Senior Test Engineer #130006C | Blizzard Entertainment | Irvine, California, United States

Senior Test Engineer #130006C | Blizzard Entertainment | Irvine, California, United States

Senior Test Engineer

Test Automation

Office: Irvine, California, United States

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Blizzard Entertainment is looking for an experienced senior test engineer to join our world class test team. This position focuses on white box and automated testing for our games and support applications. The ideal candidate is highly technical, proven track record leading testing teams in an agile development environment, and has a proven commitment to quality.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop testing policies and processes for test automation in support of Software and game development teams.
• Define test strategies including functional, non-functional, regression, load, automation, security, and performance testing.
• Implement tools and automation that increase test coverage and reduce test costs.
• Analyze defects and root causes to identify defect patterns and improve engineering.
• Study metrics to determine missing test coverage.
• Recruit, mentor, and lead a team of high-performance test engineers.
• Represent test engineering in product planning and design meetings.
• Work with development teams to improve overall processes and push quality upstream.
• Determine metrics for testing and relay results to stakeholders.
• Work with third party vendors as needed.

Requirements

• BS degree in computer science, math, or related discipline
• A minimum of 5 years’ professional testing or software engineering experience
• Able to read and analyze C++ and C# code
• Expert on software test fundamentals and methodologies
• Able to create data analysis tools and interpret large data sets
• Understands how to create effective stress and performance tests and analyze the results
• Experience writing test automation scripts, preferably in Python or Lua
• Deep understanding of testing during all parts of the software life cycle
• Experience testing on multiple platforms, console experience a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Passion for video games and software quality
• A working knowledge of agile development methodologies

Pluses

• Advanced software testing certification
• Specialized testing knowledge, such as security or privacy testing
• Familiar with testing MySQL, MS-SQL, or Oracle databases
• Shipped at least one AAA title in a programming or technical testing position

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its affiliated companies is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. 

 

 

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