Qualifications

• Experience in software quality engineering, with at least 2 years in a Senior capacity.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing automated test frameworks for native mobile applications using XCUITest (iOS) and/or Espresso (Android).
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as Swift or Kotlin.
• Experience testing mobile applications across different devices and environments, with an understanding of common mobile quality considerations.
• Experience with exploratory testing, regression testing, and test case management.
• Experience with API testing and strong backend literacy, including the use of tools such as Postman and Charles Proxy.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Ability to contribute to automation design decisions and develop maintainable solutions that can be effectively supported by both engineering and distributed QA teams.
• Experience collaborating and communicating with cross-functional teams.

Nice to have

• Previous experience testing mobile or web-based games, including familiarity with multi-player games and UI/UX consistency.
• Experience with cloud-based testing platforms like BrowserStack or Sauce Labs.
• Interest in the evolving AI landscape, with a willingness to explore, pilot, and implement AI-assisted tools that enhance development and testing processes.
• A growth-oriented mindset, with a passion for continuous learning, sharing knowledge, and helping teams improve quality practices.
• Experience documenting best practices, sharing knowledge, and mentoring team members to improve overall quality practices

Life at RWS

Life at RWS - If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about growing the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood, then you’ll love life at RWS. 

Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. 

In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients fist and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics. 

RWS Values 

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as RWS.

Covid Vaccination - All RWS employees hired for positions that require working on-site at RWS offices, customer offices, travel on behalf of RWS, and/or in-person meetings will be required to comply with the RWS USA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Policy. RWS complies with federal, state, and local laws regarding accommodations related to this policy.

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