Senior QA / Technical Engineer

We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer with 4+ years of experience for part-time work to own technical QA, onboarding validation, SDK integration testing, and release readiness across Appodeal Accelerator partners.

This role combines:

• technical QA,

• monetization validation,

• SDK and integration troubleshooting,

• onboarding support,

• and operational process improvement.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, technically strong, operationally reliable, and comfortable independently validating builds and identifying risks before launch or testing.

This is not a passive/manual QA role — we are looking for someone who can proactively improve quality standards, identify technical risks early, and help scale QA operations efficiently.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical QA & Build Validation

• Review builds before CPI, retention, or monetization testing

• Run QA on gameplay, onboarding, progression, ads, paywalls, analytics, and monetization flows

• Identify crashes, softlocks, blockers, technical inconsistencies, and UX issues

• Ensure builds meet internal launch and testing readiness standards

• SDK & Integration Validation

• Support SDK integration verification and troubleshooting

• Validate monetization, attribution, analytics, and event setup

• Investigate technical integration issues and platform-specific problems

• Collaborate with Product Engineer and partner studios during onboarding

• Monetization & Analytics Validation

• Validate rewarded ads, interstitials, banners, IAPs, subscriptions, and paywalls

• Verify monetization event firing and analytics accuracy

• Support monetization testing and experiment validation

• Ensure attribution and mediation systems function correctly before launch

Pre-Test & Release Readiness:

• Play and review games before testing approval

• Evaluate technical stability, usability, retention-critical flows, and overall readiness

• Identify risks that could negatively impact UA, monetization, or retention test performance

• Collaborate with Product, QA, and Publishing teams on go/no-go decisions

• QA Operations & Documentation

• Maintain QA checklists, validation workflows, and testing documentation

• Improve bug reporting standards and onboarding QA processes

• Maintain integration and testing best-practice documentation

• Contribute to improving QA standards and operational efficiency across the team

Requirements:

Must-Have:

• 4+ years of experience in QA Engineering, Technical QA, Mobile QA, or similar technical validation roles

• Strong experience testing mobile apps or mobile games in production environments

• Experience validating SDK integrations, monetization systems, analytics events, and attribution flows

• Strong debugging and investigation skills, including logs, device testing, reproduction flows, and build validation

• Experience working with tools such as Jira, Firebase, TestFlight, Android Studio, Xcode, Unity, Charles Proxy, or similar

• Strong understanding of mobile release/testing workflows

• Ability to independently identify technical risks and launch blockers

• Strong attention to detail and structured documentation skills

• Comfortable collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, QA, and Publishing teams

• Advanced English communication skills (written and spoken) are mandatory

• Comfortable working independently in fast-moving and ambiguous environments

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience working with ad monetization and mediation platforms

• Experience with mobile game publishing or live operations

• Experience validating retention and monetization experiments

• Familiarity with attribution and analytics platforms

• Experience improving QA operations, workflows, or documentation standards

• Experience supporting partner onboarding processes

• Basic scripting, automation, or AI-assisted QA workflows are a plus