Senior Performance QA Engineer (World of Warships, PC)

About the role

Wargaming is looking for a Senior Performance QA Engineer with GameDev experience to join its World of Warships PC team. The position is open in the Belgrade or Nicosia office and reports to the Lead Automation QA Engineer. You will focus on performance testing and automation, helping identify performance bottlenecks and ensuring a smooth, stable player experience, working closely with QA and development teams.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated tests for functional, performance and stability testing on Python
• Maintain the core functionality of the automation framework
• Analyze automated test results and investigate failures
• Perform performance testing and profiling of game client and backend services
• Maintain documentation for tests, frameworks and tools
• Support other teams with automation solutions and take part in CI/CD pipeline development
• Take part in code reviews to improve automation code quality

Required profile

• 3+ years of experience in Performance Testing or Performance QA
• 3+ years in Automation QA or a similar position
• 1+ year of commercial experience in Python-based automated testing, including performance test suites with pytest
• Experience analyzing and optimizing game performance (PC games)
• B2 or higher English

Required skills

• Performance testing tools and frameworks (k6, load testing, profiling tools)
• Elasticsearch for log collection and analysis
• Jenkins or TeamCity
• Basic PC architecture and performance metrics (FPS, frame time, CPU/GPU utilization, memory)
• Software testing and performance testing methodologies
• Nice to have: game engines (Unreal, Unity), pandas/NumPy, PostgreSQL, Docker, Grafana/Prometheus, Linux, mentoring experience

What we offer

• Relocation and immigration support; benefits tailored to the local market
• In Belgrade: extra vacation days, paid leave, health insurance, career development, commuting allowance, FitPass membership and employee discounts
• Hybrid after probation (3 days per week in the office); onsite during probation