Sean Childress

About

Game QA professional with live production ownership on New World Aeternum (progression-driven connected rewards spanning UI, backend tracking, and live tuning) and experience on God of War Ragnarok. Emphasizes risk-based test planning, strong cross-functional triage grounded in player impact/live risk, and highly actionable Jira/TestRail practices (PAL titles, traceability, video/log evidence) to speed resolution and reduce late-cycle churn.

Key Strengths

• Owned QA coverage for progression-driven live gameplay systems (rewards, UI, backend tracking, live tuning)
• Creates risk-based coverage plans including edge/negative cases and cross-system dependencies (save data, economy, network interruptions)
• Leads effective bug triage with engineering/design prioritized by player impact and live risk
• Hands-on fix verification and regression to reduce late-cycle churn
• Strong defect isolation skills; produced clear repro paths and video evidence to accelerate triage (God of War Ragnarok companion-follow issue)
• Produces actionable Jira tickets with clear repro steps, env/build details, frequency, impact summaries, and attachments
• Maintains traceable, lightweight TestRail suites and smoke/regression checklists that stay current through sprint changes
• Keeps QA productive during unstable builds via reverting to last usable build, focusing on verifications, and running stability/progression checks

Experience

Education

Awards

• Credited in Call of Duty 3 as a QA Test Analyst
• Credited in Spiderman 3 as a QA Test Analyst
• Credited in God of War Ragnarok as a QA Test Analyst
• Selected to train and onboard new employees
• Recognized for ability to prioritize competing demands and critical projects in a high-volume environment

Skills

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