Quality Analyst Job Belfast area,Northern Ireland UK,Quality Assurance

£90,000 per annum + bonus + paid annual leave & bank holidays
Remote within the UK - 40 hours per week

We are hiring a Quality Analyst to join a leading global technology company working on a large-scale social VR and gaming platform
.

This is a hands-on QA position supporting a mature, live consumer product across VR, mobile and Windows desktop environments
. You will act as a key quality owner, running weekly build verification and regression testing and ensuring issues are identified and clearly communicated before releases reach users.

This role is particularly suited to someone from a gaming, VR/AR, interactive product or large-scale consumer application background who enjoys hands-on testing and has excellent attention to detail.

What you'll be doing

Run weekly smoke, regression and end-to-end testing across release and canary builds
Test products across VR, mobile and Windows desktop platforms
Verify builds and provide clear go/no-go release recommendations
Reproduce crashes, stability issues and performance regressions
Produce highly detailed bug reports with clear, repeatable reproduction steps
Sideload builds and capture device logs using ADB/logcat
Test interactive experiences including social, multiplayer and user-generated content
Create and maintain test plans, test cases and release checklists
Triage bugs, assess severity and work closely with engineering teams
Identify patterns and opportunities to improve existing testing processes

What we're looking for

5+ years' professional QA/software testing experience
Background testing games, VR/AR, interactive products or large-scale consumer applications
Experience testing Android-based devices
Experience side loading builds and using ADB/logcat
Strong regression, smoke and release testing experience
Excellent bug reporting and troubleshooting skills
Ability to provide precise, repeatable reproduction steps
Experience creating and maintaining test plans and test cases
Comfortable taking ownership and working independently within fixed release schedules

Nice to have

VR application or headset testing experience
Experience with Unity
Multiplayer, social or UGC platform testing
Performance and memory profiling
Python or test automation exposure

Why this role?

You'll work across VR, mobile and Windows platforms
, with exposure to emerging capabilities including GenAI. The position provides direct product impact-you'll effectively act as the final human quality check on builds before they reach production-and considerable autonomy over the testing process.