About the role
Job Overview
Wargaming is looking for a Performance QA Team Lead to join the World of Warships PC team. This role involves leading the Performance QA team, driving performance testing and automation, investigating performance issues, and ensuring a smooth and stable experience for players. The ideal candidate is a technical leader with a broad background in performance engineering who can combine hands-on expertise with team leadership to improve performance testing practices.
Reports to
Head of QA
Responsibilities
- Lead the Performance QA team: task planning, coordination, mentoring, and technical guidance.
- Define and maintain performance testing strategy, coverage, baselines, thresholds, and regression criteria.
- Investigate performance regressions, identify bottlenecks, and drive root-cause analysis across client, backend, and system-level components.
- Drive performance testing and automation across game client, backend services, network interactions, and system-level scenarios.
- Create and maintain test infrastructure, tools, and frameworks for the QA team.
- Maintain documentation for performance tests, tools, and testing processes.
- Collaborate with development and other teams to analyze performance results and drive improvements.
- Integrate and maintain performance testing within CI/CD pipelines.
- Participate in architectural and technical design reviews from a QA perspective.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in Performance QA, Performance Engineering, or related areas.
- Experience in leading QA teams or technical leadership.
- Working experience with Python.
- Strong understanding of performance engineering principles and the ability to investigate performance issues across complex systems.
- Experience in at least one of the following: client performance, backend/load performance, distributed systems, or system-level performance analysis.
- English knowledge: Upper-Intermediate (B2) or higher.
Desired Skills
- Experience in game development or performance testing of PC games.
- Knowledge of PC architecture and component interaction (CPU, GPU, memory, disk I/O).
- Experience with game client profiling and GPU profiling tools.
- Experience with high-load or distributed backend systems.
- Experience evaluating, adopting, or integrating AI-assisted tools to improve team workflows, test development, and reporting.
Work Mode
- Location: Belgrade or Nicosia office.
- Probation period: Onsite work.
- Post-probation: Onsite or hybrid (3 days per week in the office).
- Relocation: Eligible for relocation and immigration support.
Benefits (Belgrade)
- Additional vacation days based on years of service (up to 5 days on top of statutory minimum).
- Additional paid time off: 5 Personal Days, Birthday Leave, Marriage Leave, Compassionate Leave.
- Sick Leave Compensation and Maternity Leave Benefits.
- Premium Private Health Insurance.
- Career development and education opportunities.
- English clubs and language learning platform.
- Mental well-being program (iFeel).
- Commuting allowance.
- Company events.
- FitPass membership.
- Employee discounts.
- Personal Gaming Account.
- On-site office amenities: Coffee, fruits, snacks, and canteen with subsidized prices.
- Seniority Awards and Referral program.
About Wargaming
Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Operating since 1998, the company has 15 offices worldwide, including studios in Chicago, Prague, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Vilnius. Flagship products include free-to-play titles World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Tanks Blitz.