Performance QA Team Lead – World of Warships (PC)

About the role

Wargaming is looking for a Performance QA Team Lead to join our World of Warships PC team. In this role you’ll lead the Performance QA team, drive performance testing and automation, investigate performance issues, and help ensure a smooth and stable experience for our players.

Key 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.
• Integrate performance testing within CI/CD pipelines and collaborate with development teams to improve performance.

Required profile

• 4+ years of experience in Performance QA, Performance Engineering, or related areas.
• Experience leading QA teams or providing technical leadership.
• Strong understanding of performance engineering principles and ability to investigate complex system issues.
• Upper‑Intermediate (B2) or higher English proficiency.

Required skills

• Python programming.
• GPU profiling tools and other performance analysis utilities.

What we offer

• 21 days of annual leave (up to 25 days based on seniority) plus additional paid personal days.
• Private health care and mental‑well‑being program.
• English language courses fully covered by the company.
• On‑site gym, spa, and subsidised canteen.
• Career development and education opportunities.