Lead QA Engineer

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Team members are distributed across the globe with hubs in Bengaluru, Tel Aviv, Barcelona, among others What You Will Do • Own end-to-end quality strategy for your cluster, ensuring high confidence releases and strong player experience across all pods • Build, lead, and scale a high-performing QA team, including hiring, mentoring, and driving performance excellence • Demonstrate excellence in team management, task management, and cross-pod coordination, ensuring optimal planning, prioritization, and execution across multiple workstreams • Define and drive test strategy, coverage, and risk-based validation approaches across features, content, and technical initiatives • Champion a shift-left approach, actively contributing during design and early development phases to identify risks, gaps, and quality concerns • Approach validation with a product and player-first mindset, evaluating features not just from a QA perspective but from an end-user and business impact standpoint • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Design, and Art to influence quality decisions, ensuring alignment with player expectations and business goals • Establish, maintain, and analyze quality metrics and reports (defect leakage, coverage, cycle time, live issues), ensuring data is tracked effectively and used to drive continuous improvement • Own release quality and risk assessment, providing clear recommendations and participating in Go/No-Go decisions • Drive automation and efficiency initiatives, including leveraging modern tools and exploring AI-driven approaches to improve scalability and effectiveness • Manage and collaborate with external QA partners, ensuring clear expectations, high-quality output, and effective utilization • Maintain strong visibility across stakeholders by proactively communicating progress, risks, and blockers What We're Looking For • 5+ years of QA experience, including 3+ years in a QA leadership or people-management role • Proven ability to build, lead, mentor, and upskill QA teams while driving performance and accountability • Strong experience in team planning, task prioritization, capacity management, and cross-functional coordination across multiple pods or workstreams • Ability to balance strategic QA leadership with hands-on testing, debugging, and critical release validation • Strong understanding of modern QA practices, including risk-based testing, shift-left testing, test strategy, and continuous improvement. • Product-oriented and player-centric mindset, with the ability to assess quality from user experience, business impact, and release-risk perspectives • Experience defining, tracking, and using quality metrics, dashboards, and reports to drive decisions and improvements • Experience owning release quality, risk assessments, and providing clear Go/No-Go recommendations • Strong stakeholder management, communication, problem-solving, and ability to communicate risks, progress, and blockers proactively • Deep familiarity with Jira, test management systems, defect management, and QA reporting tools Bonus Points • Experience in mobile gaming, casual games, or live-service environments • Strong gaming mindset and understanding of player behaviour, engagement mechanics, progression, rewards, and LiveOps • Prior experience testing Slots, Casino, or casino-style games • Experience managing or collaborating with external, offshore, or vendor QA teams • Exposure to automation frameworks, test automation strategy, and AI-driven testing approaches • Demonstrated interest in industry standards and continuous upskilling in evolving QA practices About Scopely Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play. Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come. Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Com