Well Played Games are a small but experienced games development studio based in Leamington Spa, UK, who develop a variety of video games across a range of platforms. Well Played Games are looking for an experienced and ambitious QA Lead to support multiple projects and help drive a consistent QA strategy across a product’s total life cycle.

The Role

The successful candidate will have experience in a QA role across a range of platforms, including both mobile and console. They will be expected to hit the ground running, acting as the QA liaison between our development teams and external QA partners.

Responsibilities

• Support the testing and submission of releases on mobile, PC or console
• Work closely with all disciplines to ensure QA needs are met
• Excellent organisational skills with ability to work independently and as a team
• Create and communicate clear testing plans to internal and external stakeholders
• Provide hands-on testing support as required
• Source external testing support for key milestones or releases

Requirements

• Must have shipped multiple video games in a similar role 
• Experience with a range of project management and bug tracking tools
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal, both internal and external facing
• Experience managing internal and external QA teams
• Experience with a range of project management and bug tracking tools
• Ability to learn new skills and tools quickly

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If you are interested in applying for the role, please email us your CV.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Well Played Games is an experienced and ambitious video game development company based in Leamington Spa, developing a wide variety of games across a range of platforms. 

We are looking for a Senior Gameplay Programmer to join our technical team as part of our next phase of growth.

The Role

As part of a project’s code team, you will be responsible for the support of the live game and the design and development of new game features. You will work closely with the whole team, especially art and design.

You will utilise a variety of programming languages and technologies on all aspects of developing and supporting the game – working across the client and server sides of the game, platform-specific features, as well as tools, simulations, testing frameworks, and other technology.

As a senior developer, you will be an expert in many areas in your discipline. You will have experienced the development cycle many times, and will apply that experience to design and decision-making. You will be able to take responsibility over the most complex technical tasks, with the support of your lead, the code team, and the wider code department. You will concern yourself with all work going on around the company – driving efficiency, collaboration and quality, both in and beyond your discipline.

Our Technology

At Well Played we believe strongly in using the right tool for the job, in not reinventing the wheel, and in satisfying a project’s requirements with reusable game-agnostic components. 
We are not tied to any one specific technology or provider, though currently we have leaned into Unity for our game clients, and Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes for our server infrastructure.
We encourage cross-disciplinary ‘T-shaped’ developers and a devops mindset. We challenge and empower our programmers to embrace a variety of languages and technologies, and break down traditional silos and barriers such as ‘client’ and ‘server’. We strive for efficiency, automation, and following and establishing best practice.

Our backend infrastructure was built alongside development of Warhammer Combat Cards, a large-scale online mobile title. Our suite of microservices, written primarily in NodeJS and Golang, support the features and live operations of the game, as well as team workflow through automation and continuous integration. We are now iterating on the quality and performance of our server-side infrastructure and services, while extending to support new game features and future projects.

Your Skills and Experience

• You will have several years of relevant professional programming experience, and will have been through the entire lifecycle of several games (ideally including mobile F2P). 
• You must have a high level of skill in C#, and ideally in other relevant languages (e.g. C++, Java, Objective-C, Go, NodeJS).
• You will ideally have experience with a range of game engines, particularly Unity.
• You will ideally have experience developing for mobile devices/OSs (especially iOS and Android).
• You will ideally have experience with server/web development, with cloud platforms (especially Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform), and with Linux containers, especially Docker and Kubernetes.
• You must have highly developed professional and soft skills – supporting, mentoring, and providing an exemplary professional example to more junior colleagues. 
• You should have a keen eye for deconstructing problems and an architectural mindset.
• You must be able to demonstrate a talent and enthusiasm for technology and making games.
• You must have a proactive and positive attitude to collaboration and learning, and a keen interest in trends in games and technology.

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If you are interested in applying for the role, please email us your CV.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Well Played Games is a small but experienced games development company based in Leamington Spa, UK, who develop a variety of video games across a range of platforms.

The Role

Well Played Games are looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Associate Product Manager to work within their mobile free-to-play game development team. This person will be responsible for being the pragmatic data-minded voice of the product. This person should be detail orientated with a passion for maximising a products potential with a data-informed approach, and should demonstrate excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to design, scope, and implement new features, with a focus on positively impacting metrics
• Use data to identify areas where the product can be improved and communicate those effectively to the game team. Partner with Analysts to prioritise the questions that will be most impactful to the business
• Own the product vision and business goals of the project, collaborate with the development team and key stakeholders to define the product roadmap, and work with the development team to deliver on that strategy
• Cultivate an exceptional understanding of the mobile market and industry trends. Use these insights to develop a culture of best practices throughout the company
• Promote a validated learning approach to development and apply the process to products at all stages of development
• Champion the player experience at all stages of development

Requirements

• 3+ years of game development experience
• Self-sufficient and able to adopt a pragmatic mindset
• Experience working on a live product
• Strong analytical skills. Experience with Excel, SQL, and Python preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Experience working on free-to-play games essential

Apply now

If you are interested in applying for the role, please email us your CV and portfolio.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Well Played Games is a small but experienced games development company based in Leamington Spa, UK, who develop a variety of video games across a range of platforms.

The Role

Well Played Games are looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Senior Games Analyst to work within their mobile free-to-play development team. This person will be responsible for building, measuring and analysing data from a variety of games. This person should be detail orientated with a passion for data, visualisations, and should demonstrate excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Help the game team make data-informed decisions by providing insight into player behaviour through presentations, deep dives, and answering general queries
• Partner with Product Managers to prioritise the most impactful questions for the business and use data to make recommendations for changes and improvements to the products 
• Define the telemetry requirements of the project, in an ongoing capacity, and work with data engineers to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the data collected
• Work closely with the product and the development teams to ensure data is fully understood by everyone. Champion a data-informed environment and help the team understand how data can be used to resolve the questions they might have
• Develop new dashboards based on the evolving needs of the project, to track features and experiments, and iterate them with usability in mind
• Design, execute and analyse experiments that help us better understand our player’s needs and wants to help us maximise the potential of the product
• Use statistical analysis to predict how users will respond to changes in the game and create projections for financial and user activity models
• Communicate, with visualisations, explanations, and regular presentations, to all levels within the organisation, including to senior or external stakeholders when required
• Act as lead and mentor to other analysts, this could include more junior members of the department, interns or work placements
• Work with peers on the end-to-end data pipeline to contribute to decisions on data architecture and the tools we use in the full data pipe-line

Requirements

• 4+ years experience in a similar or equivalent role
• Self-sufficient and able to adopt a pragmatic mindset
• Proficient in SQL, Tableau, and Python or R
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Ability to eloquently deliver unbiased and actionable data insights
• Experience with common development tools such as Git and Unity an advantage
• Experience working on free-to-play games essential

Apply now

If you are interested in applying for the role, please email us your CV and cover letter.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Well Played Games is a small but experienced games development company based in Leamington Spa, UK, who develop a variety of video games across a range of platforms.

The Role

Well Played Games are looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Games Analyst to work within their mobile free-to-play development team. This person will be responsible for building, measuring and analysing data from a variety of games. This person should be detail orientated with a passion for data, visualisations, and should demonstrate excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Help the game team make data-informed decisions by providing insight into player behaviour through presentations, deep dives, and answering general queries
• Partner with Product Managers to prioritise the most impactful questions for the business and use data to make recommendations for changes and improvements to the products 
• Define the telemetry requirements of the project, in an ongoing capacity, and work with data engineers to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the data collected
• Work closely with the product and the development teams to ensure data is fully understood by everyone. Champion a data-informed environment and help the team understand how data can be used to resolve the questions they might have
• Develop new dashboards based on the evolving needs of the project, to track features and experiments, and iterate them with usability in mind
• Design, execute and analyse experiments that help us better understand our player’s needs and wants to help us maximise the potential of the product
• Use statistical analysis to predict how users will respond to changes in the game and create projections for financial and user activity models
• Communicate, with visualisations, explanations, and regular presentations, to all levels within the organisation, including to senior or external stakeholders when required

Requirements

• 2+ years experience in a similar or equivalent role
• Self-sufficient and able to adopt a pragmatic mindset
• Proficient in SQL, Tableau, and Python or R
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Ability to eloquently deliver unbiased and actionable data insights
• Experience with common development tools such as Git and Unity an advantage
• Experience working on free-to-play games an advantage

If you are interested in applying for the role, please email us your CV and cover letter to: 

joinus@wellplayed.games

We look forward to hearing from you!

Apply now

Well Played Games is a small but experienced games development company based in Leamington Spa, UK, who develop a variety of video games across a range of platforms. 

The Role

Well Played Games are looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Junior Game Analyst to work within their mobile free-to-play development team. This person will be responsible for building, measuring and analysing data from a variety of games. This person should be detail orientated with a passion for data, visualisations, and should demonstrate excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Help the game team make data-informed decisions by providing insight into player behaviour through presentations, deep dives, and answering general queries
• Partner with Product Managers to prioritise the most impactful questions for the business and use data to make recommendations for changes and improvements to the products 
• Define the telemetry requirements of the project, in an ongoing capacity, and work with data engineers to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the data collected
• Work closely with the product and the development teams to ensure data is fully understood by everyone. Champion a data-informed environment and help the team understand how data can be used to resolve the questions they might have
• Develop new dashboards based on the evolving needs of the project, to track features and experiments, and iterate them with usability in mind
• Design, execute and analyse experiments that help us better understand our player’s needs and wants to help us maximise the potential of the product

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in mathematics, statistics, or a related field
• Proficient in SQL, Tableau, Python, or R
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Ability to eloquently deliver unbiased and actionable data insights
• Experience with common development tools such as Git and Unity an advantage
• Experience playing or working on a free-to-play games an advantage

Apply now

If you are interested in applying for the role, please email us your CV and portfolio.

We look forward to hearing from you!