QA Tester - Near Light (6 month Fixed-Term Contract)

We are looking for a QA Tester to help bring our unannounced next-gen VR game to life at Near Light. You will be collaborating with a talented team to help us explore, create, and deliver innovative software.   

If you are someone that sees the potential in VR, we want to hear from you! Apply yourself to the studio’s goal of trail-blazing fresh, creative and immersive uses of every discipline, to converge on truly innovative games and experiences.   

The rundown:  

• 6-month fixed term contract  

• Full time (37.5 hours per week) 

• On-site at either our Farnborough or Brighton office 

• Salary is competitive and dependent on experience 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Finding, reporting and regressing bugs across multiple projects in a clear and concise manner.  

• Create, run and maintain test cases and test scenarios.  

• Clear communication and coordination with the Production team.  

• Help to identify gaps in the testing process and help work towards effective solutions.  

• Provide feedback and suggestions to improve quality and user experience.  

• Hands on time playing and testing the games to understand issues in context and help provide better solutions.

The skills you’ll need:  

• A proven and reliable tester with previous industry experience. 
• Excellent written & verbal communicative skills. 
• Experience creating detailed bug reports and general reporting in a development scenario. 
• A desire to learn new skills to help push the quality bar as far as possible. 
• The ability to provide reasoned and balanced feedback on the overall quality of a product. 

The nice to haves:  

• Experience with the Unreal game engine. 

We are nDreams – we develop and publish the world’s most immersive VR games. You may know us as the team behind Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked, and the recently released FRENZIES. With humble beginnings as an independent studio, we combine amazing projects and considerable scale with a personal, caring touch.  

We believe the best workplaces and games are created by diverse, happy and safe teams. We're committed to building a culture centred on respect, wellbeing and balance. It's crucial we make our games and industry more accessible to underrepresented communities. We strive to live this through the people we hire, the experiences we create and the causes we support. 

We want everyone to have the opportunity to bring their best, authentic self to work. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process by emailing interviewing@ndreams.com or speaking to your nDreams recruiter. For more information about reasonable adjustments, check out this guidance from Scope.  

We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.