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Second Dinner · 2 months ago

Technical QA Manager, Unannounced Super Fun Video Game

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$115K/yr - $150K/yr

Second Dinner is a video game development company known for its hit game MARVEL SNAP. They are seeking a Technical QA Manager to lead the quality strategy for a new game, ensuring high-quality releases and efficient testing processes while leveraging AI tools.

Digital EntertainmentGamingPC Games

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead the charge for Product Quality: Ensure each workstream actually accomplishes testing goals by defining how we approach testing across the entire product, balancing internal capabilities and external QA vendors

Own vendor relationship: Manage all contract QA partnerships, ensuring they're effective, well-coordinated, and integrated into our overall quality process

Establish test planning standards: Write exemplary test plans, and coach the team on how to write their own. Help everyone understand what good testing looks like and how to approach quality within their workstreams

Champion AI-driven testing: Work with developers across the team and our AI research group to further usage of automated testing. Iterate, help write prompts or processes for LLM-assisted QA, and push the boundaries of what's possible with new tools

Empower the team: Help developers own quality for their features by providing guidance on testing best practices, and monitor the team’s success and challenges to iterate towards a shared vision of testing

Qualification

Test planningAI-driven testingExternal QA managementHands-on testingSoftware engineeringCoachingVendor relationship managementStrategic thinking

Required

You've got serious test planning chops: You can write comprehensive, effective test plans and teach others to do the same. You know how to think through edge cases and failure modes

You've managed external QA partners: You've owned relationships with external QA partners and know how to get the most out of both internal and outsourced testing

You're pro-AI and have used LLMs in your work: You've used AI tools (like ChatGPT, Claude, or similar) to automate tasks or level up your productivity. Bonus points if you've built pipelines or tools that use LLMs

You've done the work yourself: You have hands-on test execution experience and know how to find repro steps, run effective tests, and catch tricky bugs

You think strategically about quality: You understand iteration speed, ROI of testing, and how to ship safely without getting bogged down in perfection paralysis