Senior Game QA Tester

Michael Helbing

Senior QA Tester

Austin, TX ****9 *********@*****.*** +1-254-***-****

Professional Summary

Highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior QA Tester with over 4 years of experience in game quality assurance. Currently learning QA automation and building hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver (Java), Postman, SQL, Git, Maven, and TestNG. Strong foundation in manual testing with a growing interest in automation testing.

Work Experience

Senior QA Tester Blind Squirrel Games — August 2025 – Present

Support the QA Lead in coordinating quality assurance efforts for AAA game titles while meeting aggressive production deadlines.

Assign, prioritize, and oversee daily testing tasks across multiple QA teams to ensure efficient test coverage and milestone completion.

Execute comprehensive functional, regression, and performance testing across multiple platforms to identify and verify software defects.

Document, track, and manage defects throughout the software development lifecycle using Jira and TestRail, ensuring accurate reporting and timely resolution.

Collaborate with developers, producers, and cross-functional teams to communicate testing progress, validate fixes, and maintain product quality throughout development.

QA Functional Tester Activision — April 2021 – August 2025 Austin, TX

Tested multiple Call of Duty titles, including Call of Duty: Vanguard, Modern Warfare II, Modern Warfare III, and Call of Duty: Mobile.

Contributed testing efforts for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and other unannounced projects.

Executed functional, regression, smoke, and exploratory testing across PC, console, and mobile platforms.

Identified, reproduced, documented, and verified software defects to support timely resolution.

Worked closely with developers, producers, and QA leads to ensure high-quality releases.

Verified bug fixes and performed regression testing on new builds throughout the development cycle.

Executed test cases and documented results using Jira and TestRail.

Validated gameplay mechanics, UI, multiplayer functionality, progression systems, and overall game stability.

Consistently met production deadlines while maintaining high standards for quality and attention to detail.

Professional Development

•Actively learning Selenium WebDriver with Java.

•Learning Postman for REST API testing.

•Learning SQL for database validation.

•Practicing Git, Maven, and TestNG through personal projects.

•Beginner in QA automation with hands-on practice projects.

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