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Senior Tester, Platform Services

Irvine, California, United States

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for intelligent and highly motivated senior testers to test our games, and support applications. Ideal candidates must have strong technical skills, troubleshooting ability, communication skills, and a solid understanding of quality assurance.   Applicants must be able to work on weekends, day or night shift.  

 

Responsibilities

  • Identify, and execute testing without guidance for complex and interconnected functionality.
  • Mentor others on how to build an appropriate checklist for different test cases using team appropriate tools.  
  • Create test plans that encompass all data, and functions of a feature.  
  • Mentor testers on the various development practices, and how they relate to quality assurance.
  • Auditing of existing tools and scripts to maintain, and improve testing processes.
  • Effectively drive and facilitate group tasks, and promote a team environment.
  • Assist leadership with testing estimates for features based on their scope and complexity.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 3 years’ quality assurance, or application testing experience
  • Demonstrated software / hardware troubleshooting ability
  • Exceptional communication skills (oral, written and listening)
  • Available, and willing to work long hours
  • Unrelenting self-motivation, and initiative
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Excellent technical skills
  • Absolute passion for Blizzard Entertainment video games

Pluses

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering discipline, or comparable industry experience
  • Knowledge of C++ / C# / Java / Scripting
  • Knowledge of web applications and browsers
  • Automation experience