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Associate Software Engineer, Test Engineering

Irvine, California, United States

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented and enthusiastic associate software engineer to join the test engineering team.   The ideal candidate has experience building test automation and tools, and working with development teams to design test engineering requirements.   In addition, this person will need to have passion for creating epic games, and a strong desire to push the state of the art for testing games.

 

Responsibilities

  • Implement, and maintain test automation and tools in C++ and / or C#.
  • Work with team lead to create sprint backlogs.
  • Adhere to established coding standards, and maintain efficient coding practices.
  • Run, and review automated tests and enter bugs as needed.
  • Ensure results from automated test runs are reported correctly.
  • Additional responsibilities, as assigned by management.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 1 year professional programming experience
  • BS in Computer Science or Math, or equivalent experience
  • Experience working with scripting languages (Python, Lua, AutoIt)
  • Strong testing skills
  • Passion for video games

Pluses

  • Experience programming test automation
  • Experience in quality assurance
  • Knowledge of various testing methodologies
  • Familiarity writing extensions for Maya and Photoshop
  • Multi-platform expertise (Windows, OSX, Linux)
  • SQL programming experience
  • Experience working on agile teams (Scrum, Lean)