We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer for part‑time work to own technical QA, onboarding validation, SDK integration testing, and release readiness across Appodeal Accelerator partners.

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

Benefits

- Direct Product Impact – Your work will directly influence launch readiness, monetization quality, retention testing, and scaling decisions.
- High Ownership – You will help define QA standards and improve technical onboarding quality across Accelerator partners.
- Lean and Fast‑Moving Team – Work closely with Product, Engineering, QA, and Publishing teams with quick iteration cycles and minimal bureaucracy.
- Variety of Products – Work across different genres, apps, monetization systems, and live test environments.
- Operational Influence – Help improve technical quality standards and release readiness processes across the entire Accelerator pipeline.

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📌 Senior QA / Technical Engineer (part-time) (Barcelona)
🏢 Appodeal
📍 Barcelona