Activision Blizzard
Software Engineer, Automation and Data - Central Technology (Temporary)
Santa Monica - Activision - The Pen Factory · Part-time
Sponsorship not specified$78k-$143kDetected 8 days ago
PythonC++C#FlaskDistributed SystemsGitSQLCloud PlatformsLinuxGrafanaDevOpsData AnalysisData EngineeringTest AutomationResearchLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- Automated tests are an essential technique we use to detect and report defects in our products.
- If you are passionate about writing tests and tools, instrumenting telemetry, and analyzing the resulting reams of data, this opportunity will allow you to have an impact on a game played by millions of fans across the globe.
- As a Software Engineer, Automation and Data, you will work closely with Quality Assurance and Engineering leadership to realize our vision for automated tests.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with automation and data engineers to enhance, evaluate, and scale automated testing features.
- Support Activision studios globally in designing automation strategies and developing automated tests to identify defects.
- Create tools to boost QA productivity, research new techniques, and work with QA leadership to plan and evolve processes.
- Experience developing test frameworks
- Experience developing console games
- Activision Central Tech works to support our development studios and their titles.
- Comprised of seven main teams, we have many specialties including big data, privacy and security, motion capture and animation pipeline technologies, graphics, build and infrastructure for studio development and data centers, optimization, systems programming and online services including matchmaking and networking.
- We run a multitude of online services that need highly scalable infrastructure, and we need help with building new features and productionizing our internal products.
- You'll write and maintain tools and develop stress tests, collect and visualize data, analyze and report results.
- Effective communication skills will be used to build relationships with and influence developers across the organization.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years' of programming experience with Python, and C++ or C#
- Proficiency programming with SQL
- Proficiency in data engineering and analytics
- Experience working in a distributed systems environment
- Experience working within gaming
- Knowledge & Skills
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of online services, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure
- Experience working in a collaborative team environment
- Experience in a management or leadership position
Compensation
- In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $77,500.00 - $143,376.00 Annual.
Benefits
- This enables developers to efficiently collaborate and iterate on compelling and exciting gameplay, while unburdening our QA team and increasing overall coverage.
- Analyze results, increase automated coverage, and maintain infrastructure for performance, stability, and data integrity.
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