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Development Release Engineer (Services) - EA Sports- EA Sports
at EA
Burnaby, BC
ENTERTAINING IS OUR PASSION
EA was founded over 25 years ago by individuals with a deep passion for making games. Many things have changed over the years as the gaming industry—and the company—has expanded immensely, but we are still driven by the same passion for developing, publishing, and distributing the world’s best games. Our history has been one of great success, and our future looks even brighter. Gaming has come a long way from Pac-Man & Space Invaders to modern EA Favourites like Burnout, Battlefield, Mercenaries, Dead Space, Spore, FIFA, Madden, Need for Speed and the world’s most successful game franchise, The Sims. Fuelled by our talented staff at locations right across the Globe we are united in our passion to continue shaping the future of interactive entertainment. Together we can make a difference.
Quality Assurance Technicians, or Testers, perform a vital role in game development, testing, tuning, debugging, and suggesting detailed refinements that lead to higher quality and better playability of the finished game. The job involves playing (i.e., testing) the game in a systematic way, analyzing the game’s performance against the designer’s intentions, identifying problems, and suggesting improvements. In effect, they act as the game’s first audience, reporting on playability and identifying any aspects which could be improved. Testers are responsible for assuring quality in the final product and for finding flaws in a game before it goes public.
Role Overview
Responsible for day-to-day quality assurance on a client component that handles interaction between various GUIs and the backend.
Responsible for verifying that builds are ready to be released.
Develop test plans and test cases ensure coverage on middleware features for each sprint.
Manage bug priority and severity levels and coordinate with developers to ensure that high priority bugs are caught and resolved quickly.
Define and develop an automated test suite.
Verify and validate functional specs that are being delivered to ensure clarity and testability.
What skills does EA look for??
Experience Required:
Experience working with and developing automation test suites.
4+ years experience developing and/or testing windows applications.
2+ years building test automation.
Erlang and C++ experience are preferred, but not required.
Skills:
Ability to multi-task and manage multiple aspects of a release cycle as well as managing feedback from users and other members of the team and coordinating bug fixes to ensure that releases are smooth.
Communication, project management, and prioritization are all essential to this role.
Experience working in an agile environment preferred.
Able to work highly independently. Ideal candidate would have experience working as a sole QA person or in a similar role where they’re directly responsible for the quality of releases.
EA was founded over 25 years ago by individuals with a deep passion for making games. Many things have changed over the years as the gaming industry—and the company—has expanded immensely, but we are still driven by the same passion for developing, publishing, and distributing the world’s best games. Our history has been one of great success, and our future looks even brighter. Gaming has come a long way from Pac-Man & Space Invaders to modern EA Favourites like Burnout, Battlefield, Mercenaries, Dead Space, Spore, FIFA, Madden, Need for Speed and the world’s most successful game franchise, The Sims. Fuelled by our talented staff at locations right across the Globe we are united in our passion to continue shaping the future of interactive entertainment. Together we can make a difference.
Quality Assurance Technicians, or Testers, perform a vital role in game development, testing, tuning, debugging, and suggesting detailed refinements that lead to higher quality and better playability of the finished game. The job involves playing (i.e., testing) the game in a systematic way, analyzing the game’s performance against the designer’s intentions, identifying problems, and suggesting improvements. In effect, they act as the game’s first audience, reporting on playability and identifying any aspects which could be improved. Testers are responsible for assuring quality in the final product and for finding flaws in a game before it goes public.
Role Overview
Responsible for day-to-day quality assurance on a client component that handles interaction between various GUIs and the backend.
Responsible for verifying that builds are ready to be released.
Develop test plans and test cases ensure coverage on middleware features for each sprint.
Manage bug priority and severity levels and coordinate with developers to ensure that high priority bugs are caught and resolved quickly.
Define and develop an automated test suite.
Verify and validate functional specs that are being delivered to ensure clarity and testability.
What skills does EA look for??
Experience Required:
Experience working with and developing automation test suites.
4+ years experience developing and/or testing windows applications.
2+ years building test automation.
Erlang and C++ experience are preferred, but not required.
Skills:
Ability to multi-task and manage multiple aspects of a release cycle as well as managing feedback from users and other members of the team and coordinating bug fixes to ensure that releases are smooth.
Communication, project management, and prioritization are all essential to this role.
Experience working in an agile environment preferred.
Able to work highly independently. Ideal candidate would have experience working as a sole QA person or in a similar role where they’re directly responsible for the quality of releases.