QA Lead

Location: Barcelona, Spain (Hybrid – 3 days per week in‑office)

Visa Sponsorship: Available

Relocation Support: Available

Overview: Join our unannounced project team in Barcelona, Spain, on a hybrid basis. As QA Lead, you’ll coordinate quality efforts across development teams, lead a team of QA Analysts, and ensure high‑quality releases for an ambitious new game.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate QA efforts within the game area, managing daily operations to ensure efficient testing, complete coverage, and alignment with project milestones.
• Act as the primary QA point of contact, maintaining clear communication with production, design, and engineering.
• Lead and mentor a team of QA Analysts, guiding their daily work and professional growth while fostering a collaborative, high‑performing environment.
• Set clear goals, promote accountability, and encourage continuous learning and improvement across the team.
• Develop and maintain test plans and strategies aligned with design and technical requirements, overseeing execution across gameplay, systems, UI, and backend components.
• Ensure consistent coverage across platforms, identifying gaps and adjusting resources as the project evolves.
• Collaborate with engineers, producers, and designers to integrate quality standards throughout development, from concept to release.
• Work with localization, deployment, and live ops teams to validate updates and patches while coordinating with external QA partners.
• Analyze data and defect trends to identify risks and root causes, providing clear insights to project leadership.
• Deliver concise QA reports on coverage and release readiness while driving process improvements, automation, and workflow optimizations.
• Lead release readiness testing to ensure stable, high‑quality builds across all platforms.
• Support incident triage, regression testing, and post‑release analysis to maintain stability and performance.
• Help build a scalable QA framework that supports the project’s growth into live operations.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of QA experience in the video game industry, with at least 1–2 years in a coordination or lead role.
• Proven experience overseeing QA for complex gameplay systems or live‑service titles.
• Strong understanding of QA processes, methodologies, and risk‑based testing approaches.
• Skilled in planning, scheduling, and coordinating QA efforts across multidisciplinary teams.
• Proficient in JIRA, Testmo, and version‑control or build‑management tools.
• Familiarity with Unity and experience testing across multiple platforms (mobile, PC, console).
• Excellent communication, organization, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to mentor and support QA team members while maintaining accountability and clear expectations.
• Experience collaborating with external QA partners or co‑development studios.
• Based in, or willing to relocate to, Barcelona with a hybrid schedule (3 days/week in‑office).