Senior Gaming QA Tester (Contract)

Description

About Us

MON Co. is a development studio and publisher at the intersection of gaming, entertainment, and blockchain technology. Originally operating as LiquidX, MON Co. is the force behind Pixelmon, its flagship IP franchise, and MON Protocol, a cutting-edge Web3 platform. The company is led by a team of seasoned executives from top gaming and entertainment studios. MON Co. aims to deliver high-quality, engaging experiences across a variety of entertainment platforms, including games, digital content, and transmedia storytelling, as it bridges the gap between Web2 and Web3.

MON Co.'s ecosystem includes MON Protocol, which drives Web3 partnerships and tokenized gaming economies, and MON Ventures, which invests in emerging IPs and projects like Eternal League. With a growing community of over 1 million Pixelmon fans, a robust partner network of over 80 blockchain-native games, and a rapidly expanding portfolio, MON Co. is dedicated to shaping the future of entertainment for a global audience.

For more information on MON Co., please visit: https://www.mon.co

The Challenge

We’re looking for a Senior QA Tester QA to join our team on a 1-year project-based contract to support the development and launch of our upcoming game, Pixelmon TCG. In this role, you’ll play a critical part in ensuring game stability, performance, and player experience through thorough manual testing and cross-team collaboration.

What You Can Expect to Work On:

• Oversee Project Delivery and Manage QA testing process and members.
• Set up QA workflow and processes for Pixelmon TCG Internal QA to ensure smooth collaboration with other departments
• Set up and manage outsourced QA teams to ensure proper coverage of testing for Pixelmon TCG.
• Collaborate with the game development and live ops teams to execute QA strategies specific to Pixelmon TCG during the launch and operations.
• Create and execute test cases tailored to project requirements, ensuring high product quality throughout the limited project timeline.
• Perform manual and exploratory testing to uncover bugs, performance issues, and edge cases across multiple devices and platforms during the active testing phase.
• Log, track, and document defects clearly during the initial release window, collaborating closely with developers to ensure timely resolution within the project scope.
• Conduct regression testing and verify bug fixes during each iteration, ensuring all updates meet defined quality standards during live support period.
• Participate in post-release and post-implementation testing to maintain gameplay stability
• Analyze trends in reported issues and player feedback to identify potential risks and enhance the live player experience.
• Support cross-functional collaboration with Customer Support and Community teams to deliver a seamless launch experience during its release lifecycle edge cases and recommend user experience improvements to the product team.
• Uphold QA standards in a fast-paced environment, advocating for quality throughout the launch day and post-launch process.
• Perform any other ad-hoc testing tasks required to ensure successful support for the Pixelmon TCG project

Requirements

What You Need to Succeed:

• Experience: Proven experience with a minimum of 5 years of work experience as a Quality Assurance Tester in the gaming industry or similar role. Experience testing with multiplayer games is a plus.
• Technical Skills: Familiar with project management and QA methodologies, as well as software like Jira, Testiny, Excel, Confluence, or equivalents.
• Communication: Ability to communicate with stakeholders and the team as a whole in an effective and concise manner.
• People Management: Able to work as part of a team, and proven record of cross-functional collaboration. Experience managing teams of QA testers or developers is a plus.
• Problem-Solving: Analytical mind, Attention to detail and problem-solving aptitude.
• Avid Gamer: Being an avid gamer with strong familiarity of common game systems and design practices is highly desirable. Your firsthand experience will help you catch issues others miss and advocate for what players expect.
• TCG player: An active TCG player, use your game knowledge to spot balance issues, edge cases, and design flaws early, helping us build a competitive, fun, and fair experience for players.
• NFT & Blockchain: Experience in working NFTs and blockchain technology/industry is a plus.

Benefits

Why You'll Love Working With Us:

• We Listen. Your voice, ideas, and suggestions matters to us, as we continuously evolving 
• Our People. You’ll be working with a diverse, multicultural, international, talented, fun, supportive, and innovative people and team. We are people you can be proud to work with
• On The Edge of Innovation. Working on the latest technological, social and financial trends that is web3 and blockchain
• Flat Organisation. our team is a community, we work together as a team from all levels in true decentralised spirit