QA Internship - Games studio
Who We Are:
Gram Games is the studio behind popular titles like 1010!, Six!, Merge Dragons!, and Merge Magic!, with more exciting projects in the pipeline. We are proudly part of the Zynga & Take-Two Interactive family. We do things differently here: we work in small self-managing teams, giving you an incredible amount of ownership, autonomy, and impact.
At Gram, everyone is expected to have a razor-sharp focus on creating a tangible impact on their team, their work environment, and on the overall company strategy. If you are motivated by autonomy, constant improvement, collaboration, and a sense of belonging, this is the place for you.
Gram Games is the studio behind some of the most popular titles like 1010! , Six! and Merge Dragons! We do things differently here: we work in small self-managing teams, enabling you to have an incredible amount of ownership, autonomy and impact. We’ll never ask you to abandon your craft and just focus on managing others or workload.
At Gram everyone is expected to have a razor-sharp focus on what creates tangible impact: impact on their team, impact on their work environment and impact on the overall company strategy. If you are motivated by autonomy, constant improvement, collaboration and the sense of belonging, this is the job for you.
As a QA Intern, you’ll act like an information sponge, shadowing members of the QA team, eager to learn everything you possibly can about the way QA is conducted at Gram. You’ll receive guidance and mentorship from and work closely with a Lead QA Manager, who’ll assign you work and help guide you into the fascinating world of embedded game QA!
Requirements
- Learns to proactively seek out every opportunity to shadow, learn and absorb knowledge from every workstream they're exposed to
- First job in the industry
- Throughout the internship, demonstrate the ability to listen and absorb, but most importantly, apply everything you've learned
- Executes manual test scripts
- Opens bugs as appropriate for failures
- Performs validation testing on resolved issues
- Completes work through guidance from any member of the QA or game team, to which they're assigned
- Executes test cases
- Can perform exploratory testing using given guidelines
- All communications are in a clear, timely, and professional manner
- Provide defect reports contain clear and concise repro steps, screenshots, and other important information
- Maintain and update feature artefacts, FAQs, and team wikis
- Gives feedback on games (fun, balance, difficulty, etc)
- Competent English verbal and written communication skills
- Strong work ethic + proactive attitude
Desirable
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field
- Understanding of what QA is and the role it plays in game development
Please note that our intern positions are rolling, and will be filled on a need-basis. The candidates who are going to be available for at least 6 months will be preferable. We are currently operating in a Hybrid working arrangement (2 to 3 days in the office); we no longer offer fully remote.
We thank all candidates for applying, but only those selected for interviews will be contacted directly.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at jobs@gram.gs to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.
Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).
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