Location
Middlesbrough | United Kingdom
Job description
As a global gaming company, we’ve helped millions to fight their way through fearsome mobs in Minecraft Dungeons, battle each other and the environment in Rust Console Edition and most recently worked with Bethesda Game Studios to craft new adventures for Vault Dwellers around the world in Fallout 76.
Most recently, we worked with Rockstar Games to bring the beloved western experience Red Dead Redemption and its horror companion Undead Nightmare together for the first time on the Nintendo Switch and modern PlayStation systems
We strive to avoid crunch. Overtime is optional and always paid, and we offer flexible working hours to allow you to enjoy a normal family life whilst making great games.
We’re looking for an Experienced QA Developer to join our award winning team in Middlesbrough (UK), home to the beautiful North Yorkshire coastline and countryside.
As an Experienced QA Developer at Double Eleven, you’ll help create our suite of build and test automation tools for our current and upcoming games. The role will involve expanding, improving and maintaining the build process, automated stability and performance tests, and metric tracking. Ideally you’ll have a burning desire to automate everything, a love of graphs, and a breadth of knowledge of tools and technologies.
We can support UK relocation and have a dedicated People team on standby to assist you and your family with every step to us.
Strictly no agencies (sorry guys!) and we’re unable to sponsor a visa for this role.
Would you enjoy
- Helping to create great games
- Being part of an amazing team working on multiple AAA titles
- Being trusted to work independently and proactively to the highest standards
- Working with experienced teams in the industry
- All that without having to sacrifice your work-life balance or worry for your job security
What you'll be doing
- Developing robust and efficient automated scripts and tools for Unity and Unreal engine games
- Research, Ideate, Develop and Implement proof of concepts for gameplay testing on various consoles/platforms
- Analyse and evaluate open source tools and check the feasibility of the solutions in our own projects
- Understand gameplay mechanics for multiple consoles (Xbox, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and create solutions for redundant tasks
- Implement continuous integration (CI) and continuous development (CD) for automation executions
- Along with other QA developers, own the test and build infrastructure and pipeline
- Good understanding on the given code and debugging skills to investigate problems
What we're looking for
- Games industry experience
- Demonstrable experience in the field of Development / Programming
- Strong programming skills in C# or Java
- Development experience using .Net framework (C#), ASP.NET
- Strong experience in programming in game engines (Unity 3D, Unreal)
- Experience with languages such as: Python, powershell, bash and other scripting languages
- Solid understanding of coding process, standards and methodologies
- All the typical programming skills: source control, code architecture, debugging, testing
- All the typical soft skills: problem solving, teamwork, communication, organisation, time management, self-motivation, desire to learn
- Excellent debugging and problem solving skills
- Experience with Team City, Jenkins or other CI systems
Qualifications
- All relevant qualifications considered
What to expect
- Start your day any time between 8:00am and 10:00am
- 35 working hours per week with a flexible 1 hour lunch break
- 29 days of holiday leave (20 days leave + 8 bank holidays + your birthday!)
- 8+ days discretionary annual leave during the end of year holiday break
- 1 day off if you’re moving house
- 4 additional days holiday for 5 years service and a further 4 days holiday added for your epic 10 years service milestone
- A regularly benchmarked salary
- A personalised development plan mapped against our clear progression framework
- Vitality Private Healthcare, discounts and rewards for you and your family (upon the successful completion of your 6 month probationary period)
- Access to mental health support via Plumm (includes 4 free video counselling sessions per month)
- Potential for annual performance bonuses and end of year bonuses
- Fast decision-making to allow you to thrive
- Cutting edge tools and workflows so you can focus on creativity
- Monthly free activities via our Bus Tours programme. Bring your family along for a day of fun with grub included
- State of the art studio facilities (VR setup, games room, book library, high spec kitchen area and more)
- Free juice, hot drinks, fruit and monthly free team lunches
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Employee referral bonus (up to £2000!)
- UK relocation package which includes financial compensation and one to one support finding accommodation / schools etc
- Opportunity to attend and speak at global events as a Double Eleven Ambassador
- Many free parties to celebrate the summer sun, winter season and game milestones
- In-studio wellbeing programmes and support
- Opportunity to contribute to our internal Employee Diversity and Equality Network
- Free game codes, game swag and merchandise
- Free on site parking
- Team charity events
- Sponsored studio activities such as football, game jams etc. (and new suggestions are always welcome)
- Opportunity to join our monthly, family-friendly “Bus Tour” where we visit fun and interesting places across the North East with lunch included. Previous activities have included ice skating, crazy golf, rock climbing and a visit to Forbidden Corner
- Maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependent leave available
- Christmas Saving Scheme
Ways to reach us
If you have a general query or if you need support with your application and/or an alternative way to apply, please do not hesitate to contact our Recruitment team at [email protected]
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