QA Lead

Our award-winning team is seeking passionate, self-driven individuals to join us as we change the face of computer graphics through innovative art and profound technological advancements. Ziva is a space where the best and brightest can excel in their craft while being given the space to grow and the opportunity to cultivate their talents. The Ziva team is made of great minds and unique personalities who all share an appreciation for problem-solving, fast-paced collaboration, and ambitious ideas.

Ziva Dynamics is located in one of the world’s most liveable cities, Vancouver, Canada. Often termed Hollywood of the North, Vancouver has grown to become an internationally recognized hotbed for the visual effects and entertainment industries. We are proud to play an active role in our local community. Ziva strives to offer a work-life balance that lets everyone accomplish great things while enjoying everything this city has to offer. Ziva is currently accepting applications for in-house and remote roles, with priority given to those who can join us in person at Ziva HQ.

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

Develop QA from scratch to drive quality standards across engineering, production and engineering teams.
Work with all engineering teams to drive quality. Engage with other departments and support production and artists.
Owns the quality aspect to our products
Work with internal customers who are our users including artists and engineers
Learn how artists use and view our software to improve quality
Establish expectations of quality and build tests to continuously run (automate) to decrease manual testings
Work closely with test engineers
Participate in stand-ups and scrums for each product team and provide feedback on how to improve quality and fix bugs
Establish QA process and integration working with the VP of Engineering, VP Product, and VP of Production
Continuously document to improve our internal quality standards
Work with artists who will be internal testers and coordinate testing by non-QA people
Utilize automation, efficiency, and processes from design to build with a focus on automation and minimize manual testing
Set up systems in bug tracking and standard best practices to use across the company
Test up a ticket system and helpdesk
Eventually, hire and lead other QA professionals

*Experience Required: *

5 plus years of experience in Quality Assurance (QA), support management, and automation
Previous experience in another 3D software platform
Proven experience developing automation, test plans, and test cases
Jira, project management software, and bug reporting tools
Skilled in risk analysis and management
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Comprehensive knowledge of software development life cycle
Confident in breaking software and rebuild
Detailed oriented and critical thinking capabilities
Test engineering and automation experience

*Bonus skills/knowledge: *

Write script, code, and automation is a plus
Test engineering and automation experience
Comfortable with CI/CD and how QA fits into that

*Why Ziva Dynamics? *

Ziva’s employees embody Excellence, Collaboration, Courage, Openness. We are looking for experts in each role who are continuously striving to grow, improve, and learn.
Each employee contributes to empowering creators with the tools to produce high-quality virtual characters in ANY digital form. You have the ability to make an impact in a real way.
Flexibility to work remotely and/or co-located in a newly renovated Vancouver office close to the Skytrain and West Coast Express.

Preference will be given to Canadian-based candidates who are Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents.