This is a hybrid position in downtown Vancouver, BC. It will be a 18 month engagement

The Development Support team member works with development teams to provide early testing, documentation creation (e.g. test cases and test briefs, QA Confluence pages), and handles basically anything that could potentially keep a Core QA team member out of the game. They provide feedback to the QA Leads on the health of their area/feature(s) and to the development team on the testing of their area/feature(s). They are the primary contact for our QA team, fielding design questions from Core QA and are the initial development teams first point of contact for asks on the status of testing, or to adjust the testing Core QA needs to complete.

Primary Duties

• Collaborate closely with development teams to conduct early-stage testing of new features and content.
• Create detailed documentation, including test cases, test briefs, and quality assurance pages.
• Act as a critical support system, handling tasks that streamline the workflow for the core quality assurance team.
• Provide timely and constructive feedback to QA Leads regarding the health and quality of specific features or areas.
• Communicate effectively with development teams, offering insights on testing progress and identified issues.
• Serve as the primary liaison for the quality assurance team, addressing design questions and clarifying requirements.
• Be the initial point of contact for development teams seeking updates on testing status or needing adjustments to testing priorities.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Multiple development cycle, experience with a focus on mission testing
• Strong understanding of:
  • Mission Flow & Progression Testing
    • Ensuring missions can be completed without progression blockers.
    • Testing objectives, waypoints, and mission scripting (e.g., triggers for cutscenes, doors opening).
    • Checking mission transitions between areas or acts.
  • Combat & AI Testing
    • Verifying enemy spawns, ensuring proper balance and difficulty scaling.
    • Testing squad AI (how AI teammates interact, revive, and engage in combat).
    • Evaluating enemy AI behavior, including combat tactics and movement.
    • Ensuring AI behaves correctly on different difficulty settings.
  • Co-op & Multiplayer Campaign Testing
    • Testing drop-in/drop-out co-op functionality.
    • Checking synchronized mission objectives between players.
    • Validating network stability and desync issues in online co-op.
    • Ensuring cutscenes and dialogue remain synced in co-op sessions.
  • Cinematics & Narrative Testing
    • Ensuring cutscenes trigger correctly and play without audio/video issues.
    • Testing dialogue timing and subtitle accuracy.
    • Verifying that player choices (if any) reflect correctly in the story.
  • Save System & Checkpoints
    • Ensuring checkpoint saves are correctly placed and load properly.
    • Verifying that game state is maintained after restarting from a checkpoint.
    • Testing cross-session saves (starting on one platform and continuing another).
  • Level Design & Environment Testing
    • Checking for collision issues (players getting stuck, falling through the map).
    • Verifying interactive objects (doors, levers, switches) function correctly.
    • Ensuring proper lighting, textures, and visual effects.
  • Performance & Stability Testing
    • Identifying frame rate drops, crashes, and memory issues.
    • Ensuring smooth performance across different platforms
    • Testing for audio desyncs, texture pop-ins, and streaming issues.
• Experience writing testing instructions or briefs.
• Experience estimating testing efforts.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and develop/refine skills.
• Strong documentation and organization skills.
• Strong communication skills, comfortable interfacing with QA and Production teams.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Unreal Engine experience
• Jira, Confluence, Perforce and SharePoint experience
• Strong adaptable teaching skills (teaching to lots of different types of learners)

About Aquent Talent
Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.
Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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Client Description

Join a global technology leader driving innovation and empowering people and organizations worldwide to achieve more. Here, you’ll collaborate with passionate, diverse teams to create impactful solutions that shape the future. The culture prioritizes growth, inclusion, and purpose—where your ideas are valued, and your work drives real change. Wherever your passion lies and wherever your career is headed—you’ll play a role in projects that touch billions of lives. With flexible work options and a supportive environment, you’ll have the tools to thrive both personally and professionally. Be part of something that truly matters.

Why work with AQUENT? Check out our awesome benefits: https://aquent.com/talent/talent-benefits

Aquent is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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