QA Lead

Join Aristocrat as a QA Lead and help bring happiness to life through the power of play! At Aristocrat, we take pride in delivering outstanding gaming experiences and maintaining top industry standards. In this role, you will be key to improving our quality assurance processes, driving high quality, and ensuring flawless launches of our innovative gaming platforms. This position offers an outstanding chance to develop the future of our QA practices and make a strong impact within a dynamic and ambitious team.

What You'll Do

• Lead and manage a growing QA team, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management.
• Establish clear ownership within the team, focusing on both manual and automation leads.
• Build a strong, accountable, and results-focused team culture.
• Define and implement test strategies, test plans, and ensure coverage alignment.
• Drive risk-based testing and prioritization based on business impact.
• Own and drive the automation strategy, with a strong focus on frontend (Playwright) and backend validation.
• Improve automation coverage, reliability, and maintainability, ensuring integration into CI/CD pipelines.
• Define and track QA benchmarks, providing clear and actionable reporting including root cause analysis and risk areas.
• Identify gaps in QA and development processes and drive proactive improvements.
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and Release Manager to ensure alignment on quality goals.
• Promote quality ownership across teams, providing clear quality status and risk insight to collaborators.

What We're Looking For

• Demonstrated background as a QA Manager or Senior QA Lead.
• Strong technical background, preferably with development experience.
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks.
• Experience with web, backend/microservices, and real-time systems.
• Experience defining important metrics and using data for decisions.
• Ownership approach, can-do attitude, and strong prioritization skills.
• Proactive, analytical, and a great teammate with a constructive outlook.
• Nice to have: Experience in gaming or real-time platforms, CI/CD experience, and system architecture understanding.

About Us: Aristocrat and Aristocrat Interactive

Aristocrat is an Australia-based entertainment and content-creation company powered by technology to deliver world-leading mobile and casino games, entertaining millions of people across the globe daily. Aristocrat has three operating business units, spanning regulated land-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming), social casino (Product Madness), and regulated online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive). Our team of over 7,300 employees worldwide is united by our company's mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

Aristocrat Interactive

Aristocrat Interactive is a regulated online real money gaming (RMG) business and was formed in 2024 when the Anaxi and NeoGames businesses (Anaxi, NeoGames, Aspire Global, BtoBet, and Pariplay) came together. The company is an industry leader in content and technology solutions for online RMG, offering a comprehensive suite of services that includes content, proprietary technology platforms, and a range of services across iLottery, iGaming, and online sports betting (OSB).

We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on gender, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our values of Talent Unleashed, Collective Brilliance, Good Business, Good Citizen, and It’s All About the Player.

Additional Information

Depending on the nature of your role, you may be required to register with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

• Robust benefits package

• Global career opportunities

Our Values

• All about the Player

• Talent Unleashed

• Collective Brilliance

• Good Business Good Citizen

Travel Expectations

Additional Information

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.