We are Kolibri Games - a mobile games developer from Berlin. We believe that with the best people, we can make games that players will enjoy for years to come.
Our games have defined the idle genre, and bring enjoyment to hundreds of millions of players all around the world. This is possible due to the talented people who make us who we are. ‘Kolibris’, as we call ourselves, are on a mission to continue making great games and we're looking for new talent to join our team. We strive to offer you a fair recruitment process and a great candidate experience, as well as a friendly environment to work in, with plenty of opportunities to learn and grow.
QA Tester (f/m/d)
We are looking for a QA Specialist with strong testing and organization skills to join our Idle Miner Tycoon Tech team in Berlin. As part of the Tech team, you will help to produce incredible experiences for our players focusing on new features, tech improvements, and integration of SDKs. We are looking for someone with a keen eye for detail, and strong problem-solving skills who loves working in an agile environment. You will be directly embedded in a cross-functional team.
Responsibilities
- Have ownership of features and tickets and participate in the decision-making process
- Help identify core requirements and find edge cases and dependencies
- Test features, SDK integrations and systems independently
- Create and maintain test plans and test cases
- Take ownership in coordinating the end of sprint testing
- Collaborate with Product Managers to track build health during the staged rollout process
- Promote good QA practices like exploratory and agile testing, test automation and risk-based testing
- Assist the teams with test strategy, test design, test execution, defect analysis/root cause investigation, bug reporting and improving the bug process
- Coordinate with other delivery teams when integrating and testing key features
Required skills
- Be a strong team player and communicator who excels when working closely together with others, both receiving and providing assistance.
- Experience of working in the gaming industry
- Broad knowledge of production teams and their core workflows
- Experience with Scrum and working in Agile teams
- Experience with JIRA or other similar bug and project management tools
- Great understanding of exploratory testing and manual testing
- Awareness of test automation frameworks
- Comfortable both directing larger testing efforts and executing them yourself
Desirable skills
- Having a player mindset to identify bugs and issues as a player
- Familiarity with DevOps tools such as Gitlab and Jenkins
- Basic programming skills is a plus
- Experience of working with tech teams on other mobile games
- Deep understanding of Idle Miner Tycoon’s features and systems
- Understanding of data pipelines and systems with basic competence in SQL
- Have a very good go-getter and ownership level to own a task from zero until the end
Kolibri Games is an equal opportunity employer. We come from 40 different countries and many different backgrounds. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, physical appearance or disability.
We are an international studio, so don’t forget to send in your application in English. Although it is not mandatory, we always appreciate a cover letter stating your motivation to join us.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Your Benefits – We’re game to support you
Competitive Salary - We believe that top performers should receive top payment
Learning Budget - We believe in learning. A generous personal learning budget to spend on learning and development, including books, workshops and attending conferences. We also offer in-house training such as coding and German classes
Flexible Working Hours and Home Office – We believe in a good work-life balance
Equipment - State-of-the-art technical equipment, including laptops and phones, which may also be used in your free time
Kolicard - We offer you a monthly flexible budget of 50 euros that you can use for a gym membership, transportation, shopping etc.
Mobility budget - We offer a monthly budget that will make your commuting to work easier
Relocation - Relocation support to help you move to Berlin
Pension - Opportunity to save for your pension tax-free
Bonus Level – We love to have a good time, too
Food and Drinks - Fresh fruits to keep you healthy and fresh coffee to keep you alert. We also have a fully stocked fridge with Smoothies, Coke, Club Mate, beer etc
Parties and Team Events - Apart from our regular parties, BBQs and movie nights we also have a team event budget you can use to buy games or sports equipment to make working here even more fun
Company Holidays - Every year we go on an amazing company holiday to relax and bond as a team
Friday Celebrations - Company-provided dinner and drinks on Friday afternoons
