The Opportunity
Are you ready to build the future of quality for real-time multiplayer trading games? At Centric Technologies, we’re revolutionizing the intersection of gaming and financial markets with our cutting-edge in-house platform. We are looking for a visionary **Lead QA Automation Engineer** to design, build, and own our entire automated quality assurance infrastructure from the ground up, embedding AI to create a truly intelligent testing ecosystem.
What You’ll Ensure
You will be the guardian of quality for our suite of real-time multiplayer trading games. Your mission is to ensure a flawless player experience by building a world-class testing strategy for a platform that handles:
– Responsible web application that works great on any device
– Real-time WebSocket connections for thousands of concurrent players
– Sub-second trade execution with live price feeds from financial markets
– Jackpot and reward mechanisms that must be precise and reliable
– Scalable game orchestration managing multiple game instances simultaneously
Your Mission
As our founding QA Engineer, you will have complete ownership of quality. You’ll:
- Architect and build a scalable, end-to-end automated testing framework from scratch for our Python-based backend and React-based frontend.
- Integrate AI and Machine Learning into the QA process for intelligent test case generation, anomaly detection in game logs, and predictive bug analysis.
- Design and implement comprehensive testing strategies, including E2E, integration, performance, load, and security testing.
- Build and maintain a robust CI/CD pipeline for automated testing, enabling the development team to ship features with confidence and speed.
- Develop sophisticated performance and load tests to ensure our platform maintains solid performance under massive scale.
- Validate the integrity of our analytics pipelines (PostHog, Snowflake) to ensure data-driven decisions are based on accurate information.
- Champion a culture of quality across the engineering team, establishing best practices and mentoring developers in test-driven development.
Tech Stack You’ll Master
Core Platform Technologies:
- Backend: Python (FastAPI)
- Database: PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Posthog
- Game Logic: Event-driven architecture, WebSockets
QA & Automation Technologies You’ll Introduce:
- Test Frameworks: Pytest, Playwright, Cypress, or similar
- Performance Testing: k6, Locust, JMeter, or similar
- AI in Testing: Leverage AI/ML libraries and services for visual regression, log analysis, and test optimization.
- Cloud & CI/CD: GCP, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions
What We’re Looking For
Essential Requirements:
– 7+ years of production experience in a QA Automation or SDET role.
– Strong expertise in Python for building complex test automation frameworks.
– Proven experience designing and building automated testing infrastructure from the ground up.
– Hands-on experience with testing real-time systems, especially those using WebSockets.
– Understanding of CI/CD principles and experience integrating automated tests into deployment pipelines.
– Experience with performance and load testing tools and methodologies.
– A forward-thinking mindset with a keen interest in applying AI/ML to solve complex QA challenges.
Bonus Points:
– Experience in gaming, trading, or fintech industries.
– Experience with Web3/blockchain application testing.
– Experience with security testing and vulnerability analysis.
Why Centric Technologies?
🏢 Amazing Office: Work from our state-of-the-art Sofia office with gaming rooms, relaxation areas, and central location (near Paradise Center)
💰 Great Compensation: Competitive salaries that match your expertise – we believe in rewarding talent generously
🎮 Gaming Culture: Join a team that lives and breathes gaming
🚀 Growth Opportunities: Lead technical decisions and shape the architecture of multiple game titles
🌍 International Impact: Build games played by users worldwide, with real-time leaderboards and global competitions
The Interview Process
Initial chat with our CTO (30 min)
Technical discussion & architecture design (60-120 min)
Meet the team & office tour
Offer 💰
Ready to Level Up?
Join us in Sofia and build games that blur the lines between gaming and trading. This is your chance to work on cutting-edge technology while creating experiences that keep players coming back for more.
Apply now and let’s build something legendary together!
