QA Tester at Sumo Group

About Midoki

We are a fresh games studio based in Warwickshire, the heart of the English countryside.

Prior to joining the Sumo Digital group, Midoki was founded by a small team of veteran game developers in late 2011, our focus is the creation of ground-breaking, socially connected games that deliver rich entertaining experiences to the mobile space.

The team at Midoki have a combined total of over 100 years of experience, having held key positions on a wide variety of mobile and console AAA titles from Donkey Kong to Motorstorm, Pursuit Force to SEGA Rally and Blast Corps to Colin McRae Rally.

We love games, we understand gamers and we are bringing our experience, our passion and our creativity to the mobile space.

Day in the Life of a QA Tester at Midoki:

As a QA Tester/Technician, you will be a focal support member working with each department of the development team; following test plans to find bugs/defects and documenting these for fixing. Working with your QA Lead to provide accurate build data to the Publisher or internal meetings. 

What you need to do this job:

• Experience working within a game development environment.

• Experience with bug tracking software; Jira/Azure.

• Understanding of game pipeline and technologies.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Professional attitude, being able to be methodical, diplomatic and keep own initiative.

• Able to demonstrate thorough problem-solving.

• Ability to prioritise tasks and be comfortable with deadlines.

• Willingness to learn.

What’s in it for you?

Sumo also offers a highly personable benefits package which has something for everyone, no matter where you are in your career. 

Financial: Annual bonus, flexible benefits allowance, salary sacrifice pension, benefits hub, payroll giving, an employee referral scheme (up to £3,000), financial/home buying consultations, workplace ISA and other schemes for tech loans, car loan and bicycles.  

Work-life Balance: Flexible working, 21 free choice days holiday (increasing to 22 with service), bank holidays, birthday day off, a duvet day (increasing to 4 with service), Christmas shutdown (Christmas Eve to New Year) and options to buy or sell up to a week of annual leave*.

Health and Wellbeing: Dental insurance, income protection, life assurance, BUPA private healthcare*, leading EAP programs (remote GP, mental health, physio, nutrition, lifestyle coaching and medical second opinions, critical illness cover*, health cash plan*, flexible gym (in-studio or discounts) and funded flu vaccines/eye tests.

Personal Development: Structured My Development pathway, regular appraisals, annual salary reviews, access to Udemy learning platform, 5+ learning days per annum (1 can be used as a volunteer day), award-winning L&D team and yearly attendance to the Sumo Developers Conference (link to video).

Extra Perks: A variety of in-studio perks, regular care packages, studio days out (family welcome), studio-led social activities (game jams, yoga, quizzes, life drawing and more), sabbaticals (at 10 years service) and annual gaming subscription.

*Opt-in benefits (part of our flexible benefits options).

Inclusion and Belonging at Sumo Digital:

We are dedicated to growing a sustainable business that provides security to our people while delivering a first-class experience to our partners and players.

As a people business, the success of our people is the success of our company. We prioritise taking care of them with a focus on supporting them, nurturing their talent and providing a healthy, friendly, enriching, creative and safe environment in which to work.

Sumo's employee diversity group, PRISM, exists to promote diversity, inclusion, equity, equality & wellbeing across the company and plays a key role in Sumo's ongoing goal of fostering environments where all employees feel safe, welcome & represented.

Our charitable and community initiatives provide support for meaningful causes that matter to our employees, clients and partners.

We continue to work to improve diversity in our recruitment and promotion processes, and to actively encourage people from marginalised groups to consider a career in the games industry.