About the Role
We are building a new educational mobile and web game and need additional QA capacity to ensure high-quality, kid-safe experiences. The focus is on out-of-game areas like onboarding, subscriptions, and account migration, with a need for reliable testing on a rapid release cycle.
Responsibilities
- Write, maintain, and extend comprehensive test plans, test matrixes, and test scripts across all platforms.
- Execute structured manual and functional test passes across iOS, Android, Amazon devices, Amazon Kids+, web browsers (HTML5 games), and the web account management portal.
- Write clear, concise, and detailed bug reports with reproduction steps, expected vs. actual results, logs, screenshots, and video recordings.
- Sideload development builds onto physical test devices and extract relevant logs.
- Audit builds against App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore, and Amazon Kids+ submission guidelines, including child privacy standards.
- Run, monitor, and assist with automated test scripts, integrating them into the test plan strategy.
- Collaborate with developers, designers, and producers in an agile, remote environment to advocate for quality.
Requirements
- 3+ years of hands-on QA testing experience covering mobile apps/games (iOS & Android) and web applications.
- Proven track record of designing, extending, and updating structured test plans, test suites, and test cases.
- Hands-on experience testing on Amazon Appstore, Amazon Kids+, and HTML5 games, alongside standard iOS and Android environments.
- Solid understanding of app store submission criteria, design guidelines, and children's digital privacy standards (COPPA / GDPR-K).
- Proficient with bug tracking and test management software (e.g., Jira, TestRail, Zephyr, Linear).
- Skilled in build provisioning tools (e.g., TestFlight, Google Play Beta, Firebase App Distribution).
- Experienced in log extraction tools (Xcode, Android Studio / ADB, console logs).
- Comfortable running automated test suites (e.g., Appium, Selenium, Playwright) and interpreting execution reports.
- Uncompromising eye for detail, able to spot edge cases, missing test steps, UI/UX inconsistencies, and performance hiccups.
- Self-driven, highly organized, and able to work independently while staying connected with a small, remote team.
- Experience with network traffic monitoring/proxy tools (e.g., Charles Proxy, Fiddler) is a plus.
- Background in testing web portals involving user accounts, subscription management, or authentication flows is a plus.
- Basic scripting knowledge to help maintain or update existing test scripts is a plus.
Skills
- QA Testing
- Mobile App Testing
- Web Application Testing
- Test Plan Development
- Test Case Design
- Bug Reporting
- Log Extraction
- App Store Compliance
- Child Privacy Standards
- Automated Test Execution
- Agile Methodologies
- Jira
- TestRail
- Zephyr
- Linear
- TestFlight
- Google Play Beta
- Firebase App Distribution
- Xcode
- Android Studio
- ADB
- Charles Proxy
- Fiddler
- Appium
- Selenium
- Playwright
Location
- Remote
- Candidates close to or in the UK time zone preferred
Work Type
- Freelance
- Contract
- Flexible - 2 to 4 days per week
- Not a full-time employee role
Experience Level
- Senior
About the Company
- Currently building a new educational mobile and web game to replace and update one of their key existing titles.
- Goal is to ensure rapid delivery of high-quality kids-safe experiences.
- Uses a sprint-based rhythm with builds roughly every two weeks.
