Alejandro Ibarra
San Leandro
Summary
Avid QA Tester ready to apply technical know-how and diverse taste profile to provide invaluable feedback to game studios. Committed to tracking and eliminating bugs hindering user experiences.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Tester
Maximum Games
05.2022 - 09.2025
- Kept Test cases updated with current requirements/build
- Wrote bugs in the JIRA system, kept track of issues and discussed said issues with developers
- Tested multiple projects: Soulstice, Them Fighting Herds, Hammerwatch 2, Paleo Pines, God of Rock, Afterimage
Quality Assurance Tester
Nexon America
04.2019 - 08.2019
- Checked sales data and cross referenced with system data to ensure accuracy
- Communicated with team in meetings to ensure progress of the project was on schedule
- Ran games on multiple mobile devices, android and IOS.
Quality Assurance Tester
Sledgehammer Games
05.2018 - 11.2018
- Projects: Call of Duty WW2 DLC and Spyro Reignited Trilogy
- Ran daily test plans in the program Test Rail to ensure MTX and DLC weapons/costumes were functioning properly before their release date.
- Wrote test plans for Spyro Reignited (3rd game in the trilogy series)
- Tested the multiplayer modes extensively for Call of Duty WW2
Quality Assurance Tester
Telltale Games
06.2017 - 02.2018
- Projects: Batman Enemy Within (Season 2) Episodes 1-5
- Console (PS4, Xbox One, Switch) and Mobile Devices (Android, IOS) were used to ensure ports were working as intended for the end user
- Wrote +100 bugs in JIRA
Quality Assurance Tester
Telltale Games
06.2016 - 12.2016
- Projects: Minecraft Story Mode Episodes 7 and 8 ,Batman:Telltale Episodes 1 thru 5 and Walking Dead Season 3 Episodes 1 and 2.
- Trained to use the Android Software Development Kit and Tools
- Familiarize with Telltale's own engine to run commands for the projects
Compilance Tester
Sony Computer Entertainment of America
04.2015 - 03.2016
- Working under YOH for Sony Computer Entertainment of America
- Learned the Sony Technical Requirement Checklist (TRC) rules.
- Heavily referenced the TRC to ensure games that were submitted passed the test
- +60 games were tested and passed the Sony TRC list.
- Consoles used for TRC were the Playstation 3, the Playstation Portable, the Playstation Vita and the Playstation 4
Quality Assurance Tester
Namco Bandai Games America
12.2013 - 08.2014
- Project: Dark Souls 2
- Wrote bugs within the Namco guidelines so communication between Testers and the developer company FromSoftware went smoothly
- Multiple network tests were done to simulate the end user environment to assure that connection functionality was up to meet the quality needs of the end user.
- Used the previous knowledge of QA software to use bug tracking software
Quality Assurance Tester
LucasArts
07.2012 - 04.2013
- Project: Star Wars First Assault
- Communicated with developers and producers of the project of the game
- Provided weapon feedback during daily meetings to ensure gameplay balance for the end user
- Ran numerous amount of soak tests
- Multiple network tests were ran with the game developers/producers to be given feedback on the game.
Quality Assurance Tester
Sony Computer Entertainment America
06.2009 - 11.2009
- Project: SOCOM Fire Team Bravo 3 for the Playstation Portable (PSP)
- First QA Tester job, trained to write bugs and report them
- The Playstation Portable Development Kit was used heavily to run the game in multiple scenarios for the end user
- 16 testers ran daily adhoc multiplayer features
Education
Animation
The Art Institute of California
Los Angeles, CA01.2011
Art
College of San Mateo
01.2008
GED - undefined
Carlmont High School
01.2003
Skills
- Test case maintenance
- Software testing expertise
- Network testing
- Bug detection and reporting
- Cross-platform testing
- Performance testing
Timeline
Quality Assurance Tester
Maximum Games
05.2022 - 09.2025
Quality Assurance Tester
Nexon America
04.2019 - 08.2019
Quality Assurance Tester
Sledgehammer Games
05.2018 - 11.2018
Quality Assurance Tester
Telltale Games
06.2017 - 02.2018
Quality Assurance Tester
Telltale Games
06.2016 - 12.2016
Compilance Tester
Sony Computer Entertainment of America
04.2015 - 03.2016
Quality Assurance Tester
Namco Bandai Games America
12.2013 - 08.2014
Quality Assurance Tester
LucasArts
07.2012 - 04.2013
Quality Assurance Tester
Sony Computer Entertainment America
06.2009 - 11.2009
Art
College of San Mateo
GED - undefined
Carlmont High School
Animation
The Art Institute of California