Senior QA Engineer - Unpublished R&D Product

At Riot, we put players first. Our Sydney-based team is partnering globally to build next-generation game features and technology on an exciting Unpublished R&D Title. Whether it's social systems, personalization, store integrations, or core engine features, our teams are focused on delivering seamless, performant, and player-delighting experiences.

At Riot, we believe “Quality” is more than the defect discovery process. For us, it’s a set of values, practices, and behaviors that inform every part of the development process. By honing our quality craft and developing strong cross-discipline partnerships we are improving our capacity to rapidly bring outstanding experiences to our players while reaching ever higher degrees of product integrity.

As a Senior QA Engineer, you’ll help shape the quality strategy and execution for a feature team on a new and Unpublished R&D title. You will embed with developers, designers, and producers to champion quality throughout the development lifecycle—from early planning to hands-on testing to metrics-driven validation. Your work will ensure our tools, systems, and player experiences are both reliable and delightful.

This role is based in Sydney, Australia. You’ll report to an Manager, Software Engineering supporting the R&D Game Team. Internal Job Title: QA Engineer II. 

• Contribute to a quality-first mindset across the development team, advocating for scalable testing and clear quality goals.
• Design, implement, and execute test plans, charters, and test cases across game features, tools, and backend systems.
• Help define quality metrics and use data to inform risk management, release readiness, and product confidence.
• Identify opportunities to improve pipelines, workflows, and test coverage.
• Partner with engineers to investigate issues and triage defects.
• Coordinate testing with offsite or vendor QA teams and provide structured feedback.
• Serve as the voice of the player by representing end-user expectations and ensuring experiential integrity.

• 3+ years of experience in software or game QA roles.
• Demonstrated experience in test planning, execution, and reporting.
• Strong collaboration skills across engineering, design, and production functions.
• Ability to discuss and review technical implementation details with engineers.
• Experience coordinating with distributed testing resources and evaluating test effectiveness.

• Familiarity with QA tooling such as Jira, TestRail, or custom reporting dashboards.
• Experience testing complex services or engine systems, ideally in games or interactive applications.
• Understanding of version control workflows (e.g., Git, Perforce).
• Certifications in software testing (e.g., ISTQB Foundation, BBST, Agile Testing).
• Prior experience working in Unreal Engine or with telemetry/performance test tools.
• Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Working closely with Riot teams globally, Riot Sydney is a powerhouse of talent, and experts in global development. Our team works on VALORANT, League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics, alongside exciting R&D and Tech projects.

If you believe that the Player Experience comes first, we want to hear from you. Our players are a diverse group from different backgrounds, and we want to see that reflected in the people who make our games, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment

At Riot we strongly believe in work / life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle. We also believe that work should be fun, we have co-op gaming areas, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks!). And that’s not all we offer, there’s also:

• Medical Insurance that covers you and your dependents
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness fund
• Donation matching of time and money to registered charities
• Learning and Development opportunities

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.